Cloudy Lease runs well

Press, 4 August 1976, Page 26

Cloudy Lease runs well

(Special Correspondent i i Hastings | Cloudy Lease, a minor; placegetter at Marton on 1 Saturday, gave further indi-1 cation of his present fitness! with a good gallop at the! Hastings track yesterday morning. A heavy overnight frost made the track firm. Most of the fast work was carried out on the plough which was in good order. Cloudy Lease, (Frethey) was bowling along nicely over 800 m on the plough. He was never at top speed yet ran the last 600 m in a creditable 38.9 sec. The five-year-old gelding 1 pulled up extra well after| the workout and must be a; place chance in the Springvale Handicap, first leg at; Hastings on Saturday. One' of the best gallops of the) morning was Venleigh’si 1000 m on the plough. He; was doing his work well and recorded Imin. 4.ssec, the final 600 m requiring 38.1 sec. Venleigh which is topweight for the Omarunui Handicap on Saturday, is a last start winner and must go close again Chinkara (Frethey) and]

iLavaro (Harris) provided the; [best time for 800 m on the] (course proper. They scam-i pered over the distance in ,50.4 sec the final 600 m re-] quiring 38.7 sec. Both horses were striding, out well and should be im-l iprovers for Saturday. They start in the respec-! tive divisions of the Okawaj Handicap. Meduno (Tellema) and Accurate (Aiderman) continued their preparation for the Springvale Handicap with a circuit on the plough. They started boldly and not surprisingly were slowing up towards the finish. They were timed from 1200 m in

i Imin. 20.2 sec, the final 600 m (taking 4L2sec. I Crown d’Or, the inount of (David Withinton in the jWaireka Maiden, stretched out over 800 m on the plough ■in 51, the final 600 m in 138.75ec. He was a last start (sixth in the prestigious ' Ryder Stakes at Levin so his j chances against much weaker company on Saturday, must be good. Gunlock (Julius) was doing better than Tariana (Jones) at the finish of their 1200 m on the plough. They ran the distance at a good clip taking Imin 18.6 sec, the last 800 m was timed at 53.25ec.