Trevira wins in N.Z. record time

Press, 6 October 1980, Page 24

Trevira wins in N.Z. record time

Special correspondent ’<• Invercargill ‘i I Tricky Dick's New Zealand mobile 2400 m record ' fell when Trevira clocked 3min 3.5 s with a courageous;, success in the Wilson Neill!] Free-for-All at the Inver-j cargil! Trotting Club’s meet-| ( Ing at Winton on Saturday. lj Trevira cut 1.5 s off Tricky• Dick's record of 3min ss, but the 3min 3s recorded by/ the 1973 Kaikoura Cup j winner, Royal Ascot, from a i stand, still remains the fas-|] test 2400 m run in New Zealand. i The pressure was on from ' the word go. The leaders ’ came the last 800 m in Imin 0.5 s and the final 400 m in ail slogging duel of 32s ini

; which every demand was 'made on stamina and tenacity. in a thriving f’nish. Trevira wore down Sapling in LiiL U, SldgCS to it' by. , a long neck. There was only Ithree quarters of a length toi iHaughty Romeo, a nose to. I Falimento, and a long head, I to Scotch Tar. which stole ' the show with a slashing [ performance. i Scotch Tar left his feet ini ; the run up behind the gate! ■and lost between 40 and' 50m before the point of des-; patch. He was still con-i ■ ceding the leaders about 10! (lengths at the 800 m but unwound a whirlwind late run to get within two lengths of Trevira. He was privately timed to run his 2400 m post to post, in a remarkable I3min 4s. i Comparing his run with

; the likes of Trevira and. Sapling, he is obviously en-i dowed with enough ability; to rate a serious prospect ini i the New Zealand Cup. Gavin Hamilton was delighted with Trevira’s u success and said the gelding ' Would now race on both nights of the Forbury Park : meeting later this month and in the Hannon Memorial at Oamaru as a final dress reihearsal for the New Zealand :! Cup. ' • Doug Mangos was -; thoroughly satisfied with i Sapling’s gallant second. i| Mangos had no option but to pull Sapling out from the i trail inside the 800 m when ' Trevira and others started to surge forward from midfield. Sapling spurted clear at i the 650 m and made every attempt to hold his ground i in the testing run home.