Kauere Lad back in favouritism

Press, 16 August 1978, Page 28

Kauere Lad back in favouritism

f Special Correspondent Auckland Yesterday’s rain brought Kauere Lad right back into consideration for the August Handicap at Ellerslie today. Further showers and he could well be the hardest to beat. Others in the field for the first leg, notably Evander; and Stevie Wonder, manage; soft ground w*ell enough. But ( such going is a special help to Kauere Lad wmch lacks the quickness and physique to take and hold an early position. On top of the ground Kauere Lad has to give wellnigh impossible starts but wnen heavy ground slows them down he is not nearly at the same disadvantage.

T ust three starts back Kauere Lad won a 2200 m at A ondale. He came fourth next time, over 1600 m at Tei Rapa, and sixth in his latest | a'tempt, a 2000 m at Te! Awamutu where a slow start cost him any chance he might have had. Stevie Wonder and Evander finished second and fourth respectively last time, Evander as a red-hot favourite, in the Short Handicap, a 2300 m at Pukekohe on August 5. In such form again they would surely be in the money today. Evander, right on top off winning middle-distances at; Avondale and Trentham, was;

a big disappointment at Pukekohe. Perhaps, after being allowed a little time to recover from Trentham, he was a bit underdone.

In his training meanwhile Evander has certainly seemed no worse for his Pukekohie run. The way he went last Monday suggested he was fit and altogether very well.

Evander has the top weight of 56.5 kg which is 6kg more than he had when he won at Avondale, 3kg more than his Trentham weight and half a kilogram [less than he carried at Pukekohe.

. Stevie Wonder, with 53kg, lis up half a kilogram from ’Pukekohe and Kauere Lad ■ (54.5 kg is up one kilogram ifrom the Taumarunui Cup for which the scale of ■ weights was down slightly Tram the usual. i Without enjoying over much success Stevie Wonder has raced consistently well in middle-distance attempts. He was very prominent right through the last 700 m at Pukekohe after finishing third at Avondale, behind Kauere Lad. Golden Fox is such a freegoing front runner that he will almost certainly shape up very prominently. It would be a surprise if one of the others was successful although Penrod and Hytest i have been showing fair I I form, Penrod in intermediate ’company, Hytest with a laststart third at Matamata behind Master Morgan. Form at Pukekone suggests Misty Brae and Pennvshima for the main sprint and second leg of the T.A.B. double, the Workingmen’s Centennial Club Handicap. They finished first and fourth respectively at Pukekohe, over 1200 m and seem to have trained on well enough. Oranmore was disappointing when well beaten at Pukekohe but he would need only to be somewhere near top form to win. Annasarzi and Kiewa are other prospects. The track will be soft. The weather forecast is for showers. The T.A.B. code is AR.

T.A.B. TREBLE 2.10 p.m.—

T.A.B. DOUBLE 2.50 p.m.— AUGUST HANDICAP $5000; 2300 m. | 1 6114 Evander (2) 56.5 2 8420 Golden Fox (8) 55.0

PROVINCIAL HANDICAP 52500; 2200m. 1 6211 Kahawal (4) 58.5 3 7411 Willie Montague (6) 57.5 4 0040 Crown Royal (3) 56.5 5 0006 Sir Hermes (2> 55.5 7 0435 Vai's Luck (10) 55.0 8 0 Mironic (7) 52.5 9 6757 Burgundy Royal (9) 52.0 10 347 Home Breaker (16) 52.0 11 6053 Lady Ballarat (14) 52.0 12 1082 Technician (8) 52.0 13 7459 Our Laddie (15) 51.5 15 0800 My Reward (13) 51.0 16 0069 Torina (11) 51.0 Scratched: Penrod (12), Hill (1), Balverjit (5). Mill

3 0146 Kauere Lad <12) 4 0000 Our Ward (10) 54.5 53.0 5 0032 Stevie Wonder (3) 53.0 6 0089 Fleet Guy (I) 50.5 7 0866 George (11) 50.5 8 1309 Princely Order (9) 50.5 9 0860 Eumenides (6) 50.0 10 7243 Hytest (7) 50.0 11 3130 Mill Hill (4) 50.0 12 7112 Penrod (5) 50.0 13 0008 Toffee Apple (13) 50.0 1 1 - T.A.B. TREBLE 3.30 p.m WESTMINSTER HANDICAP $2500; 1400m. 1 7355 Devaney (14) 56.5 2 6570 Royal Bourbon (10 56.5 3 6003 Vindora (5) 56.5 4 8421 Even Dollars (6) 56.0 5 5892 Tikeda (9) 56.0 6 0525 Entre Deux Feux (4) 55.5 7 9380 Kohl (16) 55.5 8 0072 Morton Dale 12) 55.5 9 0867 Gold Palm (8) 55.0 10 2570 War Waggon (1) 55.0 11 8690 Royal Centurion (13) 54.0 12 0009 Onala Ruler (12) 53.5 13 0090 Debbielin (3) 52.5 14 9004 Solo's Dream (7) 52.5 15 0708 Sir Chuckle (15) 52.0 16 0000 Balver|it (11) 51.5 T.A.B. DOUBLE 4.5 p.m.— AUCKLAND HANDICAP $3500; 1200m. 1 0710 Oranmore (11) 58.5 2 4121 Misty Brae (17) 58.0 4 1294 Pennyshima (1) 55.5 5 0080 Inky's Gold (7) 54.5 6 7220 Albacore (6) 53.5 7 4635 Aikyana (15) 53.5 8 3512 Annasarzi (2) 53.5 9 3246 Optica (13) 53.5 10 0022 Alpha Ale (3) 53.0 11 8309 Clouston (18) 53.0 12 1049 Flightman (4.) 53.0 15 5430 Lord Novello (16) 52.5 16 7545 Kiewa (14) 52.0 17 8407 Mi Gold <9) 51.0 18 7908 Noess (10) 51.0 19 6000 Cheeky Countess (19) 51.0 20 3864 Lady Alton (5) 51.0 Scratched: Wanbin (8), Redan (20), Springtide (12). 1 RACE 9 T.A.B. TREBLE 4.40 p.m.— METROPOLITAN HANDICAP $3000; 1600m. 1 0041 Pinkerton (12) 58.5 2 1114 Sugar Lu (6) 57.5 3 2102 Master Charm (3) 55.5 4 2500 Oakvale (7) 55.5 5 2253 Ariston (9) 55.0 7 9205 Freelance (1) 53.5 8 6689 Rocky Star (13) 53.0 9 3776 Community Affair (4) 52.0 10 8067 Karason (10) 52.5 11 0009 Bashful Girl (2) 52.0 12 0000 Noble Boy (8) 52.0 13 0078 Aly Fair (11) 51.0