Sound Wave top prospect in King’s Plate

Press, 29 December 1980, Page 19

Sound Wave top prospect in King’s Plate

Special correspondent Auckland

Favouritism for-the Auckland Cup might well be decided at Ellerslie today. A good win in the King’s Plate by Sound Wave would make certain his becoming one of the most-discussed candidates for the big one on Thursday. . The King’s Plate is a 1600 m event and it might seem, by now, to be a long way from Sound Wave’s best distance. But the Te Rapa Horse has never been short of pace and he should not have much trouble keeping the leaders within range. Sound Wave won a 1600 m at Ellerslie on November 26. He has had only one race meanwhile, for a second in the Avondale Cup. Then, last Wednesday, did a trial at Ellerslie that was, to say the least, highly encouraging. Under the weight-for-age conditions of the King’s Plate, Sound Wave will have to carry 58kg and in the cup he has 51kg. There is no rehandicap for winning today’s race so a success , fdr Sound Wave would surely point to a bold showing again on New Year’s Day. River Queen could be expected to make Sound Wave go hard. Some of her best performances have been over this course. Hotrap, if she reproduced her form of two starts back, would certainly go close and Be a Devil, Oranmore. Shelter’s Gold and Pheroz Fortune are others with ability.

None of the others still in the Auckland Cup is in the King’s Plate but the Summer Cup, first leg, over 2200 m, has five cup entries as acceptors — Wren’s Pride, Washington, Bra Hest, Stylemaster and Dad’s Army. Unless the cup field is much reduced by this evening, when a final payment becomes due, Stylemaster and Dad’s Army would probably need to have won this last preliminary race to get a place. And their latest form hardly suggests much chance. Each of the other three could go well. Wren’s pride ran below expectations last time, when eighth in the Avondale Cup, but his two previous runs were encouraging. close behind Ring the Bell for second in the Alison Stakes at Ellerslie then in the Thames Valley Stakes; Bra Hest was only inches away- from third, though placed fifth in the Queen Elizabeth Handicap on Saturday and (Washington, in the same event, ran better than his ninth placing suggests. The winner of the Summer'' Cup Will be liable to rehandicap • for the Auckland Cup, but the amount of penalty would not be much, possibly 1.5 kg.

The second leg will be the Ferguson Handicap, in which China might be the popular fancy. Summer Haze, from Stratford, the Awapuni fly, Full of Grace, Glamour Bay, from Matamata, and Penny Dee, from Cambridge, will try for further points in the Wrightson “Filly of the Year” contest when they meet in the $15,000 Ladies Mile. With this .one and nine further races in the series to be decided, Full of Grace heads the points table with 33.75, Summer Haze is second with 20.25, Glamour Bay Fifth, with 9.5 and Penny Dee has three. Selections. — 12.5 , p.m.—First Akarana Maiden: Exporter, Dino Amigo, Weyanna. 12.35 p.m.—Nursery Handicap: Lord Facetious; Arbon, Jubilee Rose. 1.5 p.m.—Festive Highwelght: Stag, Ramaboy, Diwall. 1.35 p.m.—Second Akarana Maiden: Gentle Breeze, Evel Knievel, Rosy Glow. 2S p.m.—Ardmore Handicap: Don Rlvarl, Royal Crest, Desiree. 2.40 p.m.—Summer Cup: Wren's Pride, Bra Hest, Bold Fripon. 3.10 p.m.—King's Plate: Sound Wave, River Queen, rap3.40 , p.m.—Fergusson Handicap: China, Fleetfoot, Givenchy. 4.10 p.m.— Third Akarana Maiden: Karayadola, Tallboy, Islero. 4.40 p.m.—Ladies' Mile: Glamour Bay, Full Of Grace, Summer Haze. RACE 1 12.5 p.m.— FIRST AKARANA, $2275; 1400m.—Exporter (9) 55; Dino Amigo (’4), Pheroz Fable (12) 53.5; Crystal Eyes (13); Kazaro (1), Weyana (21) 53; Crepe (13), Gaye’s Mate (10), Implacable (2), Mokoroa (6), Salpeen (8), Swish (14), Yen Fille (22) 52.5; Cheek Oak (19), Oracades Belle (5), Tarampa (11) 52; Amen Ra (16), Leucosia (15) 51. Emergencies: Double Dancer (3), Citizen Kane (20), Ria Metre (7), The Wakeman (17) 51. RACE 2 12.35 p.m.— NURSERY HANDICAP, $3175; 1200m.—Lord Facetious (8) 53; Cobham (4) 52; Ben Irish. (14), Hair Trigger (5), Redsldia (16) 51.5; Black Buccaneer (20), Passionate Prince (13) 51; Cartouche (6), Milton Hollow' (2), Pardon Me (1) 49.5; Arbon (11), Ballylass (7), Jubilee Rose (10) 49; Dreams Are Free (18), Ruling Saga- (12), Ten Speed (3) 48.5.

Emergencies. San Marino (19), French Bay (17) 51.5; Esarbee (15), Dream Hill (9) 49. RACE 3 ’■’festive HIGHWEIGHT, $3475; 2200m.—Avago (18), Rama Boy (9) 62.5; Soida Lad (3) 61.5; Fleet Symbol (4), Purple Frae (5) 61; Tai Chief (11) 60.5; Copsana (7), Diwali (6), Kaygee’s Gold (15), Stag (8) 60; Arnie’s Beau (16), Nimrod (13), Royal Summer (14), Starwars (2) 59.5; Carlton Lad (1) 58.5; Crasher (17) 58. Emergencies: Wallard (12) 57.5; Nearco Fllou (20), Ce Soir (19), Copper Roan (10) 57. RACE 4 1.35 p.m.— SECOND AKARANA MAIDEN, $2275; 1400m.—Rosy Glow (20) 54; Evel Knievel (8), Raels (2) 53.5; Gentle Breeze (13), Le Coquin (12), Anittac (3) 53; Flourish (6), Golden Rio (16), Lune Valley (10), Perpetrate (14), Santa Cruz (15), Tropic Star (5) 52.5.; Barak (7), Fire Song (11), Stylish Chief (4) 52; Daystar (21) 51.5; Carbonell (19), Sharaz (22) 51. Emergencies: Morning Glory (17), Kiwlk Roona, (18), Wanderstep (9), Azatlki (1) 51. RACE 5

. T.A.B. TREBLE 2.5 p.m.— ARDMORE HANDICAP

RACE 6 T.A.B. DOUBLE 2.40 p.m.— SUMMER CUP

RACE 7 T.A.B. TREBLE 3.10 p.m.— KING'S PLATE $7500; welglit-for-age; 1600 m 1 410 Airmond (12) 58.0

RACE 8 T.A.B. QUINELLA 3.40 p.m.— FERGUSSON HANDICAP $3800; 1400 m

Rocky Dellah. RACE 9 4,10 p.m.— THIRD AKARANA MAIDEN, $22-75; 1400m.—Tallboy (9) 52; Islero (1) 52.5; Bright Streak (22), Karaydola (6), Our Katie (11) 53; Belle Sier (19), Focal Point (20), Grey Display (17), Miss Fairbank (81, Red Sucaryl (3), Sunmaid (21), Vinny (5) 52.5; Boid Mark (18), Kalamazoo (4), Trevor (12) 52; High Affair (2) 51.5; Brazen Affair (15), Kirricapo (13) 51. Emergencies: Tariska (14), Wildman (7), Platinum Prince (10), Diorae (16) 51. RACE 10 T.A.B. TREBLE T.A.B. QUINELLA 4.40 p.m.— LADIES MILE $15,000; three-year-old fillies; 1600 m

$3175; 1600m 1 2123 Desiree (6) 55.0 2 102 Don'Rivari (11) 55.0 3 2300 Hassand (16) 54.5 4 OO Frlponette (14) 53.5 5 3729 Habitual (7) 53.5 6 4149 Parfum (10) 53.5 7 0310 Caramba (4) 53.0 8 3000 Carton King (2) 53.0 9 38 Crawford's Boy (3) 53.0 10 318 Kaz (8) 53.0 11 Overlander (5) 53.0 12 0217 Royal Crest (15) 53.0 15 1665 Ruvaln (9) 53.0 14 9900 Aisokula (13) 52.5 15 00 Zamazaan Boy (12) 52.5 16 507 Sasanara (1) 52.0

$8000; 2200m 1 1112 Innes Lad (12) 55.5 2 0238 Wren's Price (13) 55.5 3 8339 Washington (9) 53.5 4 4205 Bra West (10) 51.5 5 3111 Bold Fripon (15) 49.5 6 8031 Stylemaster (14) 49.0 7 8800 Lucky Prince (8) 48.0 8 0207 Millionaire (1) 47.5 9 4100 Arnaud (7) 47.0 10 4760 Dad's Army (3) 47.0 11 2125 Johnny Boy (2) 47.0 12 0400 Riccardina (5) 47.0 13 29 Smart Warrior (16) 47.0 14 9260 Soldar (11) 47.0 15 0009 Supreme Glory (4) 47.0 16 0800 Vulcan Lad (6) 47.0

3 4510 Be • Devil (4) 58.0 3 351 King Aneas (5) 53.0 4 0006 Matman (3) 58.0 5 0033 Morven Chief (10) 53.0 6 0800 Mr Rose CD 58.0 0698 Oakvale (6) 53.0 S 20 65 Oranmore (2) 58:0 9 5680 Shelter's Gold (7) 58.0 10 12 Sound Wave (9) 53.0 11 2354 River Queen (13) 55.5 12 1517 Hotrap (11) 54.5 13 3136 Pheroz Fortune (8) 54.5

1 4217 Star Time (6) 56.5 2 0402 All Nite (16) 55.5 3 7521 China (8) 55.5 4 4317 Hlkotere (15) 55.5 5 60 Bold Patrick (12) 55.0 6 9900 Bunratty Castle (5) 55.0 7 0633 Selando (20) 54.5 8 0131 Fleetfoot (18) 54.0 9 Glnevra (10) 54.0 10 0500 Magic Prince (14) 53.0 11 Precious Son (9) 53.0 12 647 Be Mine (4) 52.5 13 91 Givenchy (11) 52.5 14 41 Just a Devil (7) 52.5 15 16 7440 Misty Heights (2) Persistence (19) 52.5 52.0 17 06 Narang (17) 51.5 18 150 Gold Mayo (1) 51.0 19 70 Te Awanui (3) 51.0 20 0080 Rocky Dellah (13) 51.0 Emergencies: Te Awanui,

1 Amigo's Lass (11) 53.0 2 9009 Astound (13) 53.0 3 00 Diana Rose (12) 53.0 4 6527 Easter Parade (7) 53.0 5 0 Foxy Princess (9) 53.0 6 3331 Full of Grace (10) 53.0 7 1229 Glamour Bay (4) 53.0 8 4571 Latin Desire (5) 53.0 9 5291 Leopard Ripper (lo)-o3.0 10 1 Mary Lou (3) 53.0 11 0733 Penny Dee (8) 53.0 12 126 Perlia (6) 53.0 13 8932 Prix Etoile (1) •53.0 14 2124 Summer Haze (14) 53.0 15 800 Vicky Beele (2) 53.0 16 9300 War Nymph (16) 53.0