Hilarious Guest popular fancy for Oaks

Press, 30 April 1982, Page 9

Hilarious Guest popular fancy for Oaks

By G. K. YULE Hilarious Guest will be a popular fancy to reinstate herself as the top horse of her age when she contests the New Zealand Oaks at Addington Raceway tomorrow evening. Last time out she was a shade unlucky when third to Mai Mai and Mister Wood Chips at the end of a mobile! 2000 m at Addington on April 10. She drifted early in that race and became badly pocketed on the rails, working clear almost in the shadow gof the winning post. Tomorrow will mark the first occasion on which the mobile barrier has been used in the Oaks. This type of dispatch does not particularly suit Hilarious Guest as she is slow to muster early speed. However, once under way she has great reserves of stamina as she showed when she won the New Zealand Derby earlier in the year. Even though there might be reservations about her ability to hold her position early, it is difficult to see her beaten. If Hilarious Guest is to be beaten, the winner could come from among Tact Boyden, Ansett and Capri, but they by no means exhaust the possibilities. There will be support for the northern challenger, Rain Girl, which has had five wins and five placings from her 12 starts this season. Not only that, she has recorded splendid times over all distances and has rated better than 2min 5s for 2700 m from ■ behind the mobile barrier. If she races up to that performance, she should be right in the thick of the finish. Steady Lady and Dab Chick have shown notable form in the south, with _ Steady Lady being most impressive when she was placed at Washdyke earlier in the month in a heat of the D.B. Fillies Series. Russel Garnett, Nightania and Faberge could be the pick of an even field in the second leg of the T.A.B. double; the Life Members' Stakes, which will be run over one mile.

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Emergencies: Fred’s Fantasy, Super Doll. Race 7 7.15 T.A.B. DOUBLE T.A.B. TREBLE T.A.B. QUINELLA N.Z. OAKS $15,000; three-year-old fillies; mobile; 2600 m 1 6242 Ansett 1 It Just caught by Tact Boyden at Washdyke on April 16. Stout stayer capable of a bold run. K.’Vincent. 2 1225 Ventre Hanover 2 It Fair run when fifth to Capri on Wednesday night. This will be harder. M. de Filippi. 3 6718 Hanover Donna 3 It Failed at Washdyke on April 16, but impressive before that. Distance should not trouble her and could be one for odds. J. Smolenski. 4 1813 Hilarious Guest 4 It Third to Mai Mai after failing to get clear at Addington on April 10 at latest start. Looks the logical favourite. P. Jones. 5 3121 Rain Girl 5 It Has shown consistent form in the north, winning at Morrinsville meeting on April 2 at latest start. Must be considered. R. Mitchell. 6 0343 Miss Bromac 6 It Rather unlucky when placed at Methven on April 24. This will be harder. B. Saunders. 7 1168 Dab Chick 7 It Form rather mixed lately, but speedy and stays well’on her day. Not out of this. R. Swain. 8 3211 Tact Boyden 8 It Has won D.B. Fillies’ heats at two latest starts. Capable of extending the favourite. R. Cameron. 9 2078 Mighty Antrim 9 It Checked on Wednesday, but will need luck in this. G. Ryder. 10 3137 Steady Lady 10 It Failed at Gore on April 17. Form outstanding before that Sure to show up for a time. A. Scobie. 11 1290 Derby Rose 11 It Missed start at Methven on April 24. Has gone well enough to be considered a place chance. K. Townley. 12 3551 Capri 12 It Won with ease over one mile on Wednesday. In form and sure to be in the thick of the finish. C. de Filippi. Race 8 7.50 NAVY HANDICAP $2200; CO; 2600 m 1 2222 Drew Hanover 1 It J. Smolenski

Emergency: Noble Shan. Race 9 8.25 T.A.B. DOUBLE T.A.B. QUINELLA LIFE MEMBERS' STAKES $3375; C 3 and C 4; mobile; one mile 1 4252 Nightania 1 It Good run for second to Micawave on Wednesday. Sure to be improved and big run expected. C. de Filippi. 2 2196 Berry 2 It Fair run for sixth to Capri on Wednesday. Could be a danger from this draw. B. Buchanan. 3 6236 Wai Eyre 3 It Just a fair run on Wednesday. Form sound before that and must be considered. R. Nyhan. 4 5331 Johnny Tuft 4 It Won well at Washdyke earlier in the month. Should go well again. J. Carmichael. 5 1014 Royal Son 5 It Best form has been at Forbury Park. Speedy and could show up. 6 1196 Russel Garnett 6 It Never in contention on Wednesday and finished full of running. Must be given another chance. W. Cummings. 7 1484 May Win 7 It Sound run for fourth to Capri on Wednesday. Must be respected J. Smoienski. 8 0001 Kamahl 8 It Won in style at Forbury Park earlier in the month. Speedy and by no means a forlorn chance. R. Swain. 9 3344 Super Byrd 9 It Just a fair run when fourth to Micawave on Wednesday. Outside chance. F. Newfield. 10 3981 Bocasa Lord 10 It Won well at Methven. This will be harder. L. O'Reilly. 11 0419 Kakama 11 It Checked and lost chance on Wednesday. Bad draw, but speedy enough to be a threat. 12 7412 Espiritu 12 It Game run for second to Capri on Wednesday. Racing well and should go close. D. Hayden. 13 0723 Faberge 13 It Made pace and run down by Micawave. In form and big run predicted. I. Cameron. 14 2214 Travel King 14 It Making a fresh start after injury. Speedy, but will have to be taken on trust. I. Schwamm. Emergencies: Berry, Kakama, Wai Eyre, May Win.

Race 1 4.5 BEXLEY STAKES 52400: Cl; mobile; 2600m 1 1809 Biblical 1 It B. Buchanan 3 1092 Flying Image 3 It K. O'Reilly 4 0079 Tsunami 4 It R. Dunn 5 3209 Coronado 5 It A. Neal 6 1780 Madonna 6 It G. Laing 7 4900 Hoagy 7 It 8 2130 Adenwin 8 It M. Rennie 9 2310 Flight Control 9 It G. Keats 10 0000 Blue Mike 10 It K. Dueart 11 3080 Petite Maitre 11 It R. Swain 12 4242 Game Royal 12 It R. Beale •13 0405 Spry Lad 13 It K. Vincent 14 0530 Pokare 14 It C. Middleton. 15 4377 Winning Streak 15 It R. Cameron 16 0023 Knight Isle 16 It S. Miller Emergency: Blue Mike. Scratched: Prime Time. Race 2 4.40 REDCLIFFS HANDICAP $2200; CO; Trotters; 2600m 1 Justabyrd 1 It C. Woodward 2 0350 Nakaia 2 It P. Corkran 3 00 King Rodney 3 It M. Butt 4 744 Bright Walla 4 It 5 348 Ballarat 5 It R. Butt 6 31 Zebec 6 . It R. Stechman 7 0706 April Scott 7 It T. McMillan 8 0090 Game Countess 8 It I. Cameron 9 07 Carthy 9 It K. O'Reilly 10 7639 Golden Joss 10 It J. Carmichael 11 0227 Idle Rules 11 It C. de Filippi 12 00 Proud To Be 12 It E. Crawford 13 2956 Monty Wood 13 It D. McCormick 14 5509 Serrat Abbe 14 It W. Heron 15 6707 Dan Dee 15 It B. Hamilton 16 3670 Runaway Sailor 16 It Emergency: Dan Dee. Race 3 5.10 WREN HANDICAP $2200: CO; fillies and mares; 2600m 1 4633 Van Abbe 1 It C. Woodwad 2 8956 Aztec 2 It J. Noble 3 5338 Prime Advice 3 It 4 09 Armbro Gold 4 It R. Nyhan 5 6 El Deuce 5 It J. Carmichael 6 6003 Smooth Meadow 6 It , J. Hampton 7 7054 Twinkle Toes 7 It 8 5462 Spangled Time 8 It P. Williamson 9 7033 Luca Flight 9 It G. Lee 10 6045 Waihemo Lass 10 It M. de Filippi 11 6437 Monaco Princess II It M. Smolenski 12 9 Heather Chance 12 It M. Gillum 13 3533 Ringing Time 13 It P. O'Reilly, jun 14 070 La Sorella 14 li ■ T. Thomas 15 7904 Alicante 15 H C. Nordqvist

16 5 Ceilidh 16 C. de Filippi It Emergency: La Sorella.

T.A.B. QUINELLA AIR FORCE HANDICAP $2750; C2; trotters; 3200m 1 1091 Inflamer 1 R. Geddes It 2 2314 Game Lark 2 T. Thomas It 3 7176 Bloxett 3 K. O'Reilly It 4 3685 Batal 4 It 5 1738 Four Ply 5 D. Mangos It 6 1367 Master Volo 6 J. Carmichael It 7 1685 Game Command 7 I. Cameron It 8 3409 Highway Queen 8 K. Lancaster It 9 8710 Meadow's Image 9 E. Ryan It 10 1497 Crib Creek 10 B. Kerr It 11 56 Tomoko Hest 11 R. Brosnan It 12 0328 Trix'e Chance 1 I. Sutherland 20 13 0575 My Tuft 2 20 14 2212 Chesapeake 3 N. Berkett 20 15 1321 Aggressive 4 C. de Filippi 20 16 1768 Geena 5 P. O’Reilly, jun Emergency: My Tuft. 20

T.A.B. TREBLE MAY HANDICAP $2760: C2; junior drivers; 2600m 1 8100 Count Brandon 1 It 2 3036 Joy Boy 2 J. Curtin It 3 5200 Sformborn 3 D. Butt It 4 1000 El Master 4 It 5 2205 Far Out 5 N. Munro It 6 7800 Armbro County 6 G. Small It 7 5081 Scotty Del 7 M. Howard It 8 0037 Jimmy’s Pride 8 M. Heenan It 9 0001 Hamish 9 It 10 2070 Doctor Bailey 10 it 11 4370 Siesta 11. M. Smolensk! It 12 0028 Duplex Hanover 12 R. Curtin, jun It 13 1943 Forgetful 13 G. Shand, jun It 14 2898 Watbro Lord 14 G. Goulding It 15 4442 Boulder Creek 15 It 16 0700 Royal Skipper UR Emergency; Doctor Bailey. It

ARANUI STAKES ?2200; CO; mobile; 2600m 1 8246 Roydon Roulette 1 F. Fletcher It 2 0648 Kumutoto 2 M. Rennie It 3 2450 Llennoco 3 S. Allcock It 4 0905 Local Mist 4 T. Thomas It 5 87 Not Understood 5 B. Kerr It 6 6505 Villa Montes 6 I. Cameron It 7 Super Doll 7 It 8 Dryden Chief 8 J. Geddes It 9 700 Sky Lord 9 K. Chapman It 10 Double Bill 10 B. Hamilton It 11 3880 Appleton 11 J. Noble It 12 5220 Roger 12 Z. Gregg It 13 000 Fine Note 13 B. Nyhan It 14 5 Rewa’Patch 14 J. Ferguson It 15 Fred's Fantasy 15 K. Williams It 16 4340 Tommy Charles 16 R. McNally It

2 Hanover Lord 2 R. Asquith It 3 Captain Phillips 3 D. Cournane it 4 0704 Continuous 4 T. May It 5 6 Dillon Foyle 6 J. Burrows It 7 6868 Here's To Chance 7 R. Negus It 8 6 Noble Shan 7 K. O’Reilly It 9 Rapide City 8 C. de Filippi It 10 02 Trossach 10 P. Young It 11 4 Red Ranger 11 L. Smillie It 12 80 Trumpet Call 12 M. Rennie It 13 6023 Hurricane Command 13 B. Kerr It 14 3050 Monkani Chief 14 D. Smolensk! It 15 8500 Cheval 15 R. Prendergast It 16 8000 Best Dream UR E. Cowie It

Race 10 8.55 i T.A.B. TREBLE T.A.B. QUINELLA ARMY HANDICAP $2400; Cl; 2600m 0014 Betty Adios 1 It 2 R. Cameron 2014 Dormouse 2 It 3 K. Dueart 0900 Tea Trader 3 It 5 H. Lowe 6707 National Victory 5 It 7 R. Nyhan 3050 Glen Mist 7 It 8 T. Thomas 1956 Imperial Hanover 8 It 9 P. Williamson 1780 Full View 9 It 10 J. Whittaker 0021 Steve's Chance 10 it 11 R. Brosnan 0325 Trevallen 11 It 12 I. Cameron 0000 Yellow Ribbon 12 It 13 K. O’Reilly 1953 Dandy Blue 13 It 14 J. Crofts 4832 Likely Lord 14 It 15 R. Butt 7794 Almighty 15 It H. Henderson Scratched: Double Time, Johnny Echo, Gemini Byrd.