Home town victory in Nelson sprint?

Press, 27 March 1979, Page 28

Home town victory in Nelson sprint?

By

J. J. BOYLE

Cracker Day and Sean’s Gift are capable .on their best form of putting up stout resistance against the “foreigners” in the second leg of the Nelson Jockey Club’s T.A.B. double tomorrow.

They are both trained on the Richmond course, and will be running at close to their best distance of 1400 m tomorrow.

i Cracker Day was a close land unlucky ’second to El Nicky over the same distance at the Hororata meeting last Friday. Sean’s Gift did much of his summer racing in strong fields in the North Island. He found success elusive on his holiday racing, but was a close third in the Auckland Racing Club’s King’s Plate, won by Fraxy, and beat all but Grey Way in the Visitors Handicap at the Wellington Cup meeting. Andamooka and Highland Flight are expected to spearhead a North Island challenge on the Caltex Handicap. first leg of the T.A.B. double. Andamooka beat a stronger field than this one in the $6500 Ashhurst Cup in January. More recently he was second over 2000 m on the testing Stratford course. T.A.B. TREBLE 1,25 p.m.— FLEMING HANDICAP $1500; 1400 m.

1 Young Jeff (5) 57.(1 2 1252 Oldtimer (3) 55.5 1533 All Gold (1) 54.5 ■1 2176 Highborn (2) 54.5 a 1135 All Sinh il2) ■ 53.5 6 8060 Princess Hasty (4) 53.5 7 9200 Vermont (9> 53.5 8 4510 Waitaki Mellay 111) 53.0 9 9517 Chares (10) 52.5 10 0660 Biddy Magee (7) 52.0 11 0998 Gay Heiress (8) 50.5 12 0 Dellarca (6) 50.0 I T.A.B. DOUBLE 2.40 p.m.— CALTEX GOLD CUP $3125; 2000m. 1 0620 Andamooka (4) • 54.0 2 7300 Prince Cicero (2) 52.5 3 7460 Sir Desmond (10) 52.5 4 4134 Highland Flight (14) 52.0 5 1579 Greysun (5) 51.5 6 3086 Indian Star (13) 51.0 7 5451 Star Order (7) 51.0 8 6408 Excessive Talk (8) 50.5 9 1330 Godspell (9) 50.5 10 3763 Joss (12) 50.5 11 4300 Pearl Hagen (I) 50.5 12 7470 Springs Eternal (3) 50.5 13 0009 Jipcho (6> 50.0 14 3087 Kaimoto ill) 50.0

1 RACE 8 1'» T.A.B. TREBLE 3.1 5 p.m — GORDON'S CHAMPION HANDICAP $1500; 2000m. 1 2710 Two Can Play (11) 54 0 7778 Peejay (7) 3 1135 Ali Shah (9) Eden's Boy (1) 52.0 4 3230 52.0 5 0036 Sea Legs (4) 52.0 b 1435 Friponbit (6) 51.0 7 8007 Morea Fox (2) 51.0 8 0496 Royal Charmer (15) 51 0 9 056 Coincidence (13) 50.5 10 4413 Finalist (12) 50.5 11. 8677 Sweet Basil 110) 50.5 12 36 Whistle My Tune (3) 50.5 13 0000 Benelux (8) 50.0 14 0907 Country Mile (14) 50.0 15 0580 Encounter (5) 50.0 RACE 9 ■ ■ T.A.B. DOUBLE T.A.B. QUINELLA 3,50 p.m. DOMINION BREWERIES HANDICAP 32000; 1400m. 1 4231 Sir James (13) 58.5 2 2027 Sean's Gift (1) 54.5 3 5156 Colada (9) 54.0 4 92 Cracker Day (3) 53.5 o 9005 Trumpet Call (6) 53.5 6 3040 Despa (15) 53.0 7 0016 Radin (8) 52.5 8 3700 Flying Idyll (7) 52.0 9 6080 Gotta Go (5) 51.5 10 5570 Pan Jet (11) 51.5

11 6466 Tom Bowling (2) 51.0 12 7809 Leruler 1171 50.5 13 4945 Garbo Gold (12) 50.0 14 0709 Influential (14) 50.0 15 On Tap (4) 50.0 16 80 Shahbanou (10) 50.0 17 5099 Craig's Gold ,16> ;o.o Emergency: Craig's Gclu T.A.B. TREBLE T.A.B. QUINELLA 4.30 p.m.— POSTILLION HANDICAP 51400; 1400m 1 6410 Father Lou (8) 56.0 2 Sans Rival (14) 55.5 o 3934 Irish Annie (15) 55.0 4 4551 Go South (1) 54.0 a 5245 Full Stop (5) 53.5 6 9400 Leilique (4) 53.5 7 100 Alzira (7) 52.5 3 3520 Cremedo (3) 52.5 9 20 In The Clear (21) 52.5 10 4518 Miss Cheval (12) .■>2,.) 11. 6820 Rosie Harp (17) 52.5 12 9047 Carmenlia (18) 52.5 13 87 Hikohiko (16) 52.5 14 1600 Lady Prima (9) 52.5 15 1690 Miss Maxi (19) 52.5 16 1000 Perservere (6) 52.5 17 Tobruk (11) 52.5 18 0090 Country Bob (2) 52.0 19 0764 Cyllenius (10) 52.0 20 5997 Fourtained (20) 52.0 21 0279 Toiato (13) 52.0 Emergencies: Miss Maxi Toiato, Cyllenius, Fourtained, Country Bob.