Plato picked to win at Kurow meeting

Press, 14 August 1978, Page 20

Plato picked to win at Kurow meeting

By C

G. K. YULE

Upsets have not been infrequent in the Kurow Trotting Club's Waitaki Hanover Stakes, but the! chances of a boilover today look remote if Plato and ,Oppenhein race up to their best form. Jack Smolenski’s pair have' shown to advantage at trials, with Oppenh in gaining anl

I impressive last-start win at Addington on July 22. : The talented Los Angeles- ' owned colt has to give Plato I La start of 10m and, even : ’. though the field is a small ! one, he will be hard pressed, ; 1 The small field will also t • help Wing Commander to i j get into the finish. This I ;;speedy young pacer is often.| , slow away, but today, in the t ilhands of Doody Townley, it’

is expected that he will run Smolenski’s pair close. Should the favoured trio be tested, it might be that strong opposition will come from Trojan, an unraced gelding by Lordship from Soldier Girl in Richard Brosnan’s team. Brosnan has a high opinion of this young pacer and expects him to take a high ranking this season. Of the otheis possibly Stop

n The Clock, which went quiic well at the Addington trials o recently, will do best it This race is the final leg eof the T.A.B. treble. Hie d Oamaru Handicap, for n maiden pacers, and the second ;- leg of the T.A.B. double, the a Don Memorial Handicap, are g the other two legs. e There has been good drying i. in Oamaru and the track was p firm and in splendid order yesterday.