Rustic Zephyr looks top prospect for Addington

Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34089, 28 February 1976, Page 8

Rustic Zephyr looks top prospect for Addington

I n spite of liis defeat into third place in the Timaru Nursery Stakes last Saturday, Rustic Zephyr will be the big hope of most I .A.B. treble betters at the New Brighton Trotting Club’s meeting this evening.

Rustic Zephyr has to give axvay starts of 10m to all of his rivals, the majority of xvhich have shown form of rather mixed quality. The Nelson-owned and! trained colt is usually a most reliable beginner and, so long as he escapes interference from some of his! less-experienced rivals, he I should be untroubled to gain! his fourth success for the j season. • Brad’s Song tailed to begin cleanly at Washdyke, but his previous form was of a high standard and good! enough to suggest that he! will be the pick of the horses on the front of this! race. He could be the one to! trouble Rustic Zephyr. Ruling Lobell, which has drawn badly. Our Location Fancy Dick. My One, Kotare Charger and Scottish Heath will be place chances.

A field of only nine will contest the second leg of the treble, the Air New Zealand Stakes, a race for probationary drivers. Armbro Pine, Winning Smoke and AndrewLopez form a likely trio, but bold runs are also expected from Quite Regal and Loch End. Trevino, the beaten favourite in the Timaru Cup last Saturday, could reinstate himself as one of the more promising intermediate pacers in Canterbury by winning the final leg, the Au Revoir Handicap. There and Back, Highland Heights, Kara Kara and True Fortune could- be other chances, while Ad Infinitum and Hey Pronto, both on 10m, are entitled to consideration. The on-course treble will

Ibe run on the Waimairi: Handicap, the Burwood Handicap and the Marine Handicap. Tuahiwi Kiwi, Grosvenor Lord and Good ! News being three of the more popular early fancies.