Shavande in sound trial for Hororata Cup

Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34099, 11 March 1976, Page 8

Shavande in sound trial for Hororata Cup

Shavande advanced in favour for the Hororata Gup on Saturday when he won the main event for pacers at the Addington trials yesterday.

Shavande moved up with 1200 m left and finished too well for Bradleigh, which lost Srround at the start. He took 3:30.6 for the 2600 m. a sound effort as he had to race three times into a strong easterly wind.

Shavande took 1:3 for his last 800 m. with the final > 40Om tn 32.8. He was driven yesterdav by Doodie Townley. who will handle him at! Hororata. Robert Cameron, who is' at present training Shavande; and his stablemate, Tactful,, will be driving at the Wyndham meeting, where he will hand e Captain Ucody, Black! Stump. Jennv Charles and Quick Hanover. Peter Jones will also drive at the Wyndham meeting,, ■-vhere his drives will include; Star Chance. Tar Foyle, Two: Seventy, kola MeKinnev, * and Glen Forbes. Bradleigh ran on solidly: for his second placing after an early lapse. Tactful, which has the Cheviot Cup on Saturday week as her next mission,, fought on strongly for third, half a length from Bradleigh. with a similar margin to| Thelmaur.

; Then, almost in line, came* Scottish Chief, Gay Stepi hanie. True Fortune, which' dragged a damaged sulky ! wheel for much of the race, Tudor Gold. Trampfast and >;FordelJe. Il Scottish Chief looks ini . great heart for this attempt! 4 at the Hororata Cup on Sat-: I urday. He has been racing :: most impressively, but with-; II out luck lately. He is over- i due for a win. Youug trotter > The promising three-year-old trotter. Isa Rangi, showed a useful turn of speed to beat her rivals in , the race for slow-class trotters The Winterlight filly is! • coming to hand well for, >oug Mangos in preparation ~for the Vew Zealand Trot-1 j ting Stakes next month. She I , took 3:40.5 for the 2600m.' (the last 800 m in 1:3.6. South Westland made;

most of the pace and held on for second, ahead of Question Mark, King’s Cross and Clubmoor.

The other race for trotters ( resuited in an easy win for j Armbro Lady, which had I plenty in reserve at the end lof 2600 m in 3:36.6. the final 1800 m in 1:3.2. Armbro Lady I looks to be close to her best . for engagements at AddingIton Raceway next month. Robert Hodgen, which is I engaged at Hororata, did ! well for a horse in his class jto finish second, ahead of i Big Poplar, which had an | early break and did well to (finish so close. Another Day finished fourth — a good performance — ahead of Strathspey, which will do his future racing from Jack Smolenski’s I team. i Starport won the first heat i for two-year-olds in 2:49.7 j for 2000 m, the last 800 m in ! 1:3.4. Charming Pride was I never far away and took I second, ahead of Ruling iLobell, which tangled near ’the finish. She came down pacing and looking to be travelling well at the end. Steven Charles (Young ! Charles—Braebum) showed promise when he came from a fair way back to win the other heats in 2:49.5, the last 800 m in 1:2.7. He won by a head from Armbro Dhu, with a length to Lordable and a head to Sunseeker.

Spartan Prince did best of the eight two-year-old trotters to parade. There was merit in his nose win over My Tuft as he broke after about 140 m when taking fright at a shadow high up on the track. The winner took 2:53.2 for the 2000 m, the last 800 m in 1:4.2. He will contest a nontotalisator event for two-

year-old trotters at Adding- i ton Raceway next month. | Results: — CO FACERS (B GRADE), 2600 m. —Sly One It D. Mangos 1; Star Del It F. Kirk 2; speedometer it J. Smolensk! 3. Thirteen started. Length, half a length, length and a quarter. Port View fourth. Time: 3:38 6. CO end Cl PACERS. 2600.— Chatteris Play It E. Crawford 1; Stars and Stripes It J. Ferguson 2, Present Flight it 11. Henderson 3. Fourteen started. Neck, length and a half. 10 lengths. Linda Ann fourth. Time- 3:33.7 Cl AND C2 FACERS, 2600 m—- . Chase It A. Nixon 1; Pat Nash It B. Morris 2; Adios Charm It D. Mangos 3. Fourteen started. Half a head, neck, half a length. Mighty Eagle fourth. Time: 3:32.7 C2 TO C 6 PACERS, 2000 m—- . It D. Townley 1; Bradleigh It R. Winter 2; Tactful It R Cameron 3. Twelve started. Length, half a length, same Tbelmaur fourth. Time: 3:30.6. CO AND Cl TROTTERS, 2600 m. —lsa Rangi It D. Mangos 1: South Westland It C. de Filippi 2; Question JI ark it J. Ferguson 3. Fifteen started. Length and a half, same, neck. King’s Crossfourth. Time: 3:40.5.

Cl TO OC TROTTERS, 2600 m. —Armbro Lady It R. Cameron 1; Robert Hodgen it J. Ferguson 2; Big Poplar It T. Thomas 3. Twelve started. Length, same, head Another Dav fourth. Time: 3:36.6. TWO-YEAR-OLD PACERS 2000m.—First heat: Starport It J. Smolensk! 1; Charming Pride It D Mangos 2; Ruling Lobell It I. Schwamm 3. Eleven started. Length and a half, length, head. True Peterson fourth. Time: 2:49.7. Second heat: Steven Charles It D. Jones 1; Armbro Dhu It J. Smolensk! 2; Lordable It W. Taumanu 3. Eleven started. Head, length, neck. Sunseeker fourth. Time: 2:49.5. TWO-YEAR-OLD TROTTERS, 2000m.—Spartan Prince It D. Townley I; My Tuft It A. Williams 2: Fabian It G. Middleton Eight started. Nose, three lengths and a half, three lengths. John’s First fourth. Time:

THREE-YEAR-OLDS, 2600 m—- . Belmont it G. McDonald 1: Dranrebbon It W. Butt 2: Princess Juanita It B. Anderson 3. Four started. Length and a half, three lengths, same. (.adv Lana fourth. Time: 3:44.3.