Lord Module likely favourite at Forbury Park

Press, 23 January 1981, Page 10

Lord Module likely favourite at Forbury Park

By

G. K. YULE

In spite of the huge ' question mark about the ; racing manners of Lord ; Module, the son of Lord- j ship is alnuut certain to ! start favourite in the ! Hertz Free-for-all at For- ; bury Park tomorrow even- , ing.

It was at Forbury Park last October that Lord Module returned two of the worst performances of his career. Since this his efforts, have, to say the least, >een mixed and he came under official notice once more when he failed to take any serious part in the Pan Am Mile on December 6.

The stipendiary stewards decided that two satisfactory trials had to be recorded before the stallion raced again. The second successful trial jtook place recently and Lord Module’s effort was more in keeping with that expected; from the horse which took j the “Horse of the Year” titlej last season. His owner-trainer. Cecil j Devine, is fairly confident! that he has ironed out the' faults developed by Lord I Module and he is hopeful: that he will show his true' form, especially with the! Auckland Cup only a fort-1 night away and a possible campaign in Australia not that far off.

Even so, Lord ■ Module could be all out to withstand the expected determined challenge from Bonnie’s Chance, unbeaten in her last three starts and rather unlucky in her racing before then. She has great speed and courage and could offer more than token opposition to the favourite. Another smart mare in; Royal Illusion will also have i to be considered. She has 1 yet to meet a field of thisj class, but the manner in; which she topped off some; strong intermediate fields i end won the Standardised •Breeders’ Stakes suggested' ■that she will not be out of; her depth. i Southerners will no doubt: stay with Sapling, as their big hope, but he is a probllem horse. On occasions he looks a world-beater, but in some of his other races he ha’s been a big disappointment. Possibly he could have benefited from the race he had when second to Bonnie’s Chance on January 5. If this is the case he could get into the finish. Lord Module’s stablemate. Sun Seeker, appeals most of the others and a placing by him would not surprise. Tongue Twister, Brase and Dundas form a likely trio in the first leg, the Jons Handicap, the first of a threerace series for four-year-olds at the meeting. Johnny Bilbo, Effie Watt, False Regal and possibly Armbro Wings are others entitled to consideration.

RACE 1 4.5 p - m w R |G HT SON PACE S 1800; CO; mobile: 2100 m. 1 0340 Meadow Bonny (1) It R. Langford 2 3473 Marcel Wave (2) L J. Bond 3 253 Tick Tack (3) It J. Bennett 5 8206 Ohinetahi (5) It ■S. Little 6 8032 Haughty Knight (6) It A. Scobie 8 ' 70 Trusty Joe 18) It J. Hunter 9 5397 Bradwood (9) It - R.Brosnan 10 0436 Verona (lOi “I . K. Williams I 1! 0402 Saint Andrew (11) It; ,1. Curtin ! 12 4530 Arni Lass (12i It i P. O’Reilly ,iun. ; 13 40 Regal Lea (13,i . . H- • M. de Filippi , ; 14 0683 High Berry (14) Li 15 4 Lager Lass (15) It M. Prendergast 15- . 92 Blue Stratus (16) It P. Barnes Scratched: Tula’s Pride, Milburn Hanover. RACE 2 4.35 p m -„ athan trot 52200: Cl; trotters; 3200 m. f 1 336 Libra Star (1) It K. Coutts 2 0032 Game One (2) it J. Carmichael 3 6040 My Tuft (3) It S. Little 4 3726 Mighty King (4) It R. Cameron 5 36 Triarmbro <54 It B. Gliddon . S 0809 King Solomon (6) it J. Ferguson 7- 21’43 Birthday Lad (7) It • R. Brosnan 8 1279 Game Pete iS) It ■ . J. Bond 9 2391 Adiantum (li ’-0 ifl 0211 Geena (2) -«! p. O’Reilly jun I 11 110 Smith and Jones <3l -O' B. Kerr : 12 6534 Flying Star (4> -0; C. Baynes I 14 6008 Classic Pride (6) '-0: H. Skinner ■ 15 1546 Manchu i7‘ ; G. Laing 16 2922 Classic Countess (D 40; 31. Skinner Emergency: King Solomon. ’ Scratched: Crockett Mood. RACE 3 P ' m ‘ JOPSON PACE 52600; C2; mobile; 2200 m. 1'5071 Hal Cherle (1) It R. Cameron. 2 0003 Partner (2) « P. Jones ■ ■ 3 6971 Watbro King (3) it 4 3561 Good Chance (4) It ; A-: P. Williamson 5.1352 (Remote (5) , “ M. Rennie . 6 7192 Roual Fern (6) it ... Al Scobie ■ ~ 7 7964 The Hustler (<) It, ■ - J; Baynes 8 5023 Mister Majestic («) It R. Swain 9 2056 Oma Charles (9) it MrSkirner . 10 0060' 1 Tuatahi Chief (10) it W; Butt . '■ 11 4934 Le Rae. ill) It; • r. ’ K. O’Reilly 1 12’1103 Renee's Chance <T2) L]

113 4318 Lord Tarport (13) U R. May !14 9334 Orient Son (1-11 U P. O’Reilly, jun. 15 5119 Dreamy Forbes (151 II T. Thompson I 16 0157 Hi Light (16) It; A. Townley Emergency: Onia Charles. ; ! Scratched: Royal Fern. RACE 4 7.35 p.m.— SKYLINE HANDICAP $2800; C 3; 2700 m 1 0970 Manitoba (1) H P. Young 2 0854 Reverie Hanover (2) It R. May 3 6457 Johnny Lincoln (3) it J. Carmichael 4 0002 Eily Dear (4) 11 J. Crooks 5 4163 Young Beau (5) It T. May 6 4380 True Bay (6) It P. O’Reilly, jun. 7 000 Virginia City (7) It W. Denton 8 9132 Berry Quick (3) it A. Hunter 9 1'396 Bachelor's Gold (91 11 W. Butt 11 0514 Chance Fortune (111 It J. Ferguson 112 8495 Errol Hanover (12) It; K. O’Reilly I 13 3221 Eden's Joy (1) 10 1 H. Skinner 14 3013 Catherine of Aragon (21 P. Shand 10' 115 0067 Frosty Lobell (3) 10; B. Gliddon .16 0302 Black Stump (4) 10 G. Shirley !10 0011 The Trump (5) 10! R. Cameron • Emergencies: Errol Hanover, Frosty Lobell. RACE 5 T.A.B. TREBLE 8.5 p.m.— FORBURY JUVENILE STAKES $4000; two-year-old; one mile 1 Ripstop (D It 2 King's Chance (2i It 3 6-121 Patrona Glow (3) It I K. O’Reilly 4 2 Mister Wood Chips (4i!t I G. Court 5 53 Kawarau Doon (5) It' M. Skinner 6 I lowa (61 It' J. Hunter 7 5 Direct Kiwi i 7) It 8 1 Pergerine (8) It I. Schwamm 9 Enterprise (9) It P. Williamson 10 31 Timely Joy (10) It P. Jones I t Little Armbro (11) It 12 2 Petro Boy (12) A. Malcolmson 13 2544 Macdoon (13) It! F. Holmes I 14 8376 Tbrey (14) It! P. Shand 15 4 Matai Bret (15) It Emergencies: Tbrey, Direct Kiwi. Scratched: El Jefe. RACE 6 T.A.B .DOUBLE 8.35 p.m.— JONS HANDICAP $5000; four-year-olds; 2700 m 1 1491 SPENDILLOW (1) It. Won over one mile in 2:4.8 at Invercargill on January 14 last time out. Will be tested in this. A. Scobie 2 5264 FALSE REGAL (2) It. Made ground steadily for fourth to The Trump at Addington on Wednesday. Good record at Forbury and must be considered. P. Jones 3 4638 TYSTAR (2) It. No danger in a C 3 race at Addington on Wednesday. Makes little appeal.' S. Henderson ! 4 2532 THE STING (3) It. Fine l ’ run when second to Chelien-; ham at Addington on Wednesday. Racing well enougli- to have a chance of surprising. T. Thompson 5 1002 EFFIE WATT (5) It. Good second to Risdon Lea at Invercargill on January 10. Has shown great potential and must be considered. D. Kerr, jun. 6 0913 TIME WILL TELL (6) It. Won at Winton on December 27 and sound run when third over one mile behind Dryden Amanda at Addington on January 8. Outside chance. P. Williamson 7 6871 CAPINSAY (7) It. Narrow winner over 2600 m at Washdyke on January 9. Hard: to see him winning this. P. Shand 8 3003 DUNDAS (8) It. Good run fresh up when third to Brase at Addington last Friday. Sure to be improved and shouldfgo close. ; P. Young ' 9 010 ZABADAK (9) It. Won at I Winton on December 27, but will find this much harder. H. Skinner \ ;10 2312 JOHNNY BALBO (1) 10.1 I < Fast finisher to beat all but! I Brase at Addington last ! week. In top form and ex-1 pected to make a bold bid. 1 i R. Prendergast 11 0 ARMBRO WINGS (2) 10. Made a fresh start al In-; vercargill on January 10. beginning from 50m. Sure to be Improved, but will have to be taken on trust from a stand. C. de Filippi 12 5384 MODEL HARDCRAFT (3) 10.' Has been racing to good purpose in the south. Speedy and capable on his day of getting into this finish. A. Hunter 13 1220 SWEET JESSICA (13) 10. Failed badly at Invercargill on January 10, Form.before that was of a high standard. Must be given another chance. J. Hay V 14 1114 TONGUE TWISTER (5) 10. Rather unlucky when fourth to Brase at Addington last week. Racing generously and expected to be the hardest'to heat-.: M. de Filippi 15 1010 BRASE (1) 20. Lost i' chance at.start in his race at 1 ■ Addington on Wednesday. Is I hotter than that as he show-

ed when he won on Januaryii 16. Sound chance. M. Rennie 1 16 6694 DREAMY DRAGON (2) 20. Has been racing well enough lately to be given an outside chance, which would be enhanced should there be, : rain. , , R. Brosnan | ■ Emergencies: Zabadak, t l>e Sting. RACE 7 j' 9 BIL P L m cUMMINGS MEMORIAL i $2900; C 4; trotters; 2700 m. 1 3406 Gilt Edge (I) 11 C. de Filippi 2 1403 Game Again (2) It; H. Skinner i j 4 3111 Spring's Pride (4) 111 S. Allcock _ H 5 5680 Del Maria (al It I 6 3000 Prince Del (6) Uu M. Hamilton , I 7 8054 Ponderosa Tony U) It; ] W. Butt j 8 2221 Regal Flyer (8) it R. Mclntyre j 9 0403 Kabase (1) 10 M. Rennie 10 4357 Brother James (.) 10 11 0072 Most Likely Fella (1) -0 J. Ferguson 12 5819 Bellabill (2) -0 | T. May ; 13 7779 Our One (1> A. Malcolmson I 14 6739 Cool Cat (1) do ' C. Baynes ! Scratched: Gay Black. jRACE 8 T.A.B. DOUBLE T.A.B. TREBLE T.A.B. QUINELLA 935 Pj^ TZ free-FOR-ALL ■ $5000; OC; mobile; 2700 m . 1 0240 LORD MODULE (1) It. First start since be failed to; take any part in the Pan Am Mile on December 6. Latest , trial was satisfactory and will oniy have to move on cleanly to go close to winning' i u2 0048™ V/nG COMMANDER 1 (2) It. Not suited by the 1 sprint home in his race at Addington on Wednesday. 1 Racing quite well and bold run will not surprise. 1 3 0453 CROW BAR (3) It Game run over the last I 1400 m of 3200 m on Wednesday after starting from aOm. " Place prospect on that effort. 4 1316° n ROYAL ILLUSION (4); It Has shown tons of ability.; but has not been tested in; this class. Capable of getting: into the money. 5 7952 ha SAPLI NG (5) It. Fair! run when second to Bonnies Chance over one mile at Addington on January Could; be improved now and wjj o have to be considered. D. Mangos 6 7111 BONNIE'S CHANCE (6) It. Ln rare form and won the. ; Wellington Cup in style last; time out. Will be tested tn, this, but should be the hard-j est to beat. 7 4594 r °Slj a N SEEKER (7) It. I Useful run for fourth to Bonnie’s Chance . on January a. ? Will appreciate the extra dis- r tance in this event and ex- r pected to be prominent. S J. Carmichael •’ 8 8669 FALLIMENTO (8; It. No danger in latest racing. Hard f to recommend. = R. Johnstone ' , I 9 0360 FLAXTON (?) It. Quite I a sound run behind Ben- I rodden at Addington on s Wednesday. This will be harder. ‘ P. O'Reilly, jun C 10 0836 BE SLY (10) It e Weakened to sixth in. Wcl- 1 lington Cup last time out. t This might not be so testing v and could be a place chance. W. Denton C 11 0408 THE RAIDER (11) It. p Will be well tested in this C class taking a line through s latest racing. r P. Young It

IAC.E 9 J S GREAT HAROLD PACE $2200; Cl; mobile: 2700 m. i I 21 Jilaire's Chance (1) It| D. McNaugln I I 053 Sovereign Chance (2) It I G. Shirley ? 3059 Shiplight (3> It! 1 0221. Colando's Prince (4) It l J. Crooks > 9781 Sir Bret (51 It 5 2939 Jeremiah <6> It, K. Williams It! 7 1705 Paper Chance (7) It: A. Scobie 5 0361 Scottish Sunset (8) It K. O’Reillv ; J 5000 Afore Ye Go (9) It J. Smolensk! I 10 0332 Loyal Onedin (10) it R; Langford 11 1425 Conga's Chance (11) It M. Skinner 12 0180 Avon Byrd (12) It A. Malcolmson 13 0002 Cedar Chance (13) It 15 0371 Spinstar (15) It C. Buchan 16 5412 Lady Lass (16) It C. Harvey Emergency: Shiplight. Scratched: Morning Star. RACE 10 T.A.B. TREBLE T.A.B. QUINELLA 10.35 p.m.— DUNEDIN PACE ¥3150; C5-C7; mobile: 2200 m. 1 5626 Lord Logan (1) It A. Ryan 2 .6130 Stopwatch (2) \)t J. Curtin 4 1217 Moonshiner (41 It R. Swain 5 2625 Glen Moria (5i II .1. Carmichael 6 0053 Daylight Express (6) lt| 7 0838 Truant Lass (7; It R. May j 8 4662 Black’Jet (3) It R. Cameron I 9 9713 Lincmac (9) It H. Skinner 10 7271 Last Chance (10) It D. McNaught 11 3909 Wee Willow (11) U 12 3137 Quiet Win (12) It M. de Filippi 13 2412 Right Bower (13) It I. Cameron 14 3411 Smoothover (14) It Scratched: Minillma, Angelo Dandee, Kingsdown Cavalier.