Manawatu hopefuls impressive

Press, 17 December 1980, Page 29

Manawatu hopefuls impressive

Special correspondent i ,i P Palmerston North j Heidi. Belle, Salome’s Girl and /'Full Of Grace were prominent Manawatu candi-[ dates to run impressively in • trials at Awapuni yesterday. [ Z .">4

Heidi Belle ran a first' [class ’rial for the Flying! Handicap, Full Of Grace hin-i ted that she will have Sum-! mer Haze flat to beat her in'i the Eulogy Shakes, and the! brilliant Salome's Girl wash in dashing form for the Nur-[I sery Handicap. Heidi Belie has thrived I since Trentham. Yesterday ■ she worked on a fast course [; proper and ran 800ni in 515.: speeding over the last 600 m!: in 36.45. A win in the: Flying'. Handicap on Saturday couldi: earn her a trip to Ellerslie [ ’for the Railway Handicap, [< (New Year’s Day. I Salome’s Girl shaded Huckleberry at the end ofj 800 m in 49.4 s the last 600 m [ [in a fast 35.55. Salome’s Girlii ran second to La Dent atjl Foxton and was not quite atii her best. She has thrived[i since and wilt take all sorts! i of beating on Saturday. 11

Full Of Grace and Conflict Iran 1200 m strongly in Imin i 19s, the last 600 m in 38s. : [Full of Grace was running i 'clear at the finish. I I Full of Grace has trained i [on well since her third 'behind Powley and Glamour ; • Bay in the 1000 Guineas at ißiccarton. | Non Dinrnticar ran lOOOnip [strongly in Imin 5.6 s the.; 1 final 600 m in 37.6 s and; I iSweet Loruce and Humble! 1 Abode took 38s for 600 m. iShillelagh covered 1000 m in ' [lmin 10s and Hirelm sprint- 1 jed 600 m in 37.65. ' I Royal Path and Perlia ■ 'sprinted fast over 800 m in i 50s the last 600 m in 365. 1 [Royal Path is fit to the Wei- 1 (come Ma :,l en and looks to [have a good chance on Sat- | urday. Perlia faces a tough [task in the Eulogy but she is above average and could 1 be in the money. Ii

1 Leaveittome ran 1200 m in Imin 20s, the last 600 m in 38.5 s and the Eulogy Stakes candidate, Penny Dee, ran; 800 m easily in 55s the last! 6Oom in 40s. . -Most interest on the! plough centred on Koii'o Trelay, which ran 1200 m in Imin 20s the last 600 m in j 40.65. He was ridden in the 'trial by Phillip Smith who [has the mount in the Challenge Stakes. i The race will be Koiro Trelay’s first since the New Zealand Cup. He has trained on well though the race is «ure to benefit him. He may contest the Manawatu Cup but the Wellington Cup is his main mission. Magic Spell looked fit for the Eulogy Stakes when running 600 m in 39.6 s and Tramoy galloped from the 800 m in 545, the last 600 m in 41s.