Tai Flight to be spelled

Press, 27 December 1979, Page 18

Tai Flight to be spelled

Special correspondent Dunedin I I Tai Flight, which outspec i her rivals in the 100th Cham- s pagne Stakes at Wingatui ) yesterday, will now be spell- s ed. Tai Flight has been shin i sore and Gerald Robertson her Wyndham trainer, plans 1 to give her three weeks to a i month in the paddock to re- t cover. s Tai Flight improved a t splendid record this season for Robertson, who has the I

Taipan — Tranquil Flight filly leased from Mokoreta breeder, Mrs Mary Wallace, until the end of her 4 year-old season. Robertson. whose! previous best tally in a sea-!: son is 13 wins, has already ! won 10 this term. Tai Flight had been first past the post at Invercargill ■ in her other start on Novem- : ber 17 but was relegated to j second and Linda promoted . to first. Tai Flight was handlen by ' Kevin Morton, who rates her •

the best two-year-old he has ridden. He kept her in front from No. 1 at the barrier and won untested by a length from Sashmo, which ran on solidly from fourth on the home turn. Linda, which trailed in fourth place on the outer, was on Tai Flight’s quarters starting the run home but faded to third, a length back. The Chairman made ground well for fourth after starting slowly.