Good Lord appeals in Te Rapa’s Q.E. II Cup

Press, 23 February 1977, Page 24

Good Lord appeals in Te Rapa’s Q.E. II Cup

Special correspondent . Auckland Racing will be making the most of its opportunity at Te Rapa today to welcome the Queen. Preparations for the Royal visit have been in hand for weeks. The two main events of the Waikato Racing Club’s special programme drew the best horses in New Zealand. Nothing more is needed now than the blessing of fine weather. During her stay at Te Rapa, which is expected to be of some two and a quarter hours, the Queen will seen four races, the last' of which, at around 2.25. p.m.. has included in its prize a cup which Her Majesty will present to the winning owner. The presentation cere-: mony will take place in the birdcage and the Queen will leave almost immediately afterwards to fulfil the next ( of her engagements for the' day. As an owner and breeder The Queen has a knowledge and experience of thoroughbreds that would be hard to match. The pleasure she takes in racegoing and mingling with racing folk is) well known and it will be everyone’s wish that in her first Waikato meeting she finds much that is interesting l and enjoyable. The Queen Elizabeth II Cup. for which Her Majesty will present the trophy, and: the Lion Brown Sprint, unfortunately too late for the. Royal party, should provide' races worth going a long way to see. Good Lord. Kiwi Can.; Kythera and Magistrate arel acceptors for the Cup which would not be out of place; anywhere over the 2200 m ’ distance and Battle Heights: and Jan's Beau, though now; nine years old, always attract attention. The Lion Brown Sprint,! with the likes of Balmerino. La Mer, Blue Blood, Shifnal Chief, Grey Way, Tudor Light and Soliloquy in the field, promises to provide! the best 1400 metres race in years. Good Lord, the Wellington Cup winner in his last; start and to all appearances! in his training of the past 1 week just as good or perhaps even better than when at Trentham. could be the) one to beat in the cup. I In the Wellington event Good Lord had a nearperfect rails run as a help! but he might have taken first place in any case, he ran the 3200 metres out so solidly. A smallish, five-year-old: chestnut gelding by Zama-i

I zaan, a French-bred, from an Australian mare, Love In Bloom, Good Lord gains further international status through being owned by an American, Mr M. L. Hines. An attorney in Las Vegas, Mr Hines has yet to see Good Lord and as much as he would like to be at Te Rapa he has been unable to make the trip. Good Lord was one of the New Zealand horses which ran well in Melbourne last spring although he was not asked to tackle the big cup races. i Kiwi Can and Kythera, with her third placing in the Melbourne Cup, also performed with much credit. Magistrate has been one of the up-and-coming middledistance horses of the summer and Free Gold. Gold Ducat. Caruba and Fagan’s i Boy have the ability to getl I into the money. Whether the three-year-old' filly La Mer, at her first at-! tempt against all ages and in such company, can continue her 'remarkable! sequence of wins is one of the questions attaching to the | Lion Brown Sprint. La Mer won the New Zealand Oaks last time, over; 2400 metres. Back success-, fully so soon over 1400 she would show herself a real: champion. Balmerino. which as a fine; three-year-old took New Zea-1 land and Australia by storm, will be returning to racing l after a spell due to injury! and in fact will be having hisl first start in New Zealand for almost exactly a year. Blue Blood, Grey Way J Shifnal Chief. Tudor Light, and Battle Eve have won! particular distinctions as, sprinters. Blue Blood has a hat-trick of Wellington’s, Telegraph Handicaps to his credit. Grey Way a wonder-; ful tally of 36 wins and! Battle Eve a record stake-! earnings for a mare in New! Zealand. Selections. — 11.50 a.m.—Balmoral Handicap: Lunar Probe, Tamber, i Hagen's Boy. 12.30 p.m.—Sandown Highweight: Darnley Fair, Double Twist, Lupa. 1.5 p.m.—Lester Piggott Handicap: Arctic Loch, Lumley Lass Bali. 1.50 P.m. —Stayers* Plate: Stylemaster, Spring Waggon, | Indian Gold. 2.25 p m.—Queen Elizabeth II Cup: Good Lord, Kiwi Can, : Kvthera. 3.10 p.m.—Windsor Handicap: Tara Lass, Community Affair, j Shamura. 3.50 p.m.—Lion Brown Sprint: La Mer, Blue Blood, i Battle Eve. 4.30 n.m.—Edinburgh Handicap: Bedazzled, Sergeant Pep-

per, Meed. 5.10 p.m.—Ascot Handicap: ‘ Jester Boy, Gentle Gold. No Saint. Fields, with form, for the l T.A.B. double and treble events, | !are.— T.A.B. TREBLE 1.50 p.m.—

V VAIKATO STAYERS PLATE 1 305 $3500; 3200m. Spring Waggon (20) 57.0 z 2216 Stylemaster (9) 56.0 i 3 Ho<i9 Cashmere Lass (24) 55.0 4 5600 Marie Kay (8i Noble Boy (15) 55.0 .» 2060 55.0 6 9130 Bon Appetit i12) 520. 1 7 0822 Blue Billy (21) 51.5 i 8 4099 Cesonic (23i 51.5 ' 9 6092 Indian Gold (6) 51.5. 10 1810 Our Guest (22) 51.5 111 4105 Artesian (16) 51 5 ■ 12 0512 Onaia Street (7) 51.0 1 113 2381 Lord Pharos (17) 50.5 114 0007 Paris Lad (18) 50.5 15 6228 Solarc (1) 50.5 . 17 0708 High Chief (12) 50.0: 18 5303 Keepsv Weepsv (3) 50.0 | 23 8770 Task Force (10) 50.0 l Balloted out in order of re- 1 entrv: 16 0908 Copper Rey (19) 50.0 94 2080 Tiber Prince (5) 50.0 i 121 0025 On Camera (13) 50.0 1 i 19 - n— m Midas Touch (14) 50.0. 22 0327 Sugar King (11) 50.0 | i Scratched: Native Rein (4) 12.25 p.m T.A.B. DOUBLE QUEEb ELIZABETH II CUP 1 0349 $20,500; 2200m. Battle Heights (13) 59.0' 2 4135 Kiwi Can (22) 59.0 3 1710 Jan's Beau (23) 57.0 ; 4 1081 Good Lord (21) 56.5 s 1021 Magistrate i6i 54.0 6 0045 Kythera (11) 53.51 7835 Trochee <17) 53.5; 8 8213 Caruba (15) 53.0! 9 2826 Varnamo (3) 53.0; 10 8131 Fagan's Boy (19) 52.5 11 5801 Liten Hest (5) 52.5 13 2265 Free Gold (8) 52.0 14 1150 Persian King (1) 52.0 15 5100 Royal Reward (9) 52.0 16 7717 Elka rand (20) 51.5 17 0020 Gold Ducat (16) 51.0 18 6600 Tonic Time '14) 51.0 20 4302 Bartlesville (4) 50.5 Balloted out in order of reent 12 rv: 3380 Rosie's Girl (18) 52.5 93 0474 Doristoi (24) 50.0 21 Hasty Mav (12) 50.5! 24 1210 Lord (7) 50.0 22 0115 Arctic Bay (10) 50.0 Scratched: Aqua.jet (2). 3.10 p.m T.A.B. TREBLE 1 WINDSOR HANDICAP $2025; 1400m. 4532 Shamura (4) 47.0 2 006 Community Affair 3 8685 (15) Tara Lass (17) 4 0160 Kazinka (12) 54.5 , 5 6530 Prince Miles ’8) 54.0 : 6 1107 Sovereign's Song 666 (9) Steveona (13) 54.0• 53.5 8 4952 Gay Monarch (6) 53.0 ' 9 2189 Lichelle (10) 53.0 . 10 3890 Prince Angelo (14) 53.0 | 11 5463 Ross Rula (7) 53.0 1 12 0773 Fiasco (5) 52.0 ' i 13 8809 Bloomendaal (1) 51.5 14 810 Caldew (3) 51.5 15 3180 Golden Nugget (16) 51.5 1 16 360 Palanga (2) 51.5 J 17 050 Tainui Princess (11) 51.0 3.50 p.m T.A.B. DOUBLE 1 lion brown sprint $20,250; 1400m. 2210 Blue Blood (8) I 9 3262 Chrisarda (7) 8211 Grey Way (6i 57.5 4 0317 Leprechaun (1) 1114 Shifnal Chief (3) 57.5 | 6 4044. April Wine (2) 57.0 (

1 7 223 Balmerino (9> 57.0 1 It 1446 Copper Bit < 12) 57.0 1241 Battle Eve <4> 56.0 10 4171 Shifnal's Pride t13) 56.0 11 2111 Soliloquy <5) 56.0 12 2171 Tudor Light (10) OO.5 ' 13 1111 La Mer (1) f.A.B. TREBLE 5.10 p.m. — ASCOT HANDICAP $2525; 1600m. , 1 2831 Jester Boy (17) No Saint (5) 57 5 , 2 0309 56.5 3 3536 Lady Roseville (15) 56.0 4 3702 Surrey Park (18> 56.0 8120 Bunvaro ill 54.5 i I 6763 Royal Mallard <8) 54.5 8 2003 Just Serene (10) nZ.D 9 1170 Surgemaster (7) 10 102 Verax 16) :iz n 11 0320 Elian Vannin (21) 52.0 j 12 9171 Gentle Gold (19) 52.0 13 2140 Honest Monee (20) 52.0 14 0 Taille (4) 52.0 15 475 Our Ward (9) 51.0 16 4607 Maya (11) 51.0 : 17 7733 Out of the Clouds (3) 51.0 ! 18 3000 Footmark (16) 50.5 19 1990 Neptune's Picture (12) 49.5 Ballotcc I entry:— 1 out in order of re- , 20 1404 eorgie Leigh (22) 49.5 21 0169 Boolarra <2) 49.0 22 7000 Don Charles (14) 48.0 , 1 Scratched: Sugar Top (13).