Racing and trotting Top contenders for Rangiora Stakes

Press, 18 December 1976, Page 21

Racing and trotting Top contenders for Rangiora Stakes

Lord Septenius and Regal Shine, on trial for the S5OOO New Zealand Champion Stakes at Ashburton on December 27. should dispute the finish to the North Canterbury Three-year-old < takes at Rangiora toLord Septemus, a member 5 cf the small, in-form team! 'tamed at Darfield by Leo May. has vet to break through for his first success. i Only his inability to begin j cleanlv has stopped him! gaining that win long ago. He has drawn wide today ! and this should help him get under way reasonably well. I

Last Saturday Lord Septemus put in a grand run to beat all but Tuapeka Dream at Waimate. and before that he had shown to advantage in stronger fields than this: one. Regal Shine won the Orari! Challenge Stakes three starts, back and last Saturday she s I was a splendid fourth at ! Waimate. She has drawn No. I 1 at the barrier and should! be in or near the lead all the ! way. She is a talented filly and! should beat most in this race.; Lordable went quite well! at Wednesday’s trials. He has| shown sufficient ability to; take a prominent part in this l : finish. Scottish Heath, a stable-! mate of Regal Shine, will be

another top contestant. His failure at Waimate was not of his own making. Seafield Hanover. Yankee Bomber. Watbro Trick and Ambridge appeal most of the; others. The Three-year-old Stakes! is the final leg of the on-; course treble, the other legs; being the Cheviot Handicap; and the First Grandstand! Handicap, races for maiden 1 trotters and pacers respec- ! lively. The promising three-year-l ;old. Even Speed, could make! ■a winning debut in the first! leg, a race in which the I chances of My Tuft and Time 1 to Go are highly rated Mandarin, Legacy and Wikam appeal most in the second leg.