Indigod wins Craven Plate

Press, 9 February 1983, Page 31

Indigod wins Craven Plate

Indigod brought his record to two wins from four starts in the colours of the Riccarton trainer. Bevan Laming, when he easily beat the other sprinters in the Craven Plate, at Riccarton. yesterday. Top weight of 57kg did not blunt the finishing speed of the six-year-old: he charged through from a mid-field position and won in style by two lengths and a quarter from Lucky Dai. which

inched Shardak out of second. Indigod has earned $6575 with his two wins at the Canterbury Jockey Club's meeting in the Laming colours. Next on his programme will be the Otago Racing Club's White Robe Lodge Slakes next week. “Wingatui is not my lucky course, but this horse deserves a chance to run in that $16,000 race down there

next week. I think he is an underrated horse, and he has a chance to get into the weights fairly reasonably in a limited handicap." Laming said yesterday. Indigod was ridden in yesterday's win by the Wingatui horseman. Leslie Didham. The six-year-old son of Godavari was giving away up to 6kg, but he showed sharp acceleration to swoop on the leaders early in the run

home, and he had the race won soon after. Lucky Dai. one of the worst sufferers in a roughlyrun sprint race also won by Indigod on the first day of the meeting, stayed dear of trouble this time, and battled into second by half a head from Shardak.

Country Scene faded to fourth after joining Aguirre and Beach Bird in the leading line on the home turn.