Payco will be at short odds at Nelson

Press, 27 March 1981, Page 8

Payco will be at short odds at Nelson

By

J. J. Boyle

Payco, winner of the Wellington Racing Club Handicap at odds of 200-to-one at Trentham in January, will be a popular fancy for his attempt to win the Nelson Cup tomorrow.

r Hammerslcy. who will also .] put Kaitoa into the Nelson Cup field. Like Payco. ’ Kaitoa won three starts j back, although he does not > have a record to match his stablemate in his two starts ’ since. ? The North Island has 1 other likely runners tomorf row in Red Epic, the Waipu- . kurau Cup third, and the : Haw r a pair. Father Lou and : Nelson’s Command. Riccarton’s strongest L hopes in a race won for that

■ The Woodville-trained Heir •Apparent II gelding ltd .throughout 2400 m in his ■surprise Trentham win. His •two starts in the meantime •have yielded two seconds, ,'one of them on the testing Waipukurau track on March J 4 and a topweight’s victory • in the first leg of the T.A.B. double tomorrow should be well within his reach if he has held his form. Payco is trained by Scott

> centre by Star Order lw 0 years ago will be Dolmar and Wat’s to Come. Dolmar, a close second in the Hororata Cup two starts back, found it beyond him to justify his favouritism at Ashburton at his last start when ridden well eff a casual pace. H will be best served by a truly-run race which would allow him to employ his finishing powers effectively on the testing straight at Richmond.

The Dominion Breweries Handicap, second leg of the T.A.B. double, presents the Nelson-trained Killjoy with a chance to take up her winning record where she left off in The Stewards at Riccarton last November. John Healey’s nippy grey did her most recent racing at the Wellington autumn meeting, where she toiled honestly for a third and a fourth in 1400 m races.