Gold Cup triumph for Singapore owners

Press, 9 November 1978, Page 22

Gold Cup triumph for Singapore owners

By

J. J. BOYLE

Malaysian owners have had some golden chapters in racing with horses selected for them bv New Zealand trainers.

Daryl's Joy was a great, bargain plucked out of the Trentham sales for Mr Robert Goh, of Singapore. Teddy Doon won the New, Zealand Two Thousand Guineas on Saturday in the colours of the Singapore; trainer, [van Allan. Golden Key, winner of the Canterbury Gold Cup yester-' day in a gripping tussle with the win favourite, Holy Tol-I edo. is also owned in Singa-i pore, by Mr and Mrs P. H. T. Wong, who have never: seen the colt. Golden Key (by Shifnal); was bred by Mr K. E. Gudsell from Sapasha. a daugh-, ter of the great Alcimedes, and w-as bought out of the paddock for Mr and Mrs Wong by the successful Te Awamutu trainer, Bill Sanders. He was the lesser-tancied runner for the stable in the Wanganui Guineas in September. but trotted up On

i that performance he was a raging favourite for the! Hawke’s Bay Guineas, but j ‘ was a late scratching from ! the race after being caught; , up in his stall in the starting I gate. He missed about three; weeks work with that injury, and when he ran fourth in the New Zealand Two Thou- ; sand Guineas on Saturday he : left reasonable hopes that he ! would find a bit of improve- [ ment. j He is one of eight Sanders-1 ! trained entrants for the New! Zealand Derby next month.; and the tenacious qualities; ! he showed at 2000 m yester-j day invite the opinion that he' I will do well at the Derby! 1 distance. Golden Key was brought south on Wednesday' of last! week with the stayer. Bahrain, which won the Benson and Hedges Gold Cup last! Saturday, and Fantan. which! < won the Welcome Stakes. ! They’ came south in the!

icare of the stable foreman.' (Paul Harris, who is built or. I the lines of an All Black lock ! forward, and was dubbed ! “the biggest strapper in the I world” on one of his Australian visits. Harris will send Golden Key and Fantan home on Friday, but Bahrain remains at Riccarton for the New Zealand Cup, for which he is one of the top fancies. i The Gore apprentice, Jim ■ Collett, rode Golden Key | skilfully yesterday. I “He was going well on the (home turn and I was able to [ease him when Teddy Doon; i got tightened ahead of us. 'Holy Toledo came back at us; ! in the last few strides, but; ■ we just made it.” Collett, who is 18 years i old. has decided to extend his term of apprenticeship by ! 12 months. He is indentured ‘ to the Gore trainer, Rex' iCochrane, and he started the! [day well yesterday by win-, Ining the high-weight on the'

,[stable runner, Yipp’s Secret. 11 Holy Toledo, after being : igiven a great trailing’run by 11 Gary Phillips, looked as if !|he would see it out when he ■[took a slight lead in a great : line-up inside the 200 m. 1! After being headed he made •] a renewed bid in the last tj couple of strides but just •j missed. Teddy Doon did well to [finish third after being held i[up for a run. He was half a H length back and a length and [a quarter clear of Sean’s : I Gift, which weakened >■ slightly after being in the i(leading line at the 200 m. Kanga's Lad. attempting 10 ; lengthen his winning se- : quence to three, was a fading fifth, finding the scale of ; weights against him against I some talented three-year- ' olds. I Polly Porter, the only four- ]; year-old in the field, was one !'of the slowesi away and never got back into the race.