Deal satisfied both parties

Press, 12 November 1981, Page 22

Deal satisfied both parties

By

W. R. CARSTON

When the successful Dunedin owner, Mr Ces Wallis, purchased Seafarer as an untried three-year-old he was not sure whether he had made the right decision but he is sure now that the deal was satisfactory both from his and the seller’s point of view. Seafarer was originally purchased at the South Island Bloodstock Sales in Christchurch by Mr Ted White, a retired woolclass and an enthusiastic ownertrainer at Wingatui. Although he was not keen to part with the gelded son of Beaufort Sea and Japita, Mr White needed additional capital to buy a horse float so Seafarer changed hands. “I know Mr White was satisfied with the deal and I’m convinced now that I made the right decision too,” said Mr Wallis after Seafarer, a good thing beaten on the first day of the meeting, gave his rivals a start and a sound beating in the Port Cooper Highweight at Riccarton yesterday. In a contest notable for a dawdling early pace Ali Robinson settled Seafarer at the rear and allowed him to bowl along easily at the tail of the field till the home turn. Once lined up for the run home Robinson brought Seafarer out into the clear and he ran the 2000 m out strongly to win by half a length. Trusttum, Seafarer’s best backed rival, held second after trying to lead through the last 500 m and Charaxus, not far ahead of the winner till the home turn, battled gamely for third but was a length and three-quarters back. King Cole, in a small gap, led in the others.