Paul’s Express should extend sound record

Press, 15 June 1979, Page 1 (Supplement)

Paul’s Express should extend sound record

By

G. K. Yule

There have been fewer more consistent pacers in the slower classes in Canterbury in recent months than Paul’s Express, which should extend his sound record in the Caltex Gold Cup on the first day of the Nelson Trotting Club’s winter meeting tomorrow.

Paul’s Express has started 15 times for three wins and nine placings, a record which with a little luck could have been even more impressive. The Yankee Express five-year-old can sprint and stay and he is equally at home on firm or soft tracks.

Last Saturday at Rangiora he came on well, but a shade late, when third to Waterton and Orphan Lad at the end of a solid 2600 m. The extra 600 m in this event should be no problem for this consistent member of Peter Yeatman’s team and it will be most surprising if he

[fails to take a prominent part in the finish. 1 The Hinds owner-trainer, Ted Lowe, has long been a staunch supporter of meetings at Richmond Park where he has enjoyed con-' sisten. success. He will put two form runners in Waterton and Kheredin into this field and both are capable of making a race of it with Paul’s Express. Waterton has been one of the busiest pacers in New Zealand this season having contested 39 races for two wins and 19 placings. His latest success was an impressive one at Rangiora last Saturday when he came

on strongly to wear down s the pacemaker, Orphan Lad, \ and beat him quite con- 1 vincingly by half a neck. s The Local Light five-year- t old will start from 10m to- 1

morrow, but that is unlikely to prove a prohibitive mark ■ to this in-form pacer. ' i Altamura, with four wins and three placings to his credit from eight starts, I

shaped most pleasingly when fourth to Waterton at Rangiora- He made ground strongly towards the end and gave the impression that he will be improved as a result of the race. Truant Lass, Don Cortez, Orphan Lad and. on a heavy track, Joie de Vivre, are others entitled to consideration. Steelfield, a good second to Winfield Lord at Rangiora, Ota Creek and Best of Fame appeal most in the second leg, the Wakefield Handicap, a race in which Aran Hunter, Noel Byrd, and True Peterson, could take beating.