Mixed result for Temperton stable

Press, 9 August 1976, Page 16

Mixed result for Temperton stable

Charger gave followers. the Temperton stable! omething to mull over* in the Sydenham! Hurdles less than ani hour before his stable-! mate. Thun, won thei. Grand National Steeple-1 chase on Saturday. Charger was sent out; favourite for his race debut! as a jumper, but finished;; sixth after an intriguing! 1 stop-go-stop display. He was left in front! straight away, attempted to 1 baulk at the hurdle near the 1600 metres, but after dropping back a few places im- ; proved again rapidly to regain his lead. Then, on the . approach to the hurdle near i the 800 metres he again ; hesitated and started to pull !

i up. In doing so he took the line of Jack Johnson, which [clipped his heels and dis-, 'lodged his rider. | Michael Gillies tried to .rally Charger for a renewed (effort, but it was clear 600 j [metres out that the greys! energies had been spent ; I This made it easy for) [Charger's stablemate Beu: !Streak, which, in the hands.: I of the Wingatui jockey,! ißrian Kennedy, won running!' [away by five lengths from! 'Royal Mail. Bennelong outfinished_ the) (Cambridge-trained Ko:ro< (Scott to take third place byll half a head. The C. J. C. judicial com- , mittee held an inquiryjnto the racing manners of Charger. his trainer was told that acceptances for the final day j of the meeting would be i permitted for Charger but : his subject w’ould be subject <

to the condition that he per [form a satisfactory tna :over eight flights of hurdle'before a stipendiary stewan this week. Scenic Reserve, the hot i test favourite of the day easily w'on the Enfiei* Steeples in the hands of thi [amateur rider Brian Tims tc : preserve his unbeaten rec tt • into three starts But the Washdyke-tramec (Good Nip was one of rhe |little-fancied runners in the I other jumping race, the Ina (Hurdles, which he won decisively by two and a half [lengths. This, the first race on the card, did not lack incident. It was uneventful enough until the third to last flight, but when First Wood misjudged that one and came down he took Celsius. El Salvador. and Whistling Cloud out of the race.