Henri in form for Wyndham first leg

Press, 4 March 1983, Page 14

Henri in form for Wyndham first leg

Special correspondent Invercargill

Henri has an appealing background for the MLT-DB Mobile Pace, first leg of the T.A.B. double on the opening day of the Wyndham Trotting Club’s autumn meeting tomorrow.

Henri has proved himself one of the most consistent and exciting pacers in the deep south in recent weeks. His last five starts have yielded three wins and two seconds.

Against a similar field at Gore 11 days ago, he flashed home for a close second to Stoneybroke from a seemingly hopeless pocket on the rails on the home turn.

Abbey Knight, whose racing days may be nearing an end, has taken a fresh lease of life since being mated. She made ground when third at Gore and came home well for third at her last start at Invercargill.

Dear Sir will be all the rage for the Wyndham Stakes, second leg of the T.A.B. double.

He easily beat similar fields at Gore and Invercargill before finishing sixth against the best Canterbury three-year-olds a fortnight ago. On that occasion, he raced fiercely from behind the mobile barrier for the first time. His inexperience told against him as he cut a pace over the opening 800 m that was impossible to sustain.

' Matai Skipper, much better suited by roomy tracks, will be the only runner backed to beat him with any sort of confidence. The feature race is the New Zealand Kindergarten Stakes in which Southland's best youngsters, Comedy Lad, Honkin Del and Tac Warrior will clash.

Race 1. 1.35: Welcome Mobile Pace, $2500; C2; one mile.— Formal Lord 1, Fleetfoot 2, Kiwi Guy 3, Fern Bay 4, Johnny Echo 5, Ryal Romeo 6, Ranui Son 7, Colossal Bret 8, Bret Forbes 9, Truly Knowing 10, Congoleum IL Michael John 12, Hariparo 13, Lili’s Choice 14, Blazing Averil 15, Michelle Marie 16. Apolotok 17. Welcome Jack 18, It. Emergencies: Ranui Son, Truly Knowing.' Bret Forbes, Ryal Romeo. 'Race 2.

2.5: Rugby Clubs Handicap, $1900; CO trotters; 2400 m—- . Fancy 1, Shirland 2, Sun Shower 3. Hurricane Jill 4, Little Leonie 5, Adios Anna 6,

Abbess 7. Great Win 8,. Dandy Joe 9, Double Trouble 10, Kapunda 11, Jauntorena 12, It; Renewed Hope 1. Junior's Brother 2, Dark Image 3, Surprise Chance 4,. Betsy 5, Highland Tuft 6. Supernatural 7, Broker’s Story 8,30 m.

Emergencies: Great Win, Adios Anna, Betsy, Highland Tuft. Race 3.

2.40: Workout Committee Mobile Pace, $1900; CO; 2400 m.— Tantalizer 1, Luca's Lee 2, Dundee Prince 3, . All Fingers 4, Sir Kenny 5, Jolly Lobell 6. Wai Lea 7, Bigshot Lad 8, Hand Back 9. Majestic Forbes 10, Keyhope 11, Smart Boy 12. Surrey Skipper 13, Wee Comet 14, My Hallmark 15, Brily 16, Big Softie 17. Highland Dundee 18, It.

Emergencies: Surrey Skipper. Bigshot Lad, Highland Dundee. Tantalizer. Race 4.

3.15: N.Z. Kindergarten Stakes, $7500; two-year-olds; 2400.— Micro Magic 1. Northfleet 2. Legal Eagle 3. Young Hayden 4, Tiger Blue 5. Chip In 6, River Ferry 7. Natural Guy 8. Del's Destiny 9, Golden Matai 10, Globe Brigade 11. Barry Brown 12, Comedy Lad 13, Sir Rival 14, Honkin Del 15, Tac Warrior 16. Orsini 17. Victory Bay 18 It. Emergencies: Young Hayden, Golden Matai. Micro Magic.

Race 6 4.25 T.A.B. DOUBLE T.A.B. QUINELLA MLT-DB TIMARU PACE $3500; C 3 and C 4; mobile; one mile 1 2112 Henri 1 II Talented and consistent. Logical choice. H Skinner. 2 0943 Abbey Knight 2 It Form has improved since being mated. looks one of best chances. D. Kerr. jun. 3 3603 Gold Rush 3 it Good third at Oamaru. Stays well and place chance. R. Morgan. 4 4790 Eily Dear 4 It Nearing end of career. Not at stage whereby much improvement can be expected. G. Shirley. 5 4050 Julie Star 5 It Runs odd good race, but has to sharpen up. J. Hunter. 6 4627 Spinstar 6 It Mixes efforts, but peak run would see her get some of this. Poor passage at Gore when seventh. P. Williamson. 7 0441 Imperial Hanover 7 It Smart last start winner at Gore. Stays well and place chance. D. McNaught. 8 5060 Sistac 8 it Capable on day. but latest runs not that encouraging. A. Malcolmson. 9 6080 Miss Anakiwa 9 It Hard to have on latest runs. A. Milne. 10 5061 Stoneybroke 10 It Unlikely starter. 11 9207 Rosewood Dream 11 It Form disappointing. No dash after perfect passage at Invercargill. M. Skinner. 12 0200 Jody Kowhai 12 It Good races few and far between. M. Gray. 13 Gold and Brown 13 It Resuming after lengthy layoff. Will have to be taken on trust. R. Swain. 14 6000 Numpara 14 It Out of form. Win would surprise. A. Scobie. 15 2005 Mein Princess 15 It Runs odd good race, but this looks too tough from bad draw. J. Crooks. Emergency: Numpara.

Race 8 5.35 T.A.B. DOUBLE WYNDHAM STAKES $3100; three and four-year-olds: 2400 m . 1 0005 Fergus 1 It Good young stayer, but latest runs’ below . par. K. Dixon.2 012 Governor Guiness 2 It Distinctly promising. In good form and well drawn. J. Hunter. 3 0005 Colours Flying 3 It Race day showings not as good as trials efforts. S. Barlow. 4 7 Lord Paul 4 ■ It Inexperienced, but impressive trials winner three weeks ago at Gore. J. Cox. 5 1 Beaudiene Scott 5 It Impressive winning de'but at Gore. Must be fancied

again. B. Norman. 6 0550 Bonspiel Scotty 6 It Has shown some ability at times, but this will be tough assignment. S. Allcock. 7 4958 Michael's Image 7 It Unlikely starter. 8 Majestic Rob 8 It Qualified well, but this is big task first up. R. McEwan. 9 5190 King Farouk 9 It Unlikely starter. 10 6757 Lumbership 10 It Has not made improvement expected. G. Hunter. 11 8067. Nurse Bret 1 10 Makes little appeal. J. Crooks. 12 6073 Bretsun 2 10 Stays better than most. Good last start third and not without place chance. C. Barron. 13 0005 Proud Patron 3 10 Has not come up to early season promise. P. Davis. 14 2 Our Girl 4 10 Smart debut in weaker company at Balfour, but this is a lot tougher. D. Mcßae. 15 5654 Purdell 5 10 Battles away, but has to sharpen up in this company. K. Norman. 16 0070 Fair Encounter 6 10 Form not encouraging. R. Johnstone. 17 9116 Dear Sir 7 10 Talented young pacer which should need only an average run to win' R. Swain. 18 1075 Matai Skipper 8 10 Grand staying three-year-old which will appreciate big track. E. Milne. 19 0290 Lord Manette 9 10 Mixes- efforts, but handy on day. A. Scobie. 20 1600'Scottish Boy 1 20 Has not Hired since winning twice at start of campaign. H. Skinner. Emergencies: Majestic Rob. Fair Encounter, Colours Flying. Bonspiel Scotty. Race 9. 6.10; President's Mobile Pace. $1900; CO; 2400 m- Tiger Time I. Bold Bret 2, Royal Blue 3. Princess Foyle 4. Kenmore 5, Fern Volo 6, Robyn Dior 7, Centurion 8. Quebra Scott 9. Jilaire Bogart 10, Make Believe 11, La Breno 12, Donore 13. Knowing Fair 13, Hard Choice 15, Speedy Knight 16. Jovial Jack 17, Auburn Skipper 18, It. Emergencies: Speedy Knight. Donore, Jovial Jack, Robyn Dior.

Drivers PA Invercargill Driving engagements for the supporting races at the Wyndham Trotting Club's meeting tomorrow include:

j. Smolensk!: Natural Guy. H. Skinner: Kiwi Guy. Betsy. My Hallmark. Honkin Del. Princess Foyle. R. Swain: Speedy Knight. Sir Kenny. Northfleet. Fleetfoot. R. Cameron: Comedy Lad, Abbess.

B. Buchanan: Colossal Bret. Juniors Brother. River Ferry, La Breno. A. Malcolmson: Congoleum. Centurion. A. Scobie: Sir Rival. A. Hunter; Blazing Averil, Big Softie, Hard Choice. J. Hunter: Apolotok, Julies Star, Auburn Skipper. D. McNaught: Lili's Choice, Imperial Hanover, Jilaire Bogart. G. Hamilton; Orsini. R. Johnstone: Shirland, Brily, Quebra Scott. G. McEwan: Michael John, Timboon Lord, Make Believe. K. Lawlor: Dandy Joe. N. Skinner; Bret Forbes. Legal Eagle. P. Williamson; Ranui Son. Little Leonie. R. Todd: Smart Boy, Golden Matai, Robyn Dior. J. ’Bond: Huriparo. Pebble. D. Kerr, jun.: Wai Lea, Kenmore. K. Norman: Another Key. Purdell. J. Cox: Lord Paul. Sarah's Fashion. P. Shand: Del's Destiny; Master Volo.

Legal Eagle. Race 5 3.50 T.A.B. TREBLE CAL BRYDON HANDICAP ¥2450; C2 trotters; 3200m. 1 9942 Master Volo 1 It P. Shand 2 4097 Norice Wave 2 It D. McNaught 3 1502 Puketapu 1 20 A.'Malcolmson 4 5101 Justastar 2 20 R. Todd 5 43 Classic Pride 1 40 B.-Buchanan 6 0756 King Solomon 2 40 J. Sutherland 7 6118 Only A Rose 3 40 I. Sutherland 8 8780 Adiantum 1 60 M. Skinner 9 6604 Regal Flyer 1 90 R. McIntyre 10 0073 Kimrock 2 90 P. Williamson

Race 7 5.0 T.A.B. TREBLE DISCOUNT FOOD PLAZA PACE $2150; Cl; mobile; 2400m. 1 1 Neap Tide 1 D. Kerr It 2 0484 Peeble 2 It J. Bond 3 . 0 Shezahe 3 It K. Lawlor 4 638 Another Key 4 It K. Norman 5 3312 Jane Marie 5 It P. Barnes 6 0 Salt Lady 6 . It A. Scobie 7 00 Sarah’s Fashion 7 It J. Cox 8 0009 Conspicuous 8 It R. Johnstone 9 1700 Nordel Lady 9 It 10 1039 Sir Tom 10 It P. Williamson 11 0401 Tempest Scot 11 It A. Hunter 12 8368 Roseland Royal 12 It 13 9507 Majestic Di 13 It 14 9367 Fashion Drive 14 It A. Milne 15 009 Luca Flight 15 It G. Lee 16 190 Tenstrike 16 It C. Lee 17 19 Timboon Lord 17 • It G. McEwan 18 6404 Garrison’s Image 18 It H. Skinner Emergencies: Luca Flight, Conspicuous. Sarah's Fashion, Majestic Di.

Race 10 6.50 T.A.B. TREBLE T.A.B. QUINELLA MAYFAIR GIFT STORE PACE $2150; Cl; mobile; one mile. 1 8450 Boyden Sister 1 It A. Scobie 2 7009 Honest Advise 2 It 3 8709 Dudley John 3 It G. McDonald 4 5710 Both Barrels 4 It G. McEwan 5 0863 Lord Dalrae 5 It B. Buchanan 6 3748 Rapide City 6 ■ It G. Hamilton 7 4330 Marchons 7 It A. Milne 8 5062 Quiet Chimes 8 It A. Hunter 9 1000 Dumbarton Star 9 It P. Barnes 10 0551 Ryal Tactics 10 It R. Dvnes 11 5760 Crafty 11 It J. Morrison 12 0920 Denim 12 It R. Cameron 13 0 Party Time 13 It J. Hunter 14'3227 Kiwi Royale 14 It D. McNaught 15 8794 Dover Girl 15 It H. Skinner 16 3556 Wee Dundee 16 It G. Lee 18 1408 Irrawaddy 18 It C. Baynes • Emergencies: Party Time, Craftv, Honest Advice. Scratched: Touch of Class.