Supremity appeals in Otago feature

Press, 4 June 1982, Page 21

Supremity appeals in Otago feature

By

J. J. BOYLE

/ Supremity, last year’s “bridesmaid,” has the form and the /seasoned condition to win the Moyles Handicap, first leg of the Otago /Racing Club’s T.A.B. double at Wingatui tomorrow.

/She had to bow to Highbrn in this race a year ago. hit has appealing credentials mis time after a win and two Seconds at her last three starts. / Supremity will be the only representative in the field of the top stallion. Noble Bijou, whose stock have an exceptional average in feature flat races on South Island courses this season. Supremity ran Decor Doll to a long neck over 1600 m at Oamaru last week and will meet the Harris stable’s Sucaryl mare one kilo better over the same distance tomorrow. Supremity's win two starts

back was at 1600 m - in the Hororata Winter Mile. She won that race in style on a soft track, making light of the task of coming back off a middle distance when second behind Myra May at Riccarton three days earlier. The Wingatui weather in the next 24 hours will do much to shape the “market” from the line-up against Supremity. Decor Doll claims attention on her Oamaru win and could handle Wingatui’s more testing metric mile just as ably if it does not come up very heavy. Cara Dee is another laststart winner in the field;

Black Rule did not appear to be far off winning form when third behind Jane Again at Riccarton last month; and Jane Again along with Amatrice might improve the strong record of the John Parsons stable on the course. Black Rule will be ridden by Jim Collett, easily the most successful South Island jockey this season. Black Rule has won at 16(i()m, and his serviceable record also contains form on both firm and rain-affected tracks. The field for the Henley Handicap, second leg of the T.A.B. double, contains a sizeable list of form runners.

In what might be a hard slog over 2200 m Newmarket, Lord Venture, and Up The Creek might have most going for them. Newmarket lacks sharpness in his finishes, but has reached his present ranking through his doggedness and stamina. He won over 2000 m on a soft track at the Canterbury Jockey Club's autumn meeting, arid was third behind Myra May in the feature flat race at the C.J.C. May meeting. Up The Creek won in style at Oamaru last week, a'nd Lord Venture showed easy mastery of a heavy track and 10 rivals over 2150 m at Invercargill on May 10.