Chiefy selected for first leg at Pukekohe

Press, 31 May 1978, Page 18

Chiefy selected for first leg at Pukekohe

Special correspondent Auckland Chiefy realised some of the hopes held for him as a middle-distance runner when he took a 2000 m event at Ruakaka last Friday and he promises to get 2200 m sufficiently well to win or run close in the first leg of the T.A.B. double at Pukekohe today.

A three-year-old colt by Indian Order from Miss Conduct, Chiefy won a maiden sprint at Te Rapa last August. The success at Ruakaka was his only one meanwhile but it has to be said that he was not tried much between times. Two starts before he was taken north he finished fifth over 1600 m at Te Awamutu, running on promisingly. His first win came on a heavy track and it seems likely he will improve further as the ground softens again. The hardest for Chiefy to beat in the Pukekohe Handicap, for classes four and five, will probably be Top Decision, which ran him so close at Ruakaka. Kelly the Second, Bellemar and Dainty Oak. From the weights at Ruakaka, Chiefy is up Ikg in the Pukekohe Handicap and Top Decision is down Ikg. There was hardly anything between them at the Whangarei meeting, Chiefy getting the upper hand right at the finish. Top Decision has weighedin at six of his last seven attempts and with a first and two second placings in his last three must be rated a three-ypar-old of very considerable ability. He is another of the team with which D. J. O’Sullivan has done so well this season. Kelly the Second usually runs on strongly and there has been plenty of promise i i the latest efforts of Bellemar, second at Te Rapa on May 20. and Dainty Oak, second at Rotorua last Saturday. Innes Lad, such a good galloper last winter, could be worth attention in the second leg, the Grand Prix Handicap, a 1200 m event for class four and five. He would be the better, certainly for some softening of the ground but at this early stage <f a new campaign he might not be too much troubled by the unseasonal quite firm footing. Legastaan has the pace to be prominent, and a background of sound form. If Silent Memory is in forward condition after her spell from racing she could well beat them all. Selections:— 11.25 a.m.—Maiden Hurdles: Bay Port, El Fuego, Odland. 12.5 p.m.—Sports Car Handicap: First division: Pur Sang, Sarong. Second division: Street Lover, Raplene.

I 12.40 p.m—Malden Steeplechase: Montedellah, Led Zepplin, Midas Touch. I.IS _p.m.—Car Club Handicap: First division: Edray, Ballymilos. Second division: Rhaddamanthus, Battle Boss. 1.55 p.m.—Motor-cycle Maiden: Seven Ways, Ina Ville, Rose of Carlyle. 2.35 p.m.—Pukekohe Handicap: Chiefy, Top Decision, Kelly The Second. 3.10 p.m.—Maiden Stayers' Race: Red Scabel, Aegean, i Roulette. 345 p.m.—Grand Prix Handicap: Innes Lad, Silent ; Memory, Legastaan. ! 4.20 p.m.—Saloon Car Handicap: Free And Ezey, Gerona, My Friend Neno. T.A.B. TREBLE 1.55 p.m.—

T.A.B. DOUBLE 2.3 S p.m.—

Landmine (7). T.A.B. TREBLE

T.A.B. DOUBLE

T.A.B. TREBLE

MOTORCYCLE MAIDEN $1500; 1600m. 1 3222 Seven Ways (4) 56.0 2 8272 Ina Ville (8) 55.5 3 3393 Seccombe (22) 55.5 4 2283 Rose Of Carlyle (16) 55.0 5 6406 Hawker Fury (11) Leica Lite (18) 55.0 6 7037 55.0 7 592 Rockmar (12) 55.0 8 9054 A Chara's Lad (2) 54.5 9 4004 Black Musk (7) 54.5 10 0 Fen Loch (9) 54.5 11 9204 Leixlip (5) 54.5 12 0285 Sasenka (17) 54.5 13 Coronado (14) 54.0 14 0403 Crickett Reel (21) 54.0 15 0909 Don Ho (13) 54.0 16 0508 Bold Scot (3) 54.0 17 0376 Shelon (1) 54.0 18 6025 Stroller (19) 54.0 Balloted out in order of entry: re19 9737 Benediction (20) 54.0 21 0 Sugar Lu (10) 54.0 22 9 Allegro (6) 54.0 Scratched: Skeeter (15).

PUKEKOHE HANDICAP S1800; 2200m. 1 7212 Top Decision (20) 55.5 3 0591 Chiefy (3) 54.0 4 8573 Kelly The Second (4) 53.5 5 3401 Sir Hermes (11) 53.5 6 9502 Bellemar (6) 53.0 7 3692 Sonic Rulah (8) 53.0 8 0130 Tourlsta (2) 53.0 9 0401 Byrnside (10) 52.5 10 0 Aonui (18) 52.5 11 1442 Dainty Oak (12) 52.5 12 6204 Head Boy (13) 52.5 13 5021 Manipur (1) 52.5 14 9320 Roccofella (9) 52.5 IS 8108 Black Arch (19) 52.0 18 7084 Crown d'Or (16) 52.0 17 2410 Kahawai (17) 52.0 19 1005 Cher (14) 52.0 20 6002 Portabala (5) 52.0 Balloted out in order of entry: re21 9000 Killeavy Girl (15) 52.0 22 4056 Deerfoot (22) 52.0 Scratched: Our Laddie (21),

3.10 p.m MAIDEN STAYERS' RACE $1500; 2200m. 1 0033 Sugar King (8) 57.0

2 8454 Aegean (3) 55.0 3 6028 Grey Legend >6) 55.0 4 23 Red Scabal (19) 55.0 5 0233 Nanasaan (2) 54.5 6 0045 Roulette (12) 54.5 7 3020 Sibelius (5) 54.5 8 0590 Golden Morn (15) 54.0 9 0307 Hanmer (21) 54.0 10 5000 Kitty Hawk (22) 54.0 11 037 Pat 'n' Go (10) 54.0 12 300 Pipeline (17) 54.0 13 5362 Rodeo Ray (1) 54.0 14 0340 Saffron (11) 54.0 15 0370 Tlte (16) 54.0 16 47 When (13) 54.0 17 9009 Zambesi <4) 54.0 18 0060 Desert Palm (20) 53.5 Balloted out In order of reentry: 19 690 Barrica (14) 53.5 20 0084 Patrone (18) 53.5 21 0600 Aintree (9, 53.5 22 7 Dad's Army (7) 53.5

3.45 p.m I GRAND PRIX HANDICAP $1700; 1200m 3021 Silent Memory (2) 58.0 2 6903 Innes Lad (1) 56.0 3 6770 Silver Ash (20) 53.5 4 7040 Daintee Devil (10) 53.0 5 oooo Dae (17) 52.5 6 1 Dark Prince (22) 52.5 7 7031 Giftan (8) 52.5 8 3454 Legastaan (13) 52.5 9 01 Ninja (11) 52.5 10 21 Wallard (15) 52.5 11 8100 Brolga's Luck (21) 52.0 12 7050 Even Dollars (9) 52.0 13 000 Glenoaks (12) 52.0 14 0810 Gold Seine (6) 52.0 16 8046 Madam Fahy (19) 52.0 17 3609 Triple Command (4) 52.0 18 6000 Windsor Lady (18) 52.0 19 7746 Craigman (16) 51.5 Balloted out in order of reentry: 20 0940 Three Saints (14) 51.5 21 0070 Nova Cygini (5) 51.5 22 4009 Manly Warrior (3) 51.5 Scratched: Jaeldi (7).

4.20 p.m.— SALOON CAR HANDICAP $1700; 1600m 1 3396 Gerona (1) 57.0 3 6063 Skadoot (7) 56.0 4 5180 Lady Ballarat (3) 55.5 5 9842 Pierre's Order (11) 55.5 6 8200 Burnmoor Rock (12) 55.0 7 8244 Free And Eiey <14) 55.0 8 6525 My Friend Neno (10) 55.0 10 0337 Swney's Girl (16) 55.0 11 000 Thyresus (17) 55.0 13 Aircon (18) 54.5 12 9371 Arturo (15) 54.5 14 0401 Professor Higgens (19) 54.5 15 0573 Rontegen (6) 54.5 16 4300 Willie Montague (21) 54.5 17 3510 Blonde Lady (8) 54.0 18 6260 Just Even (2) 54.0 19 5088 Pingalong (4) 54.0 20 8000 Pago Prince (9) 54.0 Balloted out in order of reentry:— 21 100 Hi Tone (22) 54.0 22 7108 Cilla Black (20) 54.0 Scratched: Luewe el Monde (13 , Red Devil (5).