Desert Gold entrants shine at Trentham

Press, 21 October 1983, Page 15

Desert Gold entrants shine at Trentham

Special correspondent Wellington Runners in tomorrow’s Desert Gold Stakes at Trentham attracted most attention when they paraded on the course proper yesterday. All fast work was done on the outside of the course proper which was soft. With the forecast unsettled it will be hard to predict the going this week until raceday itself.

Eastern Bay, Nana Mae, Enthral and Vincette were the Desert Gold Stakes runners on show. Second in the Gold Trial and third in the Lowland, Eastern Bay will be one of the big chances in the filly of the Year series. Eastern Bay, with her platings, is just behind the joint leaders, Burletta and Graphic Dance.

Eastern Bay had little luck at Masterton in the Lowland Stakes. She stumbled out of the gates, so she did well for third. Yesterday, with Neville Chapman up, the filly was never after time taking over 45s to ease around her final 600 m. She looks well

and her trainer is hopeful for a big effort. David Walsh will ride her. Vincette will be an interesting runner. She is by an American-bred horse. Fosforo, which raced in England. A Sir Ivor horse, he stands at the Seaview Stud.

Vincette did not race last season, but she made quite a start this term with wins in the Second Cornwallis Maiden at Avondale, the Trelawney Stud Handicap at Cambridge and the Goldsmith Handicap at Whatakatane. The winning sequence was halted when Vincette was eighth in I’m Henry’s Great Northern Guineas, but against her own sex she makes strong appeal.

Vincette was right at home for Neville Chapman when she ended with 800, in 56.85, the last 600 in 38.5 s under a nice hold. The track held few terrors. Her regular rider, Tracey Lomas, has the mount tomorrow.

Enthral was at the track, but having travelled south from Takanini on Wednesday she did little. An Okawa product Three Legs from Lilt, Enthral won first up on a firm Avondale track, ran third in the Gold Trail and then did not get much of a run when eighth at Matamata last time.