Trusty Scot has fastest time in big mile field

Press, 29 November 1978, Page 20

Trusty Scot has fastest time in big mile field

Trusty Scot, winner of the! ''Jew Zealand Cup-Benson! and Hedges N.Z. Free-For-! All at the Cup meeting, has the fastest time over one mile of those down to con-! test the 1978 Pan Am Mile at Addington Raceway on Saturday. Trusty Scot took his mark, of Imin 57.6 s when he fin-! ished second to Master Dean! in the Clarendon Free-For-! Al' at Addington as a four-year-old. His best winning time for the distance is Imin 59.95, posted as e. three-year-old at Addington. Belmer’s Image is the sec-’ ind fastest miler in the field, having recorded a win-! ning time of Imin 58.2 s when winning the Canter-:

[bury Park Four-Year-Old I Flying Mile. He has recorded I two sub-2min miles and has ’won three of eight starts at ; th- distance. Roydon. Scott, the national record holder for the disI tance as a three-year-olc ! with a time of Imin 5895, has recorded three wins and 'three placings from six [starts al one mile and he is : the third fastest horse in the ! field, along with Wee Win. ! Wee Win took his time ’when winning the Clarendon . Free-For-All at Addington as a four-year-old. Fie has one ;wir, three seconds and a 'third to his credit from sever, starts over one mile. Lord Module is the next fastest horse in the field I with a personal best of Imin 59 to his credit, gained when ! fourth behind Graikos in a

d|four-year-old event at Ad-[I d dington earlier this season. |E si He has won twice and it ! gained a second and a fourth < from five starts over one > 1 il mile. i Sapling has had three 1 d starts over one mile and has’] >, a best time of Imin 59.1 s set 1 d when finishing second to I x Wee Win at Addington. He I si has one win to his credit at I e! the distance, a 2min 1.35: 'win at Addington as a three-if e’year-old. if n! Palestine gained his 2min I sj record when third behind: I e! Wee Win at Addington, and:c a has one other mile placing ( n to. his credit from four] starts over the distance. is .t! Nimble Yankee has had,? d: eight starts over one mile, I n:but his lone placing at the|< n I distance came when he wonri aithe Stars Travel Miracle if

(Lie last season in Imin >9.95. Rocky Tryax, has had inly one start at the dis.ance and finished unplaced, while In Or Out has con:ested 10 miles. She has a Imin 59.7 s record set when winning the N.Z. Standardwed Breeders’ Stakes and tas a second and a third to ter credit at the distance. Scottish Heath has raced ’ive times at the distance ’or two seconds and a third. His fastest mile time is Imin 1.3 s gained when second to Captain Harcourt at Cambridge last season. Trevino has had five mile darts, two of them at two. md his best efforts have )een a second, to Noodlum, tnd a fourth. His best time s 2min 1.2 s recorded when inishing second to Noodlum.