Noble Boa returns to Wingatui

Press, 20 August 1983, Page 24

Noble Boa returns to Wingatui

Special correspondent Dunedin The Wingatui stayer, Noble Boa, which has been in Australia for the last 12 months, has returned to New Zealand.

Noble Boa will be spelled to recover from a virus that has affected his recent race performances. His stablemate, Jeweller, has remained in Melbourne with his trainer, Arthur Didham. Noble Boa won first-up over 1600 m at Randwick, last August. He had another win and was also placed in Melbourne. He was then spelled. He had been unplaced in three starts in a fresh campaign.

Jeweller has been entered for the Caulfield Cup. Noble Jewel, a -member of the Didham team entered for the Melbourne Cup, will start a fresh campaign at Oamaru next Monday.

The co-trainer, Leslie Didham, is not certain of a trip across the Tasman this year for Noble Jewel. “It could depend on how he comes up. Then again there are some good stakes here,” he said. He will ride him on Monday. King Kaka, another Wingatui horse, was on the return flight with Noble Boa.

King Kaka has been racing in Brisbane for the last two years. The six year old will be spelled and put back into work with Jim Pankhurst. A Balmerino — La Mascarade colt bought at Trentham last January by King Kaka’s owner, Mr Ces Wallis, was ridden for the first time at Wingatui on Thursday morning. The

robust bay colt is being handled by Graeme Mee.

La Mascarade is a placed half-sister, by Pretendre, to Royal Regatta, winner of the $130,000 Australasian Oaks at Adelaide last January, and the good winner, Bayshore. Beaufort Queen, which cost the Halfway Bush owner, Mr Ron Sycamore, $26,000 at the South Island Sale last year, is due to have her first start at Oamaru on Monday week. She is trained by Bob and John Heasley, who have Kade, Out of the Red and Lynvari ready to resume racing.

Beaufort Queen is a three-year-old filly by Beaufort Sea from Eklah, by Aristoi from Bell Entrance, by Bellborough or Freelight from Entrancing, by Man’s Pal.

Bob Heasley, who bought Irish Note at the South Island Sale last week, will race the Blarney Kiss five-year-old with two clients of his stable.

Robin Montgomery will partner Sporting Show when the five-year-old makes a reappearance at Oamaru on Monday. Montgomery rode Sporting Show in his last two wins, at Cromwell in March and Wingatui in February. Danny Crozier rode the entire to win fresh-up at Oamaru last August. Bruce Muldrew has brought back Bongo Boy into light work. The winner of four of his eight starts last season, including the Camp Handicap at Trentham, Bongo Boy was forced off the scene in March with a bowed tendon.