Double Jay likely to gain well-earned win tomorrow

Press, 19 November 1982, Page 14

Double Jay likely to gain well-earned win tomorrow

By

J. J. BOYLE

Double Jay has tenacity and consistency to overcome her lack of inches, and she is expected to break through for a well-earned win in the Miss Scenicland Stakes at Hokitika tomorrow.

Mr Lester Woods’ five-year-old Double Speed mare has not been worse than fourth in her three starts this season. She was capable of second fresh up in the North Canterbury Cup (2000 m on Labour Day and her two starts at the New Zealand Cup meeting yielded a close third over 1800 m last Saturday and a fourth over 1600 m a week earlier. Under scale weights Double Jav has 56kg in the first leg 'of the Westland Racing Club's T.A.B. double, but she battled bravely under 53 to the end in last Saturday’s 1800 m race, and should be at no marked disadvantage in a field not notable for any depth of quality. Strongest challenges for Double Jay might come from Black Gull, Another Story, and Sea Princess. Black Gull beat Double Jay by inches for second at Riccarton last Saturday, and was pegged back by Anticipate only in the last stride. Another Story won this race two years ago and won the C.J.C. Breeders’ Stakes in much more distinguished company later that season. Sea Princess did not distinguish herself against the sprinters at Motukarara and Riccarton, perhaps because her hard-fought winning run in the South Island Thoroughbred Stakes had taken some toll of her vitality. She is too good to disregard on the strength of two unplaced runs but her immediate programme will be up in the air if she fails again without reasonable excuse tomorrow. Wadi Wahid, winner of two 1200 m races in successive starts earlier in the spring, is selected for the Hokitika Handicap, second leg of the T.A.B. double.

Race 6 2.30 T.A.B. DOUBLE T.A.B. QUINELLA MISS SCENICLAND STAKES $7000; 1650 m; weight-for-age. 1 0300 Acadia 7 56.0 Nippy, but could be tested at this distance. D. Crozier ■ 2 0080 Anonoma Mae 18 56.0 Win here would be major surprise. 3 00 Another Story 8 56.0 Talented galloper earlier, but had promising career affected by injury. Won this race two years ago. R. McCann 4 3600 Bilberry 12 56.0 Form has slumped since early in season. Might struggle at this distance. J. 5 4092 Black Gull 14 56.0 Close second to Anticipate 1800 m Riccarton last Saturday, a run to be respected for this. R. Biddulph. 6 7660 Decor Doll 4 56.0 Has been freshened since last-start middle-dis-tance failure. Not the worst on earlier form. R. Bent 7 9084 Dellana 15 56.0 Showed some improvement when 4th 2000 m Wyndham last month, but over-all form not encouraging. K. Burnett 8 243 Double Jay 6 56.0 Small but game. One of top chances after placed runs at Riccarton and Rangiora. G. Davison 9 9186 Jane Again 11 56.0 Failed in 1200 m Winton sprint last start. Most recent win was over 1400 m at Wingatui in August. Chance if she has freshened and track is soft. D. Frye 10 3708 Princess Nardia 2 56.0 Last-start failure was over 2000 m. Lone win in this season was against metric milers at Oamaru in August. J. Moffat 11 0351 Windvale Sea 9 56.0 Last-start win was over 1600 m in lower grade at Riccarton last week. 12 005 Fondle 10 54.5 Has been racing in weaker company. Fair run at Riccarton last start. R. Starr 13 1150 Jendra 13 54.5 Coming back off middle distances for toughest test so far. 14 1508 Not Much 5 54.5 Taranaki-trained mare. Best run this season was to win Waverley highweight last month. 15 2188 Sea Princess 16 54.5 Expensive failure against sprinters at Banks Peninsula two starts back. Unplaced in stronger field at Riccarton, November 6, drawn wide, but might bounce back. and go close here. B. Smith I 16 1524 Sharlanza 1 54.5 Useful in lower grades, but this a much more formidohlo fact 17 2439 Trade Union 17 54.5 Will struggle from wide out in this company. 18 1010 Worldy Mist 3 54.5 Failure in only start at Riccarton Cup carnival. Win the time before was at Orari. T. Matthews

Race 8 4.0 T.A.B. DOUBLE HOKITIKA HANDICAP $3300; 1200 m. 1 869 Gold Refrain 2 57.0 Nippy performer on West Coast courses, and should improve on anything he has shown so far this season. 2 1190 Wadi Wahid 4 56.0 Out of his class at Riccarton, but different proposition in this company on small tracks. One of better chances. J. Moffat 3 770 Country Scene 5 54.0 Did not show much in lone start at N.Z. Cup meeting, but this easier. B. Smith 4 50 Lover Boy 1 54.0 Quick front runner, and should have the others at full stretch. T. Matthews 5 058 Apple Roona 9 53.0 Last-start failure was at 2000 m. Fair sth 1400 m Geraldine the time before. G. Killick 6 8709 Arafura Sea 7 53.0 Slim chance on latest form. H. Ford 7 8 Crystal Eyes 6 53.0 Nothing to recommend him for this. R. Bent 8 Flying Milley 8 53.0. Resuming. Has speed and not the worst. D. Frye 9 0836 Frontiniac 3 53.0 Chance on his close third at Rangiora two starts back. D. Crozier.

Race 9 4.35 ARTISTS HANDICAP $3300; 2025 m. 1 1280 Good Way 4 57.0 B. Smith 2 5705 Umax 2 57.0 3 2043 Red Rebel 3 55.0 J. Moffat 4 0000 Aguirre 6 52.5 C. Sorrenson . 5 0 Streetem 7 52.5 D. Frye 6 0087 Jonboy Hunt 10 52.0 R. Cooper 7 0080 Anonoma Mae 8 51.5 T. Matthews 8 Keyman 5 51.5 J. Hawes 9 0977 Scotch Dream 1 51.5 K. Burnett 10 5 Stead 9 51.5 G. Davison Race 10 5.10 T.A.B. QUINELLA WESTLAND SPORTSMEN’S HANDICAP $2050; 1650 m. 1 0 Master Mike 5 57.0 C. Sorrenson 2 0378 Pee Dee Que 9 57.0 T. Matthews 3 3505 Rebel Star 12 56.0 J. Oakeshott 4 3482 Accelerate 7 55.5 D. Crozier 5 7799 Bev’s Girl 1 55.5 H. Ford 6 1050 Hands ‘n’ Heels 6 55.5 7 8110 Kabeau 8 55.5 G. Davison 8 6960 Smokeaway 2 55.5 D. Frye 9 3780 Whirl 11 . 55.5 10 7426 Sovereign Dean 13 55.0 R. Cooper 11 60 Asterisk 3 54.5 R. Bruce z 12 0977 Scotch Dream 10 54.5 K. Burnett 13 0080 Noble Vision 4 54.0 R. Bent

I T.A.B. code: wcl Race 1 11.30 RED UON HOTEL MAIDEN $1600; 1200m. i Aqua Flight 5 G. Davison 55.0 2 270 Battle Play 15 55.0 3 006 Devine Flo 7 55.0 J. Oakeshott 4 Goldi's Boy 2 . D. Frye 55.0 5. Mac’s Bid H 55.0 6 060 Mary Gray 12 55.0 7 Mel’s Boy 16 55.0 8 Scherzando 13 . J. Hawes 55.0 9 7800 Scoop Purchase 8 55.0 R. Bent 10 370. Shoshone 4 55.0 T. Matthews 11 Silver Dahlia 10 55.0 12 The Times 1 R. Cooper 55.0 13 Tit Bits 9 B. Smith 55.0 14 .Toi Sira 6 55.0 15 Uncle Tom 3 55.0 16 Waimea Countess 14 55.0 Emergencies: Scoop Purchase, Toi Sira, Silver Dahlia, The Times. Race 2 12.5 MOTOR CAMP STORE MAIDEN $1600; 1200m. 1 Astra Phenomenon 16 T. Matthews 55.0 2 Beau Jet 1 55.0 3 00 Dean Swift 7 55.0 B. Smith ' 4 Dellis Belle 12 55.0 5 3320 Elsie 13 55.0 H. Ford 6 Jack Garret 15 R. Cooper 55.0 55.0 7 Leonie’s Pride 4 D. Crozier 8 Man In Cuffs 2 55.0 9 0 Matellen 11 55.0 J. Hawes

10 3096 Miss Coaster 10 D. Frye 56.0 11 Mt Riley 14 55.0 12 0 Noslnalong 9 55.0 J. Oakeshott 13 0 Sea View 8 55.0 R. Bent 14 03 The Gables 5 55.0 R. Bruce 15 4008 Tommy Steele 3 55.0 16 West Virginia 6 55.0 Emergencies: Mt Riley, Dellis Belle, Beau Jet, Man In Cuffs. Race 3 12.40 COLADA HANDICAP $1700; 1650m. . i 0351 Windvale Sea 14 57.0 R. Bruce 2 3200 Odif 15 54.5 B. Smith 3 Fraction Smart 5 54.0 4 3900 Gay Mark 1 54.0 G. Davison 5 2321 Junior 3 54.0 R. Starr 6 0604 Quiff 16 54.0 D. Frye 7 3 Wayward Son 10 54.0 8 6707 Ash Leigh 12 53.5 R. Bent 9 8586 Karamist 6 53.5 1 10 360 Kinios 18 53.5 T. Matthews 11 00 Legalize 4 53.5 J. Hawes 12 Red Rok 9 53.5 13 1077 Saccone 7 . 53.5 R. Cooper 14 0517 Walkabout 17 53.5 15 0060 Energetic 8 53.0 J. Moffat 16 900 Silver Shar 11 53.0 S. Turner 17 Conchita 2 52.5 18 8800 Silver Laurel 13 52.5 Emergencies: Energetic, Silver Shah, Silver Laurel, Conchita. Race 4 1.15 HENRY MASON MEMORIAL MAIDEN / i $1625; 1650m. Another Jet 1 T. Matthews 55.0 2 Bo Derek 11 55.0 3 0902 Country Manners 15 55.0 4 De La De 4 55.0 5 Grey Dancer 17 C. Edmond 55.0 6. 866 Jimo 9 55.0 7’0705 Lady Glenshiel 12 55.0 J. Moffat 8 0 Nasaala 8 55.0 R. Starr 9 ■ 1496 Noble Renegade 18 55.0 D. Frye 10 Pack Ice 6 55.0 11 Princess Palace 5 55.0 12 08 Queen’s Bell 7 55.0 J. Hawes 13 0600 Regal Red 13 55.0 T, Matthews 14 8 Round Up 3 55.0 15 Sky Eyes 10 R. Cooper ■ 55.0 16 Stop ft Please 2 J. Oakeshott 55.0 17 Te Maka Tahi 16 55.0 18 600 Vigil 14 , 55.0 G. Davison Emergencies: Lady Glenshiel, Grey Dancer, Te Maka Tahi, De La De, Race 5 1.50 D.B. HOKITIKA HOTEL MAIDEN $1625; 1650m. 1 00 Al Air 2 55.0 R. Coster 2 Correspondent 10 55.0 3 08 Gaye Senator 1 55.0 4 Greek Scroll 8 J. Hawes 55.0 5 5 Huny Bug 4 . 55.0 G. Davison 6 6333 Julies Boy 15 55.0 7 D. Frye 00 Manx Maid 7 55.0 8 Nelson Express 17 55.0 9 Off To Sea 14 55.0 10 0940 Passaage To 3 55.0 D. Crozier 11 0 Prove Away 12 55.0 12 0439 Regal Cloud 18 55.0 13 I 909 Retirement 5 55.0 R. Cooper 14 I 900 Silver Shilling 16 55.0' 15 90 Strait Tax 13 55.0 16 03 Te Haroto 11 55.0 B. Smith 17 0740 Uncle Albert 6 55.0 T. Matthews 18 0 Zarafa 9 55.0. Emergencies: Strait Tax, Silver Shilling, Off To Sea, Nelson Express.

Race 7 3.10 THE SECRETARY’S HANDICAP $1800; 1200m. 1 2 Our Silver 13 57.0 K. Burnett 2 1050 Hands *n’ Heels 3 56.5 3 5130 Miracle Mouse 15 56.5 B. Smith 4 60 Coast Queen 5 55.0 5 6503 Teri’s Lass 9 55.0 T. Matthews 6 6 Dhatu 8 54.5 D. Frye 7 0028 Lampfay 10 54.5 8 082 Sea Raider 4 54.0 J. Moffat 9 Hayrake 2 53.5 10 J. Oakeshott Honourette 12 R. Bent, 53.5 11 700 Ribo* Vain 16 53.5 12 R. Cooper 100 Side Row 7 53.5 13 Camatoga 6 H. Ford 53.0 14 8709 Arafura Sea 52.5 15 Free Turn 11 52.5 16 Grand Slam 14 52.5