Unbeaten record maintained

Press, 9 June 1980, Page 27

Unbeaten record maintained

NZPA Brisbane Unbeaten Sydney filly,Winter’s Dance, firmed to outright favourite for next Saturday’s 5102,000 Stradbroke Handicap (1400 m after winning the 1200 m Katies Cup. at Eagle Farm on Saturday. . In the latest markets Winter’s Dance was 4 to 1 favourite, with the Adelaide filly, Ducatoon, the Victor-ian-trained Turf Ruler and the New Zealand sprinter. Golden Rhapsody joint' second favourites at 6 to li In the Katies Cup y/inter’s Dance, unbeaten in her six races, got up right on the line at her first test in top company to beat the New Zealand-bred Turf Ruler by half a head, with Bemboka Yacht a head away third. In the close finish the. t h r e e-year-old Ducatoon flashed home for fourth, only a nose away. I Having his first start in 114 months, Family of Man,

rated 12 to 1 with the Can-berra-trained Bemboka Yacht for the Stradbroke, ran sixth.

As expected Kingston Town picked up the first prize in the 550,000 Queensland Derby (2400 m to take the three-vear-old’s earnings to 5705,410.

But for all that Kingston Town did not look impressive in his win and some, including the jockey Malcolm Johnston, have said he didn’t do it easily enough to consolidate his position as 4 to- 1 favourite for • the Brisbane Cup (3200 m on June 16.

The former New Zealand filly,- Royal Paree, gained a half-length win in the 519,900 Queensland Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400 m It was her second Australian victory in three starts. The Royal Noble filly beat the favourite Playboy Prince, with the New Zealand-bred I colt, Zephyr Zing two (lengths back third.