Trentham campaign for Country Prince
Special correspondent Dunedin. juntry Prince, winner of ...e Elderslie Handicap at [Oamaru on Saturday, will now be nominated for the tnain sprints at the Wellington Racing Club’s winter meeting. Country Prince has gone from strength to strength in his recent racing following a [spell for a knee ailment. He finished fast on Saturday to [run down the pacemaker, (Demon Dot. The race was notable for the failure of the hot (favourite. Windvale Beau, to pay a dividend. Windvale Beau, which carried SS7SI in a win pool of $10,232. settled in fifth place on the inside and was unable to make much impression in the run home. “He had every show though he didn’t seem to be i handling the ground.” said
his rider, Phillip Jones. The ’track was puggy. Country Prince is trained at Washdyke by Pat Corboy, [who is also nominating the [capable jumper. Allez Rouge, ■fo' the Wellington meeting ; Sir James gained h s fitIteenth win and fourth for [the season when he eclipsed the others in the D B. South Island Handicap. Miss Andrea Peddie s seven-year-old Igelding drifted back in the early stages. He improved 'quickly on the inside approaching the st .ight and [carried on with a purposeful (run to win by two lengthfrom Charlson, which '.ed [the chase after the tearaway [pacemakers. Leopard, and Pan Jet, at the 500 m. Arro- | iado came on well for third ja length back, and the (favourite Ultimate made ground for fourth. i Ashnelle returned an I above average performance I in winning the First Ka-
kanui Handicap The three-year-old fillv was pushed back to last in a Ib-horse Ifieid soon after the start but [she got up to beat Tideway by half a length. There was merit in Tideway’s placing las he. too, was well back early. ! Charlar heralded a sucicessful winter campaign lover country when he easily won the F. H. Aubrey Meni- | orial Steeplechase. He im[proved from mid-field to be [third behind Deep South and [Socotra at the fence near (the 800 m and went ahead [from the last fence to win [comfortably. A five-year-old by Causeur, Charlar is a [half-brother to Lord Fair, which included the 1967 Beaufort Steeplecha'e at [Riccarton and he Dunedin iH> ‘s among his 15 wins. Charlar had two previoua Istans as a jumper over hur:dles at the Otago winter meeting.
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