Timely Robin in line for success at Addington

Press, 26 February 1980, Page 23

Timely Robin in line for success at Addington

By

G. K. YULE

Timely Robin could break through for an overdue first win for the season in the Mona Vale Handicap at Addington Raceway tomorrow' evening. He threw 7 out the promise of an early victory when he finished fifth, some five lengths from Lord Module, in the New Brighton Cup on February 16.

In that race he recorded about 4min 10.2 s for the 3200 m. He will start from 10m in tomorrow’s race, but there will be a big drop in class; with none of the four to finish in front of him at the New Brighton meeting being included. Possibly the hardest for him to beat will- be the speedy and consistent Philippa Frost, one of the best mares racing in the intermediate classes this season. She had to bow to Merry Chase over 2600 m on February 16 when she gave the winner a start of 10m. Philippa Frost looks favourably placed on the front and should add to her fine record.

Merry Chase meets Philippa Frost on 10m less favourable terms than when she beat her by a neck. Merry Chase is another much-improved pacer quite capable of bridging the rise in the class of the opposition she will meet in this field.

Bronze Queen and Wing Commander should be the pick of the others on the front, although a bold run from Crossfire will not surprise. - - Flora Dor is fresh from a victory over Tempest Tiger at< the recent Invercargill meeting. She must be a leading contender after that win and even from 10m her chances look better than average. Be Sly, too, could surprise. He went quite a respectable race for seventh to Locarno over one mile at Washdyke on Saturday and will not find the opposition so formidable this time. The horses on 20m, and 30m are capable of adding interest to the finish, Sun Seeker appealing most after his placing at Washdyke. Superior Chance, Sepoti and Steady Way form a likely trio in the second leg of the double, the Christchurch Stakes, a race which is -also- the final leg of the T.A.B. treble and a T.A.B. quinella race. ' The fields are:— RACE 1 FIRST COURSE TREBLE 6.5 p.m.— FEBRUARY STAKES $3000; C 3; mobile; 2600 m. 1 0322 Follow Up (1) It T. Thomas 2 5466 Lady Onager (2) It J. Douglas 3 4234 Armbro Star (3) It P. Williamson 4 0633 Velebit (4) it R. Stockdale 5 2010 Unique Holiday (5) It 6 7318 Gilnockie Tower (6) It C. de Filippi 7 5344 Alcester (7) it P. Young 8 0898 Springfield Prince (8) It P. Gallagher 9 5141 Unique Princess (9) It 10 5723 Lord Brigade (10) It C. Devine 12 9000 Sly Boy (12) It C. McLachlan 13 0431 Mia Mecca (13) it R. Dunn Scratched: Kenton Lad. RACE 2 FIRST COURSE TREBLE 4.40 p.m.— TAKAHE HANDICAP 52500; C2; trotters; 2600 m. 1 7773 Kotare Flight (1) It J. Carmichael 2 9900 Quaid (2) It 3 2865 Fey Garrison (3) it ‘4 0254 Nudger (4) it P. O’Reilly, jun. 5 0000 Happy Day (5) it J. McDonald 6 0321 Dryden Lobell (6) It J. Geddes 7 0906 Rowdy Rose (7) it J. Curtin 8 0603 Now Then (8) It 9 1421 Game Way (1) 20 R. Nyhan 10 5 Sandee (2) 20 D, Townley 11. 1142 Best Choice (3) 20 C. de Filippi . 12 7072 George Henry (4) 20 13 5998 Adjo (5) 20 P. Young 14 1013 Gilt Edge (6) 20 M. de Filippi 15 1110 Longridge (7) , 20 RACE 3 FIRST COURSE TREBLE 7.10 p.m.— TOWN HALL STAKES $2600; three-year-olds; 2600 m. 1- 2946 Wai. Eyre (1) K I; Cameron2 040 Eirana (2) H 3 7418 Corrigan (3) It B. Kerr - . 4 000 Micawave (4) it D. Nyhan S. 3221, Inflation (5) it K. Vincent 6 0066 Kenwyn (6) it R. Negus - 7 7010 Daring Do (7) it J. Dalgety 8 6065 Heather-Chief (8) It T. Thomas ■ 10 2419 Cyllarus (10) It N. Benny 11 2522 Royal Decision (11) It P. Jones , ■ 12 2051 Reverie Hanover (1) It T. May Scratched: Starshine. ■ RACE 4 SECOND COURSE TREBLE 7.45 p.m.— W. E. LOWE HANDICAP $2500; C2; probationary drivers; 3200 m. 1 8009 Alvalee (1) It 2 5500 Bachelor's Gold (2) it R. Anderson 3 2062 Adios Lobell (3) It G. Lindley 4 5846 Lord Charles (4) it B. Lawes 5 8683 Karate King (5) It E. Pycroft 6 90 Classic Padero (6) It 7 2141 Chiverton (7) it 8 3171 Flying Empress (8) It M. Edmonds 9 0046 Up And Go (9) . It. Z.' Gregg . - . 10 5048 Kotare Victor GO) It 11 6897 Willie Coon (11) It C. Markam 12 3424 Wilma's Chance (12) It M. Smolensk! 13 6070 Danum Girl (13) It 14 0966 Opportunity Knocks It y ' (14) M. Cornish

15 0020 Out Of Beau it (unruly 1) 16 3832 Big Idea (.unruly 2) It R. Payne Emergency: Lord Charles.

RACE 5. SECOND COURSE TREBLE

8.20 p.m.— AVON HANDICAP $4000; C 5; trotters; 2600 m. 1 0250 Kate's Return (1) it J. Carmichael 2 1466 Crafty Key (2) It R.- Morris 3 4235 Maudey (unruly) it T. May 4 5981 Excalibur (J) 10 W. Hart 5 1114 Lee Mir (2) 10 R. Cameron 6 3929 Ailsa Hanover (3) 10 W. Forsyth 7 3568 About Now (1) 20 8 1063 Spot Luck (2) 20 T. McMillan 9 5120 Stormy Morn (3) 20 T. Thomas 10 3077 Miss Castleton (1) 30 W. Butt 11 1492 Relinquish (2) 30 D. Nyhan .12 7202 Scotch Tar (I) 50 A. Dykman

RACE 6

T.A.B. TREBLE SECOND COURSE TREBLE 8.50 p.m.— CATHEDRAL STAKES $2400; two-year-olds; 2000 m. 1 462 Cover Story (1) It J. Noble 2 Quinella (2) It 3 04 Carnaby Street (3) It 4 0 Waltaki Ayr (4) It C. .Middleton 5 Regal Craft (5) It 6 36 ..Scout (6) It J. Carmichael 7 Nuclear Hanover (7) It 8 4367 Verona (8) It K. . Williams 9 Swirlum (9) It 10 5913 Winning Glimpse (1) 10 R. Langford 11 1221 Lomondu Host (2) 10 P. Jones

RACE 7 T.A.B. DOUBLE MONA VALE HANDICAP

$5000; C 7; 2600 m. 1 8600 Majestic Major (1) It J. Noble

2 7122 Philippa Frost (2) It F. Fletcher S 3497 Johnny Regalo (3) It K. Chapman 4 7900 Port View (4) It D. Nyhan 5 4835 Wing Commander (5) It D. Townley 6 4238 Bronze Queen (6) : It M. Edwards 7 0029 Crossfire (7) It T. Thompson 8 1621 Merry Chase (8) It L. Thomas : 9 1007 Be Sly (l) • 10 . R. McNally 10 0600 Allspice (2) ■ 10 F. Newfield 11 4655 Timely Robin (3) • 10 D. Jones 12 8605 Ganya (4) 10 T. Thomas 13 6151 Flora Dor (5) 10 K. Townley 14 7268 Westburn Vue (1) 20 15 0803 Sunseeker (1) 30 C. Devine 16 0470 Canis Minor (2) 30 P. Jones Emergency: Port View.

RACE 8 T.A.B. QUINELLA 1.55 p.m.WHITE HERON STAKES $4200; C 5; mobile;-2600m. 1 7230 Individualist (1) it J. Noble 2 8410 Angelo Dundee (2) It i G. Court ' 3 6907 Tcrle (3) It 'P. Shand r, : 4 3223 Ascot Fair (4) It R. Dunn ’ ; 5 0 Star Chance (5) It R Carter. ’ ■ -i' 6 1120 Winning Lass (6) Hi R. Butt 7 0867 Ladyship Khan (7) Ifc J. Carmichael . 8 9600 Passable (8) . . It J. Smolensk! 9 8497 Hira Pita (9' It M. de Filippi - ; 10 4561 Truant Lass (10) It T. May RACE 9 T.A.B. DOUBLE T.A.B. QUINELLA T.A.B. TREBLE 10.30 p.m.— CHRISTCHURCH STAKES $3500; C 4; mobile; 2000 m. 1 6198 Golds Meir (1) It J. Carmichael 2 0000 Orphan Lad (2) it G. Court 3 7080 Scotch Spot (3) It B. Borcoskie 4 1751 D'Or Favor) (4) It I. Walker 5 1824 Sepoti (5) It J. Noble 6 1211 Superior Chance (6) It W. Denton 7 2155 Thurber Globe (7) It R. Nyhan 8 1071 Steady Way (8) It P. Bagrie 9 8800 Royal Belmont (9) It G. McDonald 10 5399 Yankee Hall (10) It P. Jones 11 6027 Alcalu (11) It R. Brosnan 12 4640 Royal Lopez (12) It D. Nyhan 13 3946 West Street (13) It P. Young