Bonnie Dunloe should improve

Press, 7 September 1982, Page 26

Bonnie Dunloe should improve

Special correspondent Wellington Bonnie Dunloe. the place favourite, and Dillon Foyle, the win favourite, were second and fourth respectively at the Wellington Trotting Club’s’ meeting in the Dulux Pace, on Saturday, but the duo could improve enough to fight out the finish of the Manthel Motors Pace, the first leg of the T.A.B. double at Hutt Park this evening. In the shocking conditions that prevailed. Bonnie Dunloe was run down by an outsider. Game Classic. The margins back to fourth were a neck, a length and a half and a long neck, so Dillon Foyle was not that far from success either. The distance this evening is the same, but hopefully weather conditions will be more suitable for racing. The forecast is better and the track yesterday had dried out a good deal. Though beaten. Bonnie Dunloe was far from disgraced. Back in the field she had to work to get near.the lead and after beating back the bids of Key Reward and Dillon Foyle, she only went under at the last. Dillon Foyle showed pace early and was right in contention almost to ' the end. The run was his first since June and he should be improved by it. This evening he will start from six. the most often successful barrier position at Hutt Park. Smooth Move and Dark Berry are the newcomers to the C2 ranks after the first evening of the meeting. Both won well enough and a win for Dark Berry would be significant for he is trained on the course. Key Reward turned in a good effort to get third on Saturday while some improvement could come from Pride of Beau and Onedin Star, both South Island representatives. In the second leg of the T.A.B. double, the Armstrong and Springhall Pace, Tread Softly looks the one to beat. The mare was last to finish at Franklin last month and she was at handy odds when she ran second behind Orient Pride on Saturday. She won a couple of races right at the end of last season and looks set now to be back in that good form. Vivid Rainbow improved on recent efforts to run third and she could improve further with a firmer track. Game Classic did well to win the C2 event on Saturday and he should not be far away at the finish again this evening. He will have a change of driver with Maurice McKendry booked for Eastwood Vision, the Templeton reinsman Jack Carmichael will handle Game Classic. With a much better draw this evening. Jet Set Magazine could show some improvement, while Dreamover and Sir Mark look the pick of the others.

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Race 5 8.5 T.A.B. TREBLE T.A.B. QUINELLA SKI YOGHURT HANDICAP $3030? C2; trotters: 2900m 1 555 Highway Queen 1 K. Lancaster It 2 099 Dutoit 2 0. Purdon It 3 203 Keystone Charm 3 C. Butler It 4 5251 Tough Talk 4 L. Fleming It 5 006 Game Ensign 5 M. Lees It 6 871 Proudfoot 1 B. Running 20 7 082 Master Pride 2 20 8 0006 Miss Palmerston 3 C. Goss 20 9 634 Polly Lobell 1 I. Hunter 40 10 008 Milford Coral 1 50 Race 6 8.40 T.A.B. DOUBLE T.A.B. QUINELLA MANTHEL MOTORS PACE $3030: C2: mobile; 2400m 1 007 Scottish Division 1 L. Fleming It 2 889 Pride of Beau 2 J. Hampton It 3 008 Rouxdon 3 R. McKenzie It 4 086 Tartan Gunn 4 It 5 552 Bonnie Dunloe 5 T. Fox It 6 104 Dillon Foyle 6 C. Butler It 7 593 Key Reward 7 Gi Harris It 8 531 Smooth Move 8 M. McKendry It 9 005 Onedin Star 9 M. Rennie It 10 101 Dark Berry 10 J. Carmichael It Race 7 9.10 T.A.B. TREBLE HERTZ PACE $5000; C4 and C5; mobile: 2000m 1 391 Orient Pride 1 G. Harris It 2 4562 Reincheck 2 J. Stormont It 3 131 Bonnie Skipper 3 J. Carmichael It 4 9055 Cashaplenty 4 O. Purdon It 5 896 Chantilly Belle 5 W. Fletcher It 6 3344 Yankee Bay 6 B. Running It 7 493 Yankee Hall 7 .D. Jones It Race 8 9.40 T.A.B. DOUBLE T.A.B. QUINELLA ARMSTRONG AND SPRINGHALL PACE $3350; C3; mobile: 1900m 1 705 Milford Eden 1 B. Donnelly It 2 768 Jet Set Magazine 2 G. Court It 3 899 Sir Mark 3 D. Jones It 4 001 Game Classic 4 J. Carmichael It 5 2070 High Card 5 O. Purdon It 6 907 Dreamover 6 W. Fletcher It 7 102 Tread Softly 7 C. Butler It 8 5546 Eastwood Vision 8 M. McKendry It 9 603 Vivid Rainbow 9 It R. Dunn 10 474 Gunner Bee 10 It' Race 10 10.40 T.A.B. TREBLE T.A.B. QUINELLA AGC FINANCE PACE $2640; Cl; mobile; 2000m 1 071 Motu Pania 1 M. Flaws It 2 008 Little Julie 2 It 3 037 Ford City 3 R. Dunn It 4 607 Super Charm 4 It 5 3798 Rosemount 5 R. Running It 6 805 Kotare Cushla 6 M. Rennie It 7 996 Orbit Dream 7 D. Jones It 8 039 Aran James 8 It 9 7009 Ruling Prince 9 O. Purdon It 10 844 Robert Hanover 10 S. Doody It