Top Secret looks fit
Top Secret showed her readiness to test the sprinters at Geraldine with a bold trial at Wingatui on Thursday morning. Yallem. Candyboy and Playtime were impressive among candidates for the Southland meeting. Work was mainly on the sand, which was in good order. Top Secret worked keenly outside Clarendon Gold and Soldier Girl, covering 1200 m in 1:19.7, the last 800 In 53.7. Yallem had something In reserve after sprinting 800 m in 54. Trade Secret and Anita Kay returned similar times. Candy boy went keenly in 54.4. The speedy ■ two-year-old. Playlime and Kfcee. dashed over 600 metres In 38.6. Kohare Nahu and Selector took 39. Don Carlos and Lady Hampton, now with Eddy O'Brien, returned 40. Nor drew right away from Indian Girl at the end of 1200 m in 1:21.4, the first 600 in 37.5. Willow park moved well with Ravalhin over 1000 m on the grass In 1:7.6, the last 600 in 54.4. Nika will race In blinkers tomorrow. Wee Ader, a last-start winner at Wingatui, has gone amiss in the suspensory ligament of a foreleg.
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Press, 15 October 1976, Page 2-3 (Supplement)
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