Alvaro King fit for Wingatui
By J. J. BOYLE Alvaro King, Indigod, and Lord of the Dance, Riccar-ton-trained hopefuls at Wingatui tomorrow, shaped well in training on their home track yesterday. Alvaro King sprinted 1200 m on the plough in 1.18.6, quickening for the last 600 in 38.4. Steve Allen has been engaged to ride him tomorrow. Alvaro King did not have all the luck going in the running when fourth on the first day of the Otago meeting. Indigod, bowled into his work keenly while running 600 on the plough in 38.3. His former, stablemate, Lord of the Dance, moved away slowly from the 1600, but Tito Poblete allowed him to run through the final 600 under a good hold in 39.6. Lord of the Dance could give Poblete his last race ride in New Zealand before he returns to Chile next month. Lord of the Dance is going south for the D.B. Galaxy, a race Poblete won on Little Brown Jug at Wingatui. Firefly, whose summer programme in the north was affected by dehydration problems, then soreness, showed she had recovered by sprinting sharply yesterday. She breezed over 600 on the plough in 37. Early Dance sprinted 600 on the outside of the course proper in 40. Godfree followed in 39.
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