Sir Hermes appeals in first leg today

Press, 14 June 1978, Page 22

Sir Hermes appeals in first leg today

Special correspondent Auckland If form at Ellerslie last; week counts for anything Sir Hermes, Pierree’s Order and Saltash must rate as excellent prospects for the I T.A.B. double at the Te 'Aroha Jockey Club’s meeting to be held at Avondale today. j The more moderate horses' (are being catered for by the Te Aroha Club’s programme so a win or placing there-; abouts during the Great' Northern meeting, just past, is a good recommendation The strong appeal which' j Sir Hermes and Pierree’s] Order make in the first leg, of the T.A.B. double, the ! Swney Memorial, derives from their winning and fin- [ ishing fifth at Ellerslie last Saturday. Sir Hermes, a rising five-1 year-old, did not win by! much last week-end but it I was a game performance! I that enabled him to edge out! Above the. Coulds, Duclie’s I Star and Lark in the Tecoma Handicap, a 2200 metres for! class three, four and five. ; Pierre’s Order came fifth! !in the Fitzroy Handicap, an intermediate 1600 m, looking] i as though she might bei ready for more distance. Her] maiden win, last spring, was] over 1900 metres and she! was successful as well during the first half of the season in a 2200 metres highweight at Te Aroha. Sir Hermes was another, which shaped up last spring as a promising middle-dis-1 tance runner. He has had! two wins from his last three! starts, the first of them a 2200 metres at Paeora on May 23. In between then and last Saturday he failed at Pukekohe but that was with the ground a bit too firm for his liking. Red Scabal, a three-year-old from Takanini, could be hard for Sir Hermes and Pierree’s Order to beat. After a couple of minor

iplacings he won well in a I maiden 2200 m at Pukekohe |on May 31. 11 Byrneside looks the best . of the others. His first win ll was a maiden 1900 m at Ro- . torua on May 27 and he . came fourth, meanwhile, in a class-four 2200 m at PukeJkohe, behind a very useful ’! three-year-old Chiefy. Saltash has become a prime prospect for the sec- > ond leg, the June Handicap. >. through his last-start third j placing on the first day of t !the Great Northern meeting behind Philanzak and Wave ’Again. J Saltash came home well in ; his one Ellerslie attempt and , his form was made to look . better when Philanzak won

j again last Saturday and . Wave Again finished third. The fact of his being ridden by D. A. Peake makes Innes Lad worth consideration and Triple Command I needs only to run as well as J he did last time, for an un- ; lucky second at Pukekohe on !;May 31, to be right in the |! finish. ■I Selections:— 11.5 a.m. — Graduation Steeplechase: Doublet, Reprint, Montedellah. 11.45 a.m.—Shute Maiden: Sibelius, Honolulu, Piston. 12.25 p.m. — Committee Hurdles: Ramon, Our Patron, Young Sid. 1.10 p.m.—Swney Memorial: , Pierree’s Order, Sir Hermes, Red Scandal. 1.50 p.m.—lmprovers' Maiden —First division: Safety Pin, Leinster. Second division: Bold Display, Jolinta. 2.25 p.m.—June Handicap: Saltash, Dae, Innes Lad. 3.5 p.m.—First Piako Maiden: Sugar King, Roulette, Seven Ways. 3.45 p.m.—Second Piako Maiden: Rodeo Ray, Black Musk, Hawker Fury. 4.25 p.m.—Advance Handicap: Bah Inn, Oak Chief, Chrizallen. I T.A.B. DOUBLE AND TREBLE 1.10 p.m.— SWNEY MEMORIAL $l6OO ; 2200 m. t 0101 Sir Hermes (5) 57.5

: 3 2514 Chrizallen 1 18, 54.5 4 3715 Arturo (16> 54.0 5 457 Crystalla (3) 54.0 6 2041 Leixlip til 54.0 7 8940 Bianco f!3) 53.5 8 5100 Blonde Lady 112) 53.5 9 6100 Gay Taloia (22i 53.5 11 7100 Misty Heights 17) 53 5 14 07 Voliman i 6» 53.5 15 0080 Alvaro's Beau <l9l 53.0 16 1080 CiHa Black ,9 53.0 17 0909 Janson (81 53.0 18 0080 Lady Chinook ,14) 53.0 19 0090 Michael's Pearl ,4) 53.0 20 0000 Pago Prince 117 > 53.0 22 0000 Rocky Dellah ill) 53 0 23 0 Sonader <2l; 53.0 24 6007 Stylish Man (24i 53.0 ! Scratched: Grey Knight (23). i [So Forth (20), Resilient (10), The Looter (2,.

2 4076 Landmine (11) 56.0 3 4225 Pierree's Order <6 55.5 4 6024 Introduction i3) 54.5 6 4014 Byrneside (24) 54.0 7 231 Red Scabal (7) 54.0 8 0590 Andeer (9) 53.5 9 9030 Aristotle (16) 53.5 10 09 Heavenly Queen (4 53.5 11 9178 Moncee < 13) 53.5 12 3070 Tourista (12) 53.5 13 0050 Hasty Caper (1) 53.0 14 1000 Hi Tone (2> 53.0 15 0000 Killeavy Girl (21) 53.0 16 Orderman (18, 53.0 19 0060 Chevalier (14) 52.5 20 0900 Major Mission (22) 22 Quits (10) V? “> 23 0000 Ring'n Wake (15) ”1*1 *> Scratched: Bellcmar (23). Upward Bound (8), Well Briefed H9i, Penrod (20), Royal Street 117). 3ACE 6 T.A.B. DOUBLE 2.25 p.m — JUNE HANDICAP $1600; 1200m. 1 9035 Innes Lad (9) 57.0 2 0188 Master Charm (3) 55.5 I 3 2203 Saltash (5) 55.5 4 0003 Dac (2) 54.5 5 7708 Silver Ash (14) 54.5 6 6092 Triple Command (15: 54.5 j 7 0 Blue Shifnal (6) 54.0 j 8 6901 Gentle Lad (21) 54.0 I 9 Keepsy Weepsy (13) 54.0 1 10 450 Kenamon HO) 54.0 i 13 1500 Dorian (4) 53.5 15 10 Fourtalned (12) 53.5 16 617 Her Highness (7) 53.5 17 10 Impertinent (8: 53.5 1.8 4060 Joy's Best (16) 53.5 19 0100 Laurel Avenue (1) 53.5 20 0467 Madam Fahy (22) 53.5 22 0210 Our Saint (11) 53.5 23 5169 So Flash H7) 53.5 ! 24 0000 Winace (19) 53.5; Balloted out with right o re- i entry:— 12 0 Bay Chief (24) 53.5: Scratched: Missymoe (20).’ Duradeinee (23), Miss Houston (18). 1 1 T.A.B. TREBLE 3.5 p.m.PIAKO MAIDEN NO. 1 $1325; 1600m. 1 0336 Sugar King (15) 56.0 p 2220 Seven Ways (9) 55.0 1 3 5082 Bold Scot (24) 54.5 , n 5903 Golden Morn (19) 54.0 ■ i > 0450 Roulette <21> 54.0 : ;; 3 Last Light (1) 53.5 j . 985 Maringobar (7) 53.5 10 3000 Mr Fitl (13) 53.5 11. 0379 Pat 'n' Go (6) 53.5 12 000 Rusty Mura HO) .•» 13 2850 Sasenka (4) 53.5 14 3 Young Bing <3) 53.3 1 .$ 0600 Aintree (22) 53.0 17 7 Dad's Army (12) 53.5 18 2060 Gold Lover (18: 53.0 19 3070 Hanmer i20> 53.0 20 7000 Mountain Pride <23) 53.0 5450 Shady Sheila (5) 53.0 23 00 Smarty Pants Hl) 53.0 24 Sunburst (16) 53.0 i Balloted out in order of reentry:— 21 0084 Patrqne (14> 53.0 16 0 Candid Court (2) 53.0 Scratched: Sailor Go Home (8), Ziegfeld (17). | 1 9 ■RW 1 T.A.B. TREBLE i 4.25 p.m. ADVANCE HANDICAP $1600; 1600m. T 1 1612 Oak Chief (15) 57.0 2 3035 Bah Inn (5) 54.5 2