Tui’s Lass in line for Washdyke win

Press, 26 December 1979, Page 14

Tui’s Lass in line for Washdyke win

By J. J. BOYLE I The $15,000 Timaru Cup 'tomorrow gives Tui's Lass a valuable opportunity to ■place her first four-year-old victory on record. The winner of the New Zealand St Leger and the Broadlands Series last season, Tui's Lass looked close ■to winning form when she ran fourth in the Janies Hazlett Stakes on her home it rack last Saturday. Tui's Lass has size and strength, with generous racing qualities to match, and it will be one of the surprises of the season if she does not make more vauiable contributions to her record. At scale weights. Tui's ■ Lass will be receiving weight from all but one of I her rivals tomorrow. i The only three-year-old in |the line-up is Owhata Son, I but stiffer opposition for Tui’s Lass is expected to ■ come from the six-year-.old i Flying View, the five-year-olds Judge Obadiah and The |Fantasy, and the four-year-lold Lejano. I Flying View goes into this [race after three successive I seconds, one of them behind Little Brown Jug at weight-Ifor-age. another behind the I swift Scotch Mist, and there |could be no more popular [winner than Lionel Pratt’s ■ doughty grey. I Judge Obadiah was a close (second. The Fantasy, a fastfinishing third, and Lejano ! luckless fifth behind Candyboy in the James Hazlett j Stakes on Saturday. I Lejano’s performance was (a good way, superior to that of his stablemate Grey Way, (and it is doubtful if the veteran will find enough im-

provement to win Washdykes biggest race of tht year. Chances of a home trad ■ victory looked brighter h the A. R. Waugh Handicap I second leg of the TA B [double. I Windvale Beau is in a ca -pacity field, but this talent ed. lightly-raced Beaufor Sea gelding should fine enough to improve his gooc record for his South Canter bury breeder, Mr Cecil Stew art.’ RACE 6 TAB. DOUBLE 2.15 p.m.— TIMARU CUP 415,000; weight-foi-age; 1600 m. 1 100 Catastrophe *.B’ 58.11 2 8800 Dandyman 15) 53.0 .1 Pankhurst 1 5222 Flying View (17) 58 0 S. Laming

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