Lord Module top prospect in mile tomorrow

Press, 27 February 1981, Page 1 (Supplement)

Lord Module top prospect in mile tomorrow

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G. K. YULE

Even though Lord Module might be racing some remove below the brilliant form he showed last season, he should be more than a match for his rivals in the Couplands Flying Mile at Washdyke tomorrow.

In a season beset by problems of varying types, Lord Module has started 10 times for three seconds, one third and two fourths. His latest start was in the New Brighton Cup on February 14 when he finished fourth after losing ground early and being forced wide over the final stages.

third in the Auckland Cup behind Delightful Lady and Idolmite after being left in the open for almost the whole race. Those two recent races should have helped Cecil Devine bring him closer to peak form and from No. 4 at the barrier the New Zealand mile time-trial record holder should break through for his first success of the season. Few of his rivals have shown sprinting prowess approaching that of Lord Mod-

ule, although in the past both Philippa Frost and Rocky Tryax have returned smart times over the distance. Even though he beat a moderate field earlier in the month at Oamaru, Rocky Tryax is difficult to recommend. while from the second line Philippa Frost will need more than her share of luck. D’Or Favori and Trevor Hodgen could be better prospects. Both contested the main race, won by Right Bower,

at Addington Raceway on Wednesday, D’Or Favori finishing. ninth, three places from Trevor Hodgen. D’Or Favori looks capable of a merry mile, as does Trevor Hodgen, a pacer considered by most solely as a stayer. It is difficult to imagine them beating Lord Module, but they could return a place dividend. Rocky Tryax and The Raider should do best of the others. Cousteau, which last woni

in September at Addington, is overdue for another success, which should come in the Timaru Cup. He has had 16 starts since last he won and has had nine placings for some $5OOO in stakes. Perhaps the hardest for him to beat will be Unique Princess and Cottonfields, while Braemar, Angelo Dundee, Johnny Balbo and Truant Lass will have to be considered.

A week before that, when obviously not at his best, he did remarkably well for