Skite fancied at Ellerslie

Press, Volume CXV, Issue 34037, 29 December 1975, Page 8

Skite fancied at Ellerslie

("The Press 11 Special Service) FIRST LEG OF T.A.B. TREBLE AUCKLAND.

The likes of Skite. Heidsieck and Proud Sovereign, furthering their Auckland Cup preparations, will help draw attention to Ellerslie today. Skite and Heidsieck. in particular. are being widely discussed as candidates for the “big one”: on New Year’s Day. Proud Sovereign might not have done much in the Queen ■ Elizabeth Handicap on Boxing Day to enlarge his Auckland Cup following The running of the race went against him though, j This time he is in the Summer j Cup along with Skite. Shy Ways ■ and another Auckland Cup en-‘| try, Persian Sun. i After the Summer Cup. R. J. i Skelton, the most successful 3200 m rider there has ever been, | will almost certainly decide on i his Auckland Cup mount—prob- i ably Proud Sovereign or Shy Ways. For the Summer Cup he c is staying on Proud Sovereign. • ] which he rode in the Queen i2 Elizabeth Handicap. 2 Proud Sovereign finished only;2 ninth in the Queen Elizabeth! Handicap after being forced to (2 race up on the outside of the)2 pacemaker. Skite, all the way. I Skite lasted better and pretty j. impressively altogether even I though only third. 2 Skite is up Ikg in the Summer; Cup with 400 m less to go than • in the Queen Elizabeth he must be rated a very good prospect., Shy Ways is in such consist-' ent form that she is entitled to j much consideration. LAST-START FOURTH Yosan and Oriental Prince i have come through the inter-i mediate grades looking good but! the one they might all have to; beat is Heaven Bless, a five-year- , old mare which came fourth last ■ time over 2300 m at Te Aroha on December 6. As in the Queen Elizabeth ' Handicap on Boxing Day. the winner of the Summer Cup will be liable to rehandicap in the ! Auckland Cup though no more than 2.5 kg. Heidsieck. as he will :be running at weight-for-age, j could not be given a Cup penalty for winning the Clifford J Plate. Heidsieck failed in the Avon- : dale Cud. his last race, but his . form otherwise this season has been sound. He won at 3200 m in , the New Zealand Cup ; It is hard, all the same, to see ; him ahead of Kiwi Can under! the weight scale of the Clifford ’ Plate and Jan's Beau and Battle ; Eve are others who could have: him working very hard. . Chrisarda and Leprechaun ’ i seem the two to boat >n the sec- , ; ond leg of t’ie T.A.B. double. the Electric Handicap. Each is; • in good form. Chrisarda has the ’ bettor of the draw for barrier; positions and that might swing f the result his wav. RIDERS .' R. Mathers: Isolabella. Society Belle. Patronia. Saga Bell B. -/Andrews: Accumulator. Hermi-I > tage. Irish Lad. Star Beau Shvj i Ways. G. Beil: Mystic Marc. G.i Simonsen: Footmark. W. Ken-i . ning: Shadowfax. t| M. Stacey: Evander. D. South-, worth: Sovereign’s Dream. Dj Peake: So Vain. K. Reggett.:) ‘ Claremorris. Lindisfarne R. J Skelton: Palistan. B. Compton:} Kuie. R. Lang: Kiwi Can. T. WU-| liams: Sanyo. Selections: 11.35 a-m.—Nursery Handi- , cap: Silver Lad, Count Mayo, I Bahwood. ‘ 12.10 p.m.—Festive HighL weight: Momentum, Polar Route, Oh Brother. 12.45 p.m.—Harvest Handicap: Hasty Tui, Flight Master, Hermitage. 1.25 p.m.—Ardmore Handicap: Raging Moon, Shazoom, >1 Taijo. 5 2.5 p.m.—Fergusson Handicap: So Vain, Kaikama, Steinbeck. t 2.50 p.m. — Summer Cup: i )i Skite, Heaven Bless, Shy Ways. I • I I t 3.30 p.m.—Clifford Plate: /j Kiwi Can, Jan's Beau, Battle Eve. v 4.10 p.m.—Electric Handicap: Chrisarda, Leprechaun, Ida , Marie. 4.50 p.m.—Ladies' Mile: Mer'- I - Cler, Tisca, Ascending. r . 11.35 a,m.— 1 NURSERY HANDICAP, $2200; ’ 1200m.—Silver Lari (20) 55.5; Sove- ■ reign Supreme (2). Regel (a) 55; Bahwood ,4) 54; Count Mayo (13) 52.5; Night Owl (21), Scoring (171, . Silver Boy (12) 52; Isolabella (1) 51.5; Accumulator (7). Artisian (15), Roving Eyes (6) 51; Silver Beau ilOi 50.5; Mancini (11) 50; Adaline <Bl, Justaz Wealthy (16). Satin Doll (19) 49.5; Piccolo: Queen (23) 48.5. Balloted out in order of re-entry: Ijessell <18: 52; Regular Guy (3i 51: Princely Order (9), Pherostan (24) 50; Palizda (22) , |49.5; Aurora Light (14) 51. J, 12.10 p.m—--1; FESTIVE HIGH-WEIGHT, $2500: 2200m.—0h Brother (6) 63.5; Polar ii: Route <2l j 63; Attain ( 10> 62; e : Momentum (9) 61; Not Sure (8) 3 58.5; Lord Kuru (11). Polocarn (15) 58; Janson (13). Mystic Marc (3), t Three Fold (14) 57.5: Chocolate c Soldier <5). Karamagic (16). ! Colosso (4». That’s Easy (7), Too t Big t!7), Venray tl» 57. ■ Balloted out - in order of 0 re-entry: Cerdantes (19». Sugar o King (12), Prince Wren (j 8 Red 11 ’Pearl (2), Big Hush (20) 57.

12.45 p.m.— HARVEST HANDICAP, $2500; 2200m.—Eastman il) 56.5; Hasty Tui (2) 56; Flight Master <7) 54; Ali Sahib (12), Heratio (5) 53; Stormy Prince ill) 52.5; Laughing Boy (14), Society Belle ,8) 52; Aniva il3), Gilbert (9) 51.5: So Softly (10) 51: Sherry Wood i 4) 50.5; Hermitage (6), Slierif (3) 50.

1.25 p.m.— ARDMORE HANDICAP, $2500: 1600m.—Classic Ruler <9> 55: Footmark (It, Raging Moon (10) 54.5; Beau Centaur i 23) 53.5; Pat■ronia i2o', Shazoom (18), Tyrant (111 53; Divine Cloud (13), Karachelle <6), Taijo <l4l 52.5; Candiman <221. Community Affair (2), ■Fair Future (24). Grand Exit (16), Kumara (71. Lady Patine (17), 'Shadowfax <8), Wild Call (15) 52. Balloted out in order of re-entry: Orderman (3', Our Ward ,•12). Evander (4i. Shindee ,s>. Starman (21), Melody Heights (19) ,52.

FERGUSSON HANDICAP $2500; 1200m. 1 0323 Kaikama (17) 57.01 192 Lady Clarice (7) 56.01 3 415 Sovereign's Dream 55.5* 4 1000 (1) Irish Lad (9) 53.0; 0002 Steinbeck (23) 53.0' 6 3038 Mi Gold <13i 51.5 i 7 7092 Royal Mallard (15) 51.01 8 0 Romantic Belle 50.5 i 9 071 116) So Vain <19> 50.51 10 11 9034 Boolarra (21) Claremorris (18) 50.0: 50.0 • 12 231 Kelly's Pride i2) 50.0 13 00 Palistan (5) 50.0; 14 0607 Blue Palm <24' 49.5 i 15 8100 Crown Of India 49.51 16 0310 (20) Notelet (11) 49.5 j 17 40 Palladium <22> 49.5’, 18 06 Palm Princess (10» 49.0' Balloted out in order of reentry:— 19 0180 Leopard (14) 49.0 20 5100 Kuie (61 49.0 21 0470 Lady Kathleen (12) 49.0 22 23 00 Kalkulated Risque (3) Trillion (8) 49.0 ! 49.0 24 00 Bamaca (4) 49.0 FIRST LEG OF T.A.B. DOUBLE 2.50 p.m.— SUMMER CUP HANDICAP $6000; 2000m. 1 1093 Skite (14> ' 53.5 0 5225 Shy Ways 161 Angel's Gold (4) 52.0; 3 2080 50.5 j 4 1274 Heaven Bless (7) 49.5 s 1161 Yosan i16> 49.5 > 6 0300 Sanyo (5) 48.5' 7 4363 Oriental Prince (1) 48.0’ I 8 1130 Persian Sun (10) 48.0 9 4090 Cepheus (2i 47.5 10 0700 Don's Joy (13) 47.5 11 000 Ounkellin ill) 47.5 12 0007 Harleigh Blows (17) 47.5 I 13 1709 Proud Sovereign 47.5 114 0000 (15) Ruamaru (12) 47.5 Balloted out in order of reentry:— >15 6099 Sauron (3) 47.5 116 150 Magistrate 9) 47.5 |17 000 Doncast <8> 47.5 SECOND LEG OF TAB. TREBLE 3.30 p.m.— CLIFFORD PLATE $7000; 2000m. . 1 000 Doncast (3) 58.5 2 2110 Heidsieck (458.5 3 9605 Jan's Beau i8) 58.5 4 2 Kiwi Can (li 58.5 5 9000 Toffee Apple <6) 58.5 6 3234 Battle Eve <7» 56.0 7 0007 Battle Fury <2) 51.0 8 0056 Pinkerton (5) 51.0 SECOND LEG OF T A B DOUBLE 4.10 p.m.— ELECTRIC HANDICAP S4000; 1400m. 1 2128 Career Girl (7) 57.5 9 3123 Chrisarda (3) 55.5 1 3 3 Ida Marie (6) 55.5 I 4 3442 Leprechaun (12) 52.0 5144 Shot Thru (2) 52.0 j 6 6932 Pure Luck (4) 51.5 : 7 106 Vibeke (8) 50.5 I 8 501 Santa Corter (1) 49.0 ; 9 8058 Lindisfarne i5) 48.5 10 5144 Star Beau (9) 48.5 n 112 6000 Danny Royal (11) Tensynd (10) 48.0 48.0 THIRD LEG OF T.A.B. TREBLE 14.50 p.m.— THE LADIES' MILE S7000; 1600m. 1 Aleda Jay (5) ■ 2 2439 Ascending ill) 53.5 52.0 3 0088 Craneuse (8) 52.0 4 03 Matelette (14) 52.0 I 5 113 Maya (2) 52.0 ' 6 2241 Mer'cler (7) 52.0 7 8779 Secretary (3) 52.0 8 2281 Tisca (9) 52.0 9 3670 Top Beach (6) 52.0 10 000 Adjudicate (13) 49.0 11 0008 All Girl (15) 49.0 12 636 Chiquatito (4) 49.0 13 3803 Eastern Time (1) 49.0 14 541 Prefer (10) 49.0 • 13 9209 Saga Belle (12) 49.0 16 2448 Sharato (17) 49.0 117 0684 Uma Iti (16) 49.0 1 18 7246 Whispers (18) 49.0