Oopik set for Sydney Cup
| (N.Z PA. Staff Crspdt) SYDNEY. Oopik remains the 2 to 1 favourite for the $130,200 Sydney Cup (3200mj at Randwick today. live cup runners had their last workouts in the $15,150 Autumn Stakes (2ooom. weight-, for age» at Randwick on Saturday and Tom Smith s Participator firmed to 7 to 1 in Cup betting as a result of his win b> a long neck The New Zealand mare Donna Paree was second with a good ■ run while Tom's Mate and Battle Jleights were close behind, with i Wooiawav six lengths behind i Battle Heights in fifth and last i place. I Participator which was second ito Gay Master in the Cup last; sear, drops 4kg today, while Donna Paree drops 6.5 kg and Tom's Mate drops 7kg and can not be counted out for the Cup Tom Smith has predicited that his pair. Participator and Tara s Bulba, will quinella the cup. « But Oopik was so impressive in his only start in Sydney a week ago that no one is discounting him and most Sunday paper selections are predicting an Oopik win. The field is:— 5.20 p.m. (N.Z. time) —
SYDNEY CUP $130,200; 3200m. 1 22 T Oopik <161 57.5 2 445 Battle Heights <9j 57.0 3 161 Taras Bulba (3» 57.0 4 083 Analight <11» 54.5 Fi 121 Participator (17) 54.0 6 013 Gay Master »1-4> 52.0 7 106 Consider Me (7j 51.o
8 533 Tom's Mate (15) 51.0 9 147 Joueur di 51.0 10 432 Donna Paree (12) 50.5 11 139 Hotray <2» 50.0 12 514 Major Battle 4) 50.0 13 590 San Michelle (6) 50.0 14 790 Diuska (5» 49.5 15 944 Wool away (13) 49.0 36 351 Off Hand (10) 47.5 17 525 Lazy Pat (8) 46.0
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Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34131, 19 April 1976, Page 10
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295Oopik set for Sydney Cup Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34131, 19 April 1976, Page 10
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