Strong north “team” for Rangiora today

Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34126, 12 April 1976, Page 8

Strong north “team” for Rangiora today

There will be much to engage North Island interest in the North Canterbury Racing Club’s autumn meeting at Rangiora today.

The Otaki-trained Zetland! should be one of the top ; chances in the Kaiapoi Handicap, second leg of the T.A.B. double. He will be rid-' den by Brent Thomson, one. of four North Island horse-! men with engagements at the meeting. Other North Island riders! coming south for today’s meeting are Noel Harris,! Gary Phillips, and Bill Skelton. Harris is substituting fori the suspended Bob Skelton! as rider of Rulaway. Regal-; itas, Noir Va] and Unic for Pat Corboy’s Washdyke stable; and will also ride Mr Spitz, Jipcho, and Morgantown. Gary Phillips will do the, riding for a likely-looking! team brought north by the [successful Gore trainer. Rex I Cochrane. The Cochrane-trained hopeI fuls are Ellery Jane, one of

lithe top fancies for the ingle-j .■wood Stakes, Bonny Alouise.' ■ one of the best-performed 1 : i runners in the President’s ■ J Handicap: Game Warrior, a last-start winner in the Kaia-, ipoi Handicap: and Scale Fee.!

;a half-sister to the good per■former Kutatx engaged in the| ■ Oxford Handicap. ' Scale Fee is also closely related to Ellery Jane, whose, record against those of her] own age this season will! command respect for the In- ' glewood Stakes, which is re- ; stricted to three-year-old ■ fillies. Ellery Jane is this season’s! Southland Guineas winner, a jmost impressive one, and if I she can find that brand of) ) I form today she should be ! too strong for the others at ;1600 metres. A return to settled wea-

jther at the week-end bring), jAudaciter back strongly in - Ito reckoning for the first leg of today’s T.A.B. double, and there could be no more pop. . ular winner than the top I weight, which is going after 1 his fourth successive win. The main strength of opposition for Audaciter should j come from Cappello. Top I Secret and Thomas Mellay. : Duntroon, Jipcho, Surge Again, and Game Warrior are in the right form to put I some pressure on the north- | erner, Zetland, in the second (all trotting trainers ' AND DRIVERS are invited to j attend the regular meeting of | your association iN.Z. Trotting 1 Horsemen’s and Trainers’ Assn Inc. i. TLME: 8 p m. ! DATE: WEDNESDAY. APRIL ! 14 PLACE: YALDHURST HOTEL Our gue»t will be Mr Tim • Morton, N.Z Conference Handl icapper and Keeper of the Stud • i Book. J —Advt : FORBURV PARK TROTTING CLUB INC. AUTUMN MEETING [ Saturday 17th. Wednesday 21 ► and Saturday 24th April. Withdrawals for the first nip! close with tl» Secretary TODA : Monday, April 12, at 10 a.m N. W. Vallely. Secretary, P.O. Box 4010, Dunedin, Telephone 53-959 —Ad\ t