Linda wins Stakes easily

Press, 1 October 1979, Page 31

Linda wins Stakes easily

Special correspondent Dunedir Linda, the namesake o prominent New Zealani jockey. Linda Jones, im pressively won the McLeat Stakes for two-year-olds a the Otago Racing Club’: meeting on Saturday. Linda was close to th< pace and scampered clear ii the closing stages to scon by three lengths and a half. A tall filly by Copenhager from Diatena, Linda wai bought for 57500 at the Nat ionai Yearling Sale las January, by Mr Cliff Boyle of Winton. She was led ir the sale ring by Linda Jones thus prompting the name Mr Boyle was after a re placement for Trictime which developed a hear problem after winning foul races. “I had not considered he: before the sale, thinking sh< would be in the S 20,00( bracket,” said Mr Boyle. had bid on three or four be fore she came into the but they went too high. Re>

(Cochrane) liked her and the j price was right.” in By the sire of La Mer, o f Liftda is the eighth foal of , Diatena, the dam of Gold 10 Bullion and Tena Mint, both; n- winners in South Africa, m Royal Warrior, a winner in | at Sydney and the promising ,’s Riccarton galloper, Seven Sovereigns. ie Diatena, a non winner in from seven starts, is by reißeau Diable from the unraced Meisande, a daughter ■n|of the speedster, Blue Trout, as which won the 1946 Chamt- pagne Stakes at Riccarton in st then record time of Iminj le U.Bs for six furlongs. in Rex Cochrane, who pres, pares Linda, won the e. McLean Stakes last year e-iwith Hunting Call and in e, 11974 with Lady Boa. rt Cochrane’s other runner, ir Bouvet, rallied late in the race to finish third, a length ar behind the runner up, Turkale belle, which made the race. >0 Princess Kumai battled on *1 for fourth, and Annola, e- which began brilliantly from ig wide out to lead early, was ;x next.