Smart colt may come south

Press, 9 February 1981, Page 21

Smart colt may come south

South Island two-year-old pacers might have to” look, to their laurels in rhe $12,000 New Zealand Sapling Stakes at Ashburton- later in the season. There is a good chance that, they will be challenged by the ■ Cambridge-trained colt, Disco Dancer, which gained/’ his fifth- success when he held but ’Sugar Ray Robinson in the-. Cardigan Bay - Stakes at Alexandra Park on Saturday. •- Athough he ? had only a head to-spare’at the line, he did not look like being beaten,. and his time of 2min 178s-'for the mile was. a splendid one,. Disco Danter is trained by Charlie ' Hunter, and Gary Smith for ’ the Kenwood 1

Irsyndicate. He,is one of . the: first crop..of. foals sired by. )! Smooth Fella, : currently the s 1 leading sire of. two-year-olds. N Disco Dancer .was given jno respite throughout Satur- >: day’s, race and looked likely I -to be beaten. 100 m out when IjGreg Robinson’s brother, i Sugar . Ray Robinson,.. came; ; strongly.. . .However, Disco ' Dancer ; found.. another gear i and.won impressively. i “He’s as good as any two- ' year-o’d. I’ve had anything to i do with,” said Hunter, who ; thinks the colt is a stayer of ■ great potential. i _ I’ve made - all- the payi ments for the Sapling Stakes and if he, continues to go asj well as he is- at present li r think I’ll take him south,” 'he said., “ . -’