Peake on Pierree’s Order

Press, 29 September 1979, Page 21

Peake on Pierree’s Order

NZPA Sydney The New Zealand jockey, David Peake will ride Pierree’s Order in the $100,500 A.J.C. Metropolitan Handicap (2600 m at Randwick on Monday. i The five-year-old chestnut Swill start in the Cabochon Quality Handicap over 2000 m at Randwick tomorrow as his final trial for the rich event. A former New Zealander, Tony Marney, will ride him in the Caboichon and Peake will fly into Sydney to ride the gelding jn Monday’s race. Pierree’s Order is quoted tat 20-to-l for t . Metropolitan and will have to imiprove on his most recent effort — thirteenth of 14 in 'the S.T.C. Gold Cup over

-12400 m at Rosehill last baturiday. .. The best fancied of the : three New Zealand Metroilpolitan runners are Happy ijUnion and Our Big Gamble •Iwhich are quoted at 10-to-l. 'behind the 5-to-l favourite, Iko. i, Pierree’s Order drops four ■i kilos on his Gold Cup [weight and will be fitter 'after his first Australian - run. ,1 Happy Union is expected ■ to make a bold showing and >'is better suited in the i Metropolitan than when 'tenth of 12 in the Hill 1 Stakes over 1750 m under • weight-for-age conditions at - Rosehill last Saturday. Happy Union will also i contest'the Cabochon Qual--|ity Handicap tomorrow.