Theseus due for winning turn

Press, 30 August 1977, Page 28

Theseus due for winning turn

Special correspondent Auckland i After three meritorious Iruns for second, Theseus fully deserves a winning turn and he stands a firstrate chance of gaining it in the Cambridge Trotting Cup tonight. Theseus was beaten in the closest of finishes over one mile on the first night of the Cambridge meeting last Friday. He went under by half a head to the good mare, Via Veneece, after working hard for a good way. He sat parked out in the middle stages and then held the lead from the 400 m until run down just short of the post. Theseus will start from the unruly position on the 10m mark. He has not been the best of beginners from a stand in the past but this season he seems to have settled down reasonably well.

At his two earlier attempts, Theseus was just beaten by Ginger Megs at Alexandra Park on August 13 and then runner-up to Danty Tudor there six nights later. Theseus’s chances will be assisted by the withdrawal yesterday of Via Veneece, which is being reserved for [the Franklin meeting next Friday. Majestic Heir, if allowed to dictate his own rules in i front, will be a major threat. He won as he liked at | Claudelands and Alexandra Park earlier this month, shaping as an up-and-coming stayer.

Beau Rios fought on well last Friday to hold third to Via Veneece and Theseus after making most of the pace. He would not have to improve much more to be a distinct prospect tonight. If there is a surprise, it could come from Chief Iron|side. A brilliant beginner from a stand, he does not need much racing before showing his best form and he could easily figure 1 i prominently. Hazy Days, a game and i impressive winner last Friday, should be the hardest to ;beat in the second leg of the :T.A.B. double. The Oakihampton pace. Lightly-tried, Hazy Days looks a four-year-old of fine potential and with his smart .turn of speed should bei | prominent all the way : | tonight. Moorfield Lad has an awk-| ward draw but he has been racing so solidly in recent starts that he should be up to overcoming this disadvantage. Coping Stone won nicely last Friday and she will have her share of support. Selections.— 4.15 p.m —Brooklands Hindi, cap: Life Sentence. Yankee Talent, Laoe. 4.50 p.m.—Reremal Pace: ■illy Brydon, Keystone Pride, Maxfield Place. LM p.m.—Battle Cry Handicap: Grand Horiion, Whenuanui, Yadran. 735 p.m Derive Pace: ' Forest Dale, Presence Felt, . Tom Tyrax. 8.25 p.m.—Cambridge Cup: Theseus, Majestic Heir, Beau I Rios. 835 p.m.—Eneawah Paco: Crystal Air, Brave Charles, Mac Direct.

4.35 p.m.—Oakhimpton Pace Hazy Days, Moorfietd Lad, Coping Stone. 10.5 p.m.—Redmond Lane Stakes: Fleetmae, Connie Brydon. Sheer Nandina. 10.35 p.m.—Homeward Pace: Scotch Double, Gentle Kneve, Lord Rastus. 6.15 p.m.— BROOKLANDS TROT, $1600; Cl. C2; 2600m.—Life Sentence (1), Raedale (2i, Gin Gold (3). Young Nick (4>, Mairo Queen <5), Blue Mink (6i, Laos (7i, NgXpuhi (8). Miller <9i. Mighty Sneaky (11), Yankee Talent (12), Ponderosa Jack (13) It; Kimba Marshall (1). Dart Away <3> 20. Scratched: Sunny Court, Beau Joy. 6.50 p.m.— REREMAI PACE, S 1200; CO; mobile; 2600m.—Keystone Pride ill, Billy Brydon (3), Little Mac (4), Neil’s Erik (s>, Dusky Dalvene (6). Maxfield Place (7), Wairau Scott (8), Raemaris (9), Our Wager (10), Frosty Kilt (12), Tribal Hanover (14), Glenarmbro (16), Browngate Squire (11), W’lbahe Lumber (15) It. Scratched: Mannequin, Caledonian Yank. 7.20 p.m.— BATTLE CRY TROT, $2050; C 3; trotters; 2600m.—W'henuanui (1). Hard Winter (2). Grand Horizon (3), Kairanga Lass (4) it; Yadran (1), Cutaway (2), Milford Decorum (3) 30. T.A.B. DOUBLE 7.55 p.m.— DERIVE PACE $1400; Cl; mobile; probationary; 2600 m. 1 6665 Corburl (1) It! 2 757 Snowden (2) It 3 2 Autumn Jo (3) It 4 591 Forest Dale (4) It i 6 6000 Split Link (6) It! 7 5074 Presence Felt (7) It 8 0996 Lucky (8) It' 9 800 Hasty Beau (9) It 11 6129 Honey Child ill) Hi 12 0387 Jon Brydon <l2i II! 13 7 Harlem Cherie 113) It 14 3333 Key Copy (14) It 16 9103 Tom Tryax (16) It 17 0045 Well To Do (17) It Scratched: Wee Spark, Tudor Spark, Te Paatu Prince. T.A.B. DOUBLE 8.25 p.m.— CAMBRIDGE CUP $3000; C 4; 2600 m. 1 6293 Beau Rios (1) It 2 295 Moon Commander (2) It 3 4667 Gay Chase (3) It 4 305 Khamsa Bay (4) It 5 011 Majestic Heir i 5) It 6 65 Mamma Cass (6) it 7 8970 Jawa King (7) It 8 7 Rondel (1) 10 9 8448 Miss Pix (2) 10 10 222 Theseus (unruly) 10 11 5 Chief Ironside <1) 20 12 6 Stormy Night (2) 201 Scratched: Via Veneece. T.A.B. TREBLE 8.55 p.m ENEAWAH PACE $1200; CO; mobile; 2600 m. j 1 00 Panawa Bay (1) It! 2 5347 Crystal Air (2) It 3 0 Major Brydon 1 3) It I 4 0280 Elegant Chris (4) Itj 5 05 Nickel! Adios (5) It I 6 7400 Gentle Spring (6) It! 7 0094 Brave Charles (7) It! 8 0 Banyon <Bi It 10 Katell (10) It; 11 90 Regal Tryax (11) It 12 Hassel <l2i It, 13 009 Our Jeff < 13) It I 15 0 Sevarno (15) It! 16 555 Mac Direct il6) It Scratched: Nandina Don, Tunny.

T.A.B. DOUBLE 9.35 p.m.— OAKHAMPTON PACE $1600; C2; mobile; 1 mile. 1 7633 Namu Girt ID It I 2 6080 Count Tryax (21 It I 3 7741 Coping Stone i 3) It I 4 104 Crafty Queen 4) It 5 5 Astro Blue (5) It! 6 0141 Haty Days (6) It i 7 6419 Gypsy Reign (7) It I 8 Lyla (8) It! 9 5775 Tartan Doll (9) It 10 5108 Young Royalty (10) It! 11 7206 Royal Willie (ID It 13 2162 Moorfield Lad 13) It I 15 459 Speedometer (15) It' 16 Lauder Garrison (16) Iti Scratched: Miss Unique, South' Host. 10.5 p.m.— REDMOND LANE STAKES, $1500: fillies and mares: mobile; 2600m.—Sheer Nandina (I>, Gentle Cindy (2i. Jafradel (3),| Social Girl (4), Sly Chick (5), , Crescent Moon (6). Connie Brvdon (7), Fieetmae <B> it J |

T.A.B. TREBLE T' 10.35 p.m.— HOMEWARD PACE $1200; CO; mobile; 2600 m. 2 Global Prince (2) It 4 06 Master Junior (4) It 5 49 Mighty Sweep (5) it 6 558 Ascot Byrd (6) It 7 302 Scotch Double (7) It 8 09 Quote (8) It 9 009 Earl Rico (9) It 10 6873 Ceffyl Dhu (10) It 11 50 Reddition ill) it 13 90 Red Cretonne (13) It 14 667 Noble Jade (14) It 15 Indecisive (15) It 16 2283 Lord Rastus (16) It 17 2936 Gentle Knave (17) It

Scratched: Blue Knight, Sly Wynn. Morreign.

DRIVERS

PA Auckland Driving engagements at the Cambridge Trotting Club’s second meeting tonight include: D. Alexander: Hard Winter, Stormy Night, Young Royalty. K. Bowen: Speedometer. C. Butler: Chief Ironside. J. Bassett: Life Sentence. J. Breed: Young Nick. G. Bergerson: Autumn Jo. G. Bradley: Earl Rico. O. Cameron: Harlem Cherie. B. Cave: Mighty Sneaky, Master Junior. C. Chandler: Little Mac, Majestic Heir, Regal Tryax. J. Cole: Milford Decorum. Count Tryax. L. Caldwell: Khamsa Bay. F. Cooney: Blue Mink. J. Davies: Gay Chase. A. Dunsmuir: Theseus. R. Fletcher: Neil’s Erik. Gentle Cindv. B. Gleeson: Hastv Beau. E. Goodyer: Laos. E. Harding: Our Wager, Mama Cass, Our Jeff. C. Hughes: Gentle Spring. I. Hilliard: Namu Girl. T. Knowles: Duskv Dalvene. Crystal Air. | J. Langdon: Kaytell. Keystone! Pride, Scotch Double, Jawa King, Roval Willie. Cutawav. W. Larsen: Tom Tryax. G. Mangos: Browngate Sauire. Snowden. M.I McKendry: Key Copy. Gypsy! Reign. C. McDonald: Hazy Days,! Millier.

T. Milina: Yadran, Mac Direct.! P. Mounce: Glen Armbro, Presence Felt. Nickeli Adios, Indecisive. A. Martin: Yankee Talent. Mighty Sweep. M. Nicholas: Corburl. J. Newberry: Jon Brydon. M. Navlor: Well To Do. G. Newberry: Billv Brydon, Major Brydon, Connie Brydon. Ceffyl Du. C. Pruden: Wairau Scott. L Purdon: Maxfield Place, Brave Charles, Tartan Doll. O. Purdon: Forest Dale. L Beaks: Hassel, Sly Chick, Gentle Knave. G. Reaks: Crescent Moon, Miss Pix. L. Robinson: Ponderosa Jack, Lyla. M. Robinson: Lord Rastus, Beau Rios, Whenuanui. Frosty Kilt. F. Shaw: Panawa Bay. G. Smith: Cavalier. Fleetmae, Quote. Dartaway. Lauder Garrison. W. Smith: Raemaris. Noble Jade. Banyon. M. Stormont: Crafty Queen G. Stewart: Ascot Bvrd. F. Thornton: Kairanga Lass-. R. Tribe: Coping Stone. H. Timins: Tribal Hanover, Social Girl. E. Wallis: Raedale, Redition. P. Wolfenden: Kimba Marshall. Astro Flue. Moon Commander. Grand Horizon. JafradelJ P Young: Rondel, Sheer Nan.' dina.