Idolmite earns place in Cup field

Press, 20 October 1980, Page 29

Idolmite earns place in Cup field

Special correspondent Dunedin

Idolmite earned a place in the field for the New Zealand Cup when she won the Flying Lord Handicap at Forbury Park on Saturday night. Idolmite,' owned and trained at Dunback by Barney Tisdall, a cattle farmer, has now won 11 races and $33,120 in stakes. Tisdall began training as a hobby in the 1971-72 season when he won with Petermite. He has since ivon races with Williemite (six), Dannymite • (nine), Tom Pepper and Idolmite. Idolmite gained open rating when she won the Canterbury Free-For-All on New Zealand Cup day last year. She finished fourth in the Easter Cup at Addington, in April. Idolmite has been driven is most of races over the last two seasons by Colin de Filippi, the 27 year-old Broadfield. horseman, who

has had. one other drive in a New Zealand Cup, — Kawarau Gold in 1975.

De Filippi’s elder brother, Mike, is the regular driver of Mack Dougal, which is also striving for a place in the Cup field. Drivers of New Zealand Cup candidates, Sapling, Trevi ra and Trusty Scot, to all appearances did not wish to tax their chargse on a soft track on Saturday night.

Idolmite led out then settled behind Good Too after 200 m. She was brought out to 'Challeng ein the run home and came ahead by two lengths. Good Too held second - by t wo and a half lengths from Sapling, which was back in ninth place until the 400 m. Fallimento, which raced four back on the inner ran on for fourth ahead of Sun Seeker, which tangled briefly at the 300 m when handy. He was found to have dropped a knee boot. Trevira, which raced

inside Sapling came next, Trust Scot was eighth. Hands Down was well back throughout. “He wasn’t really happy in the going,” said his driver Peter Jones.

Driving Tactics paid off when Pointer Hanover had a handsome win in the Dominion Breweries Handicap. Pointer Hanover has shown a dislike of wet crusher dust tracks and for this reason he was not readied to race at Addington in August. “I think he dislikes the slush flying at him,” said George Shand, his Washdyke trainer.

Shand ensured there was no problem by taking Pointer Hanover to the front after 500 m. He set a leisurely pace, sprinted from the 700 m and won untested by two lengths. It was Pointer Hanover’s fifteenth win for Mr Sam Woods, his Gleniti (near Timaru) breeder. He has won -46,460 in stakes. Pointer Hanover a 7 yearold stallion will race next at Waikouaiti. Even Speed, the favourite could not handle the rain-af-fected track, according to his driver, Peter Jones. He tailed the field throughout. Game Again, which was a class above her rivals in the Breville Handicap, will race next at the New Zealand Cup meeting. . She will be accompanied by her stablemates, Lincmac and probably Aburn Majesty, all wembers of Henry Skinner’s Branxholme stable. Game Again’s win places her on th efront of intermediateclass races for trotters at Addington. Aburn Majesty finished second to Bradwin in a 2-year-old race last season. Mary Isabel, formerly prepared by Skinner, is now being trained at Invercargill by Peter Davis.