Good day for N.Z.-breds
NZPA Sydney] The New Zealand-bred; Ruling mare Peggy Sue led all the way to win the $ll,OOO Hibiscus Handicap (2000 m at Rosehill on Saturday. Starting at 6-1, Peggy Sue, Tidddn by top Brisbane apprentice Myles Plumb, beat Cordelphia (11-2) by threequarters of a length, with the former New Zealander Big BiCkies (8-1) an unlucky third, a long neck further back.
Big Bickies, ridden by Kevin Langby, was pocketed most of the way and failed to get a clear passage until jthe race was nearly over. The Gold Sovereign geld-: Ing is now expected to nave a crack at winning his sec-j ond successive Wagga Gold! Cup (2000 m on Thursday, i The New Zealand-bred Sovereign Edition gelding j Tenanbit made a strong run out wide for a last stride win in the Stampede Handicap (1200 m Stewards checked the photographs twice before declaring Tenanbit the winner over Bernard by a short half head. Bobm colt Übetido won his first start hands down,
leading the Acorn Handicap (1200 m throughout to score by four lengths, setting a race record of Imin 10.45.
The two-year-old colt by Biscay from the New Zealand mare Sinless, is raced by the Hyperion Syndicate, who recently rejected a $200,000 bid for half-own-ership of him. In Melbourne the New Zealand galloper Legal Command nearly caused a major upset at Caulfield in his first Australian start.
A 100-1 outsider, Legal Command went clear rounding the home turn in .the Chesterfield Handicap (1400 m but was overhauled ihalf-way up the straight by Sky Castle (7-1), perfectly [ridden by the former New Zealand jockey Gary Willetts.
Sky Castle was a length and a quarter clear of Legal Command, with the New Zealand-bred Bit of A Skite (Showoff 11-Gold Link) one and a half lengths away third.
It was Legal Command’s first outing in Australia since he ran fifth at Stratford in February. Bit Of A Skite, a five-year-old[ chestnut entire, fin-
ished strongly in the Chesterfield and it was seen as a good indication that he should be a strong possibility for the $75,000 Adelaide Cup (3200 m on May 19. In other Caulfield races the New Zealand-bred Royal Namnan (Namnan-Sun Craft)
:'took out the Monash Welter i (1600 m while Our Approval > (Approval-Lady Tasman) and • Tai Ruler (Taipan 11-Blue- - pak), ridden by former New ' Zealand jockey E. (Midge) Didham, ran second and ; third respectively behind I Submerge in the South ) Yarra Handicap (1600 m
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