Joss fancied in first leg

Press, 10 April 1978, Page 18

Joss fancied in first leg

- Special correspondent Blenheim Joss's late burst into second place was a highlight in Satur day’s Marlborough Cup. A repetition of that performance I could see her take the MorwenI stow Handicap, first leg of the -Marlborough Racing Club’s - T.A B. double today With 800 m to run on Saturday. Joss was last and she had only two behind her approaching the straight entrance. Consequently, her effort to get into second was a fine one. By Lomond, Joss has yet to win in the open grade In the past she has tended to sustain her form once a peak is reached Maria Zana is the class runner |in the field. She tops the handicap with 56. a rating which could possibly be troublesome for the lightly-framed Zamazaan mare. She has weighed in at her last three appearances, the most recent outing being a third behind Seven Forty Seven at I Awapuni last Saturday week. Sir Troubadour came from i behind for a creditable third in the Marlborough Cup. He will again be a leading contender. Debreter looked particularly smart in the lower grade staying race on Saturday. However, he was a doubtful runner yesterday and is expected to contest the last race on today’s card The other runners would have to improve sharply on their most-recent performances to be considered winning chances. SECOND LEG Top-weight Rio Ribbon is chosen for the second leg, the Strathconan Handicap, for class two anti three sprinters. Rio Ribbon, by Fountainhead, will earn a following after his first-day third in the open sprint The effort was a creditable one lor he was forced to cover extra ground at times. Braque, a fresh horse at the meeting, has a last-start third to his credit. He is more than useful on his day and has already won three times this season in the lower grades. Imperial Chief attracted considerable attention when he ran In Saturday’s open sprint. A former Te Aroha galloper, he is now with C. A. Bowry at Otaki Imperial Chief, by Copenhagen 11, should be vastly improved by that outing. Cruisemaster. Waitaki Mellay and Leri are a likely trio for the Marlborough Transport Handicap, first leg of the T.A.B. treble. Todmark, which had a shocking rails run on the opening day, could take the second leg, the Jack Glengarry Handicap. There is an even line-up in the third leg, the Clare Handicap Debreter made a big impression in winning on Saturday. He could repeat at the expense of Poulaine and Lord Hymac. Selections:— 11.15 a.m.—Loe Brush Hurdles: Cute Lad, Master William, Tiger Hunt. 11.50 a.m.—Barratt Maiden: Prince Karavar, Kamala, Tudor. 12.25 p.m. — Whitehead Maiden: Ask the Question, Strike, Bassingbourne. 1 p.m,—Broughan Handicap: Tipsy, Rich Beau, High Born. 1.35 p.m. — Marlborough Transport Handicap: Cruisemaster, if scratched Waitaki Mellay, Leri, Smoke Dream. 2.15 p.m.—Morwenstow Handicap: Joss, Maria Zana, Sir Troubadour. 2.50 p.m.—Jack Glengarry Handicap: Todmark, Sans Rival, Princess Hasty.

3.25 p.m.—Strathconan Handicap: Rio Ribbon, Braque, Imperial Chief. 4 p.m.—Clare Handicap: Debreter, Poulaine, Lord Hymac. Acceptances: — 11.15 a.m.— A. F. LOE BRUSH HURDLES, $1700; 2600m.—Cute Lad (8> 66.5; Master William (2) 66; Sharzan

I (31 59.5; Maciane <7>, Tiger Hunt |<10! 58; Up a Hundred ilii 57.5; - Eastend Star <4i. Every Reason ;16). General Lee <l>. Lead the - Way (9>. Sir Acorn (5) 57. 11.50 a.m.— BARRATT MAIDEN STAKES, $1200; IOOUm —Ci eale -9>. Dunbar | (8), Eklah (4). Kamala <2r. i Kentoby (I. Little Dan 'l3-. ; Regal Honey i6>, Te Kapua Tane j (31 55; Key man <l2l, Mhorvette 1110). Nikova (It). Prime Karas ar | (14), Struod <7l, Tudor (5i 51. j 12.25 p.m.— WHITEHEAD MAIDEN. S 1200; 11400 m—Banacek <7), Bassing [bourne (11, Colonel Tod ilOi, Old Timer <6. Orfair il2i, Patonga HIBI. Red Craig <l3i, Strike Gold I (5). Trebla (15) 54; All at Sea 1(17), Ask the Question <14.. ! Auroral i 3), Balencia <2i. Car - menlia <Bl, Myownie (16), Princess I ~--e <4>. Shahianee <9, Tipsy (11) 53. Balloted out in order of reentry: Patonga, Tipsy. I p.m.— BROUGHAN WELTER HANDICAP, $1200; 2000 m —Kmgswood (3), Rich Beau (10) 57; High Born (15) Red Kelly (81 56; Full Stop (14) 55; Borodino (2). Young Jeff <6l 54.5; Gold Prince ill, Manofour (5), Sergeant Wilson <4i. Tipsy (9) 53.5; Colombia George (7), Mt Aspiring <lll, Shifnal Rose (12); Trampus (13) 53; Tin (16) 52.5. T.A.B. TREBLE 1.35 p.m.— MARLBOROUGH TRANSPORT HANDICAP $1300; 1400 m. | 1 7271 Cruise Master (6) 55.5 2 3361 Leri (1) 54.5 ; 3 9201 Smoke Dream <Bl 54.5 [ 4 5836 Brown Dancer (3i 53.5 | 5 8004 Cyllenius <4> 53.5 I 6 3310 Daveldo (13) 53.5 7 0363 Waitaki Mellay <11) 53.5 - 8 0498 Academy i7i 53.0 i 9 3169 Bareesh (14) 53.0 110 7090 Aberwood Lass <9> 52.5 II 6500 Dalwood (5) 52.5 12 0680 Doncaster Lad <10) 52.5 13 00 Pendulum (15) 52 5 14 8899 Ribot Cloud (12) 52.5 15 6860 Riley (2) 52.5 T.A.B. DOUBLE 2. IS p.m.— MORWENSTOWN HANDICAP $2500; 2000 m. 1 0353 Maria Zana (3) 56.0 2 6253 Sir Troubadour <9) 54.0 3 0052 Joss (1) 52.0 4 2131 Debreter (4) 50.5 5 3785 Excessive Talk (5) 50.5 6 0000 Bold Lion (2) 50.0 7 9985 Cheval D'oake (8) 50.0 8 6396 Golden Trumpet »7f 50.0 9 9775 Solarc (6) 50.0 T.A.B. TREBLE 2.50 p.m.— JACK GLENGARRY HANDICAP $1400; 1400 m. 1 2113 Princess Hasty (8) 53.0 2 1828 Todmark (61 52.5 3 4371 El Nicky <9) 520 4 0452 Sans Rival ill) 52.0 5 1010 Jetty <s> 51.5 6 6206 Epinoy (3) 50.0 7 7184 Lochinora (4) 49.5 8 0935 Magic Reign (1) 49.5 9 7507 Dellarca <7i 49 0 10 7509 Francisus (10) 49.0 II 6846 Questo Tempo (2) 49.0 T.A.B. DOUBLE 3.25 p.m.— STRATHCONAN HANDICAP $1800; 1400 m 1 4583 Rio Ribbon (1) 56.0 2 1003 Braque <6i 54.5 3 0408 Imperial Chief (9) 53.0 4 1190 Our Jet (5) 53.0 5 2210 Flying View >3) 52.5 6 0000 Duty Point <2) 52.0 7 4929 Capriole <10) 50 0 8 8990 Jim Bob (4) 49.5 9 5700 Radin (71 49,0 10 1596 Tairndale <8) 49 0 T.A.B. TREBLE 4 p.m.— CLARE HANDICAP $1500; 2000 m. 1 2112 Lord Hymac ill) 58.0 2 7115 Linea Lladro (7) 58.0 3 2131 Debreter (2) 57.0 4 1571 Poulaine (6) 54.5 5 3102 Lady Belinda (9) 53.0 6 8003 Bagpiper <3) 52.5 7 2334 Dinaro (10) 52.0 8 7630 Afentaller <4) 50.0 9 0730 River Scene (5) 50.0 10 7755 Royal Dolton <8) 50.0 11 0069 Denosera 11) 49.0 12 6206 Epinoy (12) 49.0