Ansett stays on best in Canterbury Park Cup

Press, 28 May 1983, Page 17

Ansett stays on best in Canterbury Park Cup

By

G. K. YULE

Ansett gave further evidence of her tremendous staying powers when she prevailed in a spectacular finish to the Canterbury Park Winter Cup at Addington Raceway last evening. John Vincent, who trains her at Marshland, had Ansett four back on the rails for most of the way while Roseland Adover set a muddling pace.

Ansett worked off the rails just inside the final 400 m, but she was not properly in the clear. She got in behind Solar Hanover early in the run home and had to wait until Double Cove went past her before she could be switched wider out to make her final challenge.

For an instant it looked as though Roseland Adover, the outsider of the field, would cause one of the biggest upsets of the season, but he could not withstand the final burst from Ansett, which won going away by half a length. Double Cove, which improved sharply near the 400 m, got up for second, a nose in front of Roseland Adover and Agrinion, which dead-heated. Solar Hanover was another nose back, fifth, shading Kind Nature, Capri, Glen Lustre and Portfolio.

Roseland Adover, which was showing more than $lOO for a win, paid $23.85 for a

place. Ansett, a four-year-old mare by Transport Chip from Abbey Star, is raced by Mr Jim Patterson, for whom she has now had nine wins, including one penaltyfree. She has had five successes over 3200 m, three of them being at Addington Raceway. Ansett will be given a letup now before being prepared for a spring campaign, which will be aimed at qualifying her for the New Zealand Cup in November. TOP JUVENILE

Lord Louie, a dominating favourite, gave his host of supporters little cause for concern in the Stan Andrews Stakes and showed himself to be as talented as any two-year-old seen in Canterbury this season. The son of Lordship was sent to the front by lan Cameron with about 1300 m to run and he was in complete control from that point, winning easily by two lengths after pacing his final 400 m in 295.

Reiver, which tracked the winner, was a clear-cut second, a length and a half, in front of Kotare Tyrone, which shaded Chadfield, Ruthless and Seduction.

Trained at Rangiora by Frank Murfitt for Mr Dan Wright, Lord Louie has now had two wins and two seconds from his four race starts. A trip to Auckland

for the Juvenile Championships next month is planned for him. If he does not start there he will probably be prepared for racing at Addington in July.

Lord Alias shattered the national record for 2000 m from a mobile start by a two-year-old trotter when he was successful in the New Zealand Trotting. Stakes. He set all of a solid pace and returned 2min 43.25, more than five seconds inside the previous best returned by Molten Gold earlier in the year. Raced and trained at

Rolleston by Les Jones, Lord Alias was driven by Ray Morris. He is by a Dominion Handicap winner in Alias Armbro from Lady Rolleston, a moderate winner at the trotting gait. Globe Tour showed ability to finish second. He was some 15 lengths from the winner with 1000 m left and sustained a determined run from the 800 m.

Not Now, which broke at the straight entrance, was beaten off third, with another long break to Sharvano, which also broke starting the run home.