Chief Joseph due for win at Awapuni

Press, 17 December 1982, Page 22

Chief Joseph due for win at Awapuni

Special correspondent Wellington Chief Joseph has not had much luck in his racing this season but he could get back on the winning trail when he contests the President’s Handicap; first leg of the Manawatu Racing Club’s T.A.B. double at Awapuni tomorrow. Chief Joseph’s best runs this season have been at Trentham. He was second there at the October meeting and was runner-up again there at his most recent

start. Carpe Diem, which turned' in the gamest possible effort to win the main handicap at Trentham last time out with bold .front-running tactics, should also be hard to beat. He had 52kg at Trentham. the same weight as he will carry tomorrow. ’ . Lucozade, one of the lightweights,. had excellent form in the lower classes. He won a double at Hastings last month and last time beat all but the talented Belmore in the weight-for-age Maymorn

Stakes at Trentham. With just 48.5 kilos his chance looks bright. Coronal could be the hardest to beat in the Flying Handicap, the second leg of the double. He is due for a win after two thirds from his two starts this season. Black Minx, fourth at Wanganui then third at Trentham, looks a bright prospect while High Tai, which showed speed when resuming with a third at Trentham, will also command respect.