Ashburton entrants shine at Addington trials

Press, 28 May 1981, Page 20

Ashburton entrants shine at Addington trials

The Ashburton entrants, Tuatahi Girl, Wine and Dine, Peregrine, Wee Robert and, in particular. Bachelor Lord and Flint Hgrd showed plenty of promjse at the Addington trials “yesterday. Bachelor Lord was a game winner <bf the C 3 heat after doing Xt the hard way. The free-lagged pacer was slow awa#, but was sent around frotn.near last to sit without cower from the 120 Om, led 560 m from home and held off all challenges to beat Twilight Mist by a length in 3 min 31.45, the final 800 m in ,61.2 s and last 400 m in 31s.

The five-year-old will start in the Rakaia Handicap, the third leg of the Ashburton Trotting Club’s T.A.B. treble.

Tuatahi Girl and Tough Girl, rivals in the. Round Table Handicap on Saturday finished first and second respectively in- the feature trotters heat.

Three places back on the inner, Tuatahi Girl finished strongly to just beat Tough Girl by half a head in a slow 3min 41s.

Dryden Lobell was third, a neck away, with three lengths to Ponderosa Tony fourth.

Flint Hard was as impressive as any, easily winning the first maiden heat by six lengths. The Handcraft filly trailed three back on the inner, improved wide on the turn and ran right away, easing down to beat Gold Chase and Our Tiger in 3 min 31s, the final 800 m in 62.25, and the last 400 m in 30.55.

Flint Hard has drawn No. 13 in the 3200 m Flemington Handicap on Saturday.

Wine and Dine an acceptor for the Dromore

(Handicap won well enough (yesterday to suggest a . chance also. The four-year-iold trailed throughout and sprinted best to beat Pride of Beau by a length in 3 min 345, the final 400 m in 30.15.

Peregrine rounded off his preparation for the Sapling Stakes with an easy two and a half length win in the two-year-old trial. The Out to Win colt began brilliantly, trailed from- the 1700 m, and sped through along the rails to beat the pacemaking Celevale Note and Lil Abner in 2 min 44.95.

Perfume was too strong for Jackie Logan in the juvenile trotters’ heat. He won handily by a length after making all the running in 2 min 48.25. Game Command rallied well for' third.

Superior Chance continued his preparation for the Canterbury Park Winter Cup when he dead-heated with Profiteer in the main trial. Superior Chance, slow away, showed sharp speed from near last with 700 m to run, and kept up a big run to dead-heat with Profiteer.

False Regal, which tried to lead them throughout, was not pushed to hold his third placing. The dead-heat-ers ran the distance in 3 min 25.55, the final 800 m in 60s and last 400 m in 31.15. Wee Robert looked fit for his assignment, the Valetta Handicap, with a fine win in the Cl trial. Wee Robert trailed the pacemaking The Gangster throughout, but finished best to beat Dina Dor narrowly with The Gangster, after losing some 40m at the' :start, a creditable third.

Siesta, slow away and

trapped three wide was an impressive three-lengths winner of the third maiden trial.

The Lopez Hanover mare finished best wide out to beat the two-year-old, Where Else and Don Regal, in 3min 35.15. ' CO PACERS, 2600m.—First heat: Flint Hard -It G. Lindley 1; Gold Chase It P. Hadfield 2; Our Tiger It P, Jones 3. 15 started. 6 len, 1 hd, li len. Turbulent Hanover fourth. Time: 3:31. Second heat: Siesta It J. Smolensk! 1; Where Else It T. Thomas 2; Don Regal it M. Edmonds 3; 15 started. 3 len, 1 hd, 1-1 len. Hustle Son fourth. Time: '3:35.1. Third heat: Wine and Dine It D. Mangos 1; Pride of Beau it P. Hampton 2; Never Bend It J. Dalgety 3 15 started. Len, 2 len, 3 len. Terr’s Terror fwitll. fi-.iii-: 3 34.fi.

CO-C2 TROTTERS,’ ’2600m— Little John 20 S. Black 1; Princess Gay 20 J. McDonald 2; Dutoit it I. Schwamm 12 started. J hd, 5 len, nk. The Stag fourth Time: 3:35.3. C3-C6 TROTTERS, 2600 m Tuatahi Girl it G. Ryder 1; Tough Girl It R. Dunn 2; Dryden Lobell It J. Geddes 3. Eight started, j hd. nk, 3 len. Ponderosa Tony fourth. Time: 3:41. Cl PACERS, 2600 m—wee Robert It M. de Filippi 1; Dina Dor it M. Edmonds 2;' The Gangster It I. Schwamm 3. 11 started. J nk, 4 len, 3 len. Blue John fourth. Time: 3:33.3. ’

C2-C3 PACERS, 2600 m Bachelor Lord it. B Nyhan 1; Twilight Mist it T. Thomas 2; Arania Scott It J. Noble 3. 13 started. Len, nk, J len. Brockworth Bay fourth Time: 3:31.4. C4-C9 ’ PACERS, 2600 m Superior Chance It W. Denton and Profiteer It P. Hampton 1; False Regal it P, Jones 3. 11 started. Dead-heat, - i len. Heather Chief fourth. Time: 3:25.5.

TWO-YEAR-OLD PACERS, 2000m.—Peregrine it I. Schwamm 1: El Vista it B, Nyhan 2; Lil Abner it D. Jones 3. Eight started. 2J len, 2 len, 1 len. Celevale Note fourth. Time: 2:44.9.

TWO-YEAR-OLD TROTTERS, 2000m.—Perfume It F. I-lolnics 1: Jackie Logan It R. Clark 2; Game Command it I. Cameron 3. ■ Six started.' Len, 7 len, len. Tigerman fourth. Time: 2:48.2.