Dandyman worth close attention

Press, 2 December 1978, Page 18

Dandyman worth close attention

Special correspondent 11 Dunedin !i i Dandyman looms large inb an assessment of the Mack-1 inlays Handicap, main eventli at the Beaumont Racing Club’s meeting at Beaumont I today. He commands close atten-l: tion as the runaway winner): of the Gore Cup on October;; 23 under a similar weight.!. And the Gate Keeper — [Fine and Dandy entire has): I won the corresponding event!' ’twice previously at Beau-)' jmont. in 1975 and last year;! with half a kilogram less. i! Admittedly the track at) Gore was affected by rain, a'l

condition he favours. Dan-i dyman failed in two subsequent starts on top of the ground at Riccarton but there is a considerable drop in class today. Trieste, which has come [up bright in training alter being galloped on in the iSouth Island Thoroughbred Stakes in October, is expected to make her presence felt. Her two other starts this season yielded a close third to Diamond Pal and Tiva over 2000 m at Invercargill and a fourth behind Sir James over 1600 m at Ashburton. Alister Robinson, who rode Dandyman at Gore, has,

l the mount on Jack Dugan. ■) which seems close to his ' best. Jack Dugan chased i home Judge Obadiah on an )| easy track at Beaumont in April Jake Your Leave won the I main sprint the, same day ; and he could be prominent 1 again in the Ashley Powell [Memorial Handicap, which is ! notable for the lack of >’worth-while form runners. >: Ohcee, which has prei viously raced well at Beau- - mont, the former Auckland I, sprinter, April Wine, and ■ Hasuka, which has been working well, are others >’ capable of figuring in the ; finish.