Abit Leica will test elders in Trentham feature

Press, 9 March 1984, Page 23

Abit Leica will test elders in Trentham feature

By

J. J. BOYLE

The youthful brilliance of Abit Leica should set problems for the others in the Double Brown 1600, the Wellington Racing Club’s $60,000 feature race tomorrow.

Abit Leica has won his last three races, and has made spectacular improvement to take him high on three-year-old rankings this season. His defeat of I’m Henry and others in the 1600 m Wellington Stakes carried the stamp of excellence.

He has since won in illustrious company at weight-for-age, coming from far back for victory over Final Affair, Ebony Belle, McGinty and others in the Waikato Racing Club’s Lion Brown Sprint, 1400 m, at Te Rapa on February 14. Abit Leica scorched over the 1400 m in 1:21.53 - surely one of the outstanding sprint performances of the summer.

Riccarton’s Gaffa is a second three-year-old in the field for tomorrow’s Trifecta race and second leg of the T.A.B. double. Gaffa was fourth after being responsible for the pacemaking in Abit Leica’s Wellington Stakes.

He was unable to do himself justice in the Wellington Derby, but his only start since produced a win in the 1600 m White Robe Lodge Stakes at Wingatui.

Gaffa will be one of two runners for the Dave Kenstable.

Clansman, the other stable hopeful, also has fairly formidable powers as a metric miler, and his chances tomorrow should not be gauged on his unplaced run after pulling hard at a middle distance last Saturday. Dig In, a third runner for the South Island, hardly had a chance to distinguish himself on the first day of the meeting. He missed the start slightly, and was never able to get back into a contending position.

Idaho’s Gift will be attempting to put gloss on first-day form. He could not have been more impressive in winning at this distance last Saturday, and it will be surprising if his scale weight of 57.5 blunts the edge of his finishing powers. Kiwi will be the big attraction if not everyone’s favourite in the betting Sies, for the Chalmers es, first leg of the T.A.B. double.

The six-year-old which astonished Australia with his finishing powers to win the Melbourne Cup last November, has had only one race since the big one at Flemington, and that was on December 17.

Plans for a second Wellington Cup start had to be waved away when he was troubled by a virus, and it will be one of the training feats of the season if Snow Lupton Can successfully launch him on a fresh campaign tomorrow. Isle Of Man, a close and gallant second in the Wellington Cup, showed he had rallied well since that race when third in McGinty’s Air New Zealand Stakes last Saturday week. He never put the winner under strain, but there was

no faster finisher in the race. The Dimple and Kapelle Lady will be striving to prove first-day form valuable.

There was little to choose between them on their performances to quinella the corresponding race last week, and, while this field looks slightly stronger, they are deserving of much respect.

Jbt: 6 Tab: WR Race 1 11.45 T.A.B. QUINELLA PALLISER HIGHWEIGHT $3200; 2800 m 1 0204 Riverside 1 63.5 2 1223 Diamond Prince 12 63.0 M. Gillies 3 7470 Eaetonian 11 61.5 4 6323 Aychere 13 61.0 S. Jenkins 5 3261 Streatham Hill 3 60.0 G. Williams 6 0324 Double Header 8 59.0 P. Tims 7 606 Baraden 14 58.5 G. O’Neil 8 2368 Annapolis 5 58.0 9 Bamfor 17 58.0 10 5070 Tom Dee 16 58.0 11 6335 Gay Trump 2 57.5 P. Goss 12 9628 Purgola 15 57.5 13 05 Black Emperor 4 ' 57.0 14 6077 Detail 10 57.0 15 7850 Latin Affair 6 57.0 J. McGifford 16 0000 Purple Cap 9 57.0 17 8689 Woy Woy 7 57.0 Race 2 12.20 ENDEAVOUR HANDICAP $3200; two-year-olds; 1200 m 1 2301 Sound Susie 1 56.5 B. Hibberd 2 643 Breaker Bay 14 54.0 N. Harris 3 0136 Chrisey Babe 11 53.0 W. Skelton 4 144 Sound Lady 2 53.5 5 154 All Molly 7 53.0 R. Caddigan 6 28 Cornwall King 17 53.0 7 4235 Strong And True 18 53.0 B. McDonald 8 354 Totu* 5 52.5 G. Childs 9 4526 Delta Tango 6 52.0 10 8 Tarz Blarney 3 52.0 11 803 Count Reason 15 51.5 12 0753 Kanapaali All 4 51.5 M. Barnsley 13 Natural Gas 16 51.0 14 Pounding 8 51.0 15 9 Eckie Coober 13 50.5 16 0 War Philae 12 50.5 17 09 Irma La Douce 10 50.0 18 0508 Penny Forum 9 50.0 Race 3 12.55 DOUBLE BROWN MAIDEN $2600; 1600 m 1 4343 Adios Lad 23 54.0 B. McDonald 2 2520 All Tempo 22 54.0 3 6232 Another Kiss 13 54.0 4 4822 Any Pound 12 54.0 5 07 Artic Grey 16 54.0 6 636 Beau Duke 2 54.0 7 8626 Charles 17 54.0 8 9375 Fair Power 4 54.0 9 380 Galway Har 1 54.0 10 0466 Harvey 18 54.0 11 5024 Honiton 20 54.0 12 0003 Imperial Prince 3 54.0 J. Macartney 13 55 Kingston Flyer 15 54.0 M. Campbell 14 4086 Linton Gold 24 54.0 15 4303 Mee Lai 21 54.0 W. Skelton 16 Private Poppy 6 54.0 17 0 Rosalia 7 54.0 18 9004 Rutherford 14 54.0 19 542 Sheer Beauty 9 54.0 M. Gillies 20 0072 St Mary 19 54.0 P. Fearon 21 3320 Stormy Knight 11 54.0 22 0485 Todriqtiez 10 54.0 23 6046 Watch Me 5 54.0 24 6205 Wendy’s Talent 3 54.0 Emergencies: Charles, Imperial Prince, Todriquez, Rosella, Artic Grey, Private PoppyRace 4 1.40 T. TREBLE CHAMPION HANDICAP $3800; 2200 m 1 2952 High Profile 1 56.0 R. Caddigan

2 3761 Brazanna 9 51.5 3 3393 Upper Crust 6 51.5 J. Cassidy 4 5217 Jo’s Habit 10 51.0 5 0214 Samplet 11 51.0 G. Childs 6 3555 Blue Ensign 5 49.0 B. Griffin 7 1504 Clareryl 4 49.0 M. Lyndon 8 7100 Not Much 2 48.5 9 0839 Nalokua 3 48.0 10 009 Rongomai 7 48.0 11 8464 Tirpitz 12 48.0 T. Allan 12 9009 Valuta Gold 8 48.0 Race 5 2.20 TAB. DOUBLE TAB. QUINELLA H. R. CHALMERS STAKES $25,000; 2400 m 1 4 Kiwi 11 58.0 T Paccidv 2 5263 Isle Of lB 56.5 G. Childs 3 6014 Rose And Thistle 3 56.0 W. Skelton 4 5221 The Dimple 6 55.0 A. Robinson 5 2230 Miles Better 22 54.5 G. Davison 6 0177 Beaver Boy 23 53.0 7 9500 Sirtain 1 52.0 M. Lyndon 8 6521 Paratrooper 2 51.5 9 6410 Noble Boa 12 51.0 J. Collett 10 1243 Shazaam 14 51.0 11 3087 Suttle Knight 13 51.0 R. Caddigan 12 8330 Four Crowns 7 50.0 13 995 Nostradamus 2 50.0 14 4539 Ruanuku 15 50.0 G. Barkla 15 9180 Ballantrae 4 49.0 16 1219 Demolition 10 49.0 B. Griffin 17 7124 Rushcutter 16 49.0 18 3342 Kapelle Lady 5 48.0 19 4058 Kissenger 19 47.5 20 5452 LU 17 47.5 P. Ayres 21 1533 Encore 8 47.0 22 5585 Princess Diana 9 47.0 23 4226 Steel King 21 47.0 Emergencies: Ballantrae, Kissenger, Steel King, Princess Diana, Encore. Race 6 2.55 TAB. TREBLE TAB. QUINELLA NEW ZEALAND ST LEGER $25,000; three-year-olds; 2800 m 1 5100 Call Me Stumpy 1 55.5 M. Lyndon 2 4441 Colonial King 2 55.5 P. Tims 3 3248 Cuspidor 8 55.5 D. Walsh 4 0741 Defend 6 55.5 5 2987 Imaprince 7 55.5 G. Childs 6 2921 Jurango 4 55.5 B. York 7 3030 Rotoma King 5 55.5 J. Cassidy 8 4222 Togari 3 55.5 9 1407 Whetu 9 55.5 B. McDonald Race 7 3.35 TAB. DOUBLE TAB. TRIFECTA TAB. QUINELLA DOUBLE BROWN ‘l6oo’ $60,000, weight-for-age; 1600 m 1 3149 Dig In 11 57.5 J. Collett 2 1244 Glenside 5 57.5 C. Dowling 3 0271 Idaho’s Gift 2 57.5 E. Harrison 4 5705 Mac's Gamble 1 57.5 G. Davison 5 4031 Stylish Dude 4 57.5 G. Childs 6 6526 Super Tai 14 57.5 7 4058 Volare 13 57.5 M. Campbell > 8 3735 Atrapar 7 57.0 N. Harris 9 1310 Clansman 6 57.0 A. Robinson 10 3220 Final Affair 9 57.0 11 1320 Camille 1 56.0 B. Griffin 12 6553 Elucidate 8 55.5 13 2111 Abit Leica 12 53.0 14 1401 Gaffa 3 53.0 G. Cooksley Race 8 4.20 SUBURBAN HANDICAP $3400, 1400 m 1 0351 Royal Sand 11 55.5 2 2203 Grace And Style 7 54.0 3 4914 Poetic Justice 1 54.0 W. Skelton

4 1 Ahoy 10 53.5 5 7421 Imperial Knight 3 53.5 6 2031 Quickfire 6 53.5 7 3351 Santaray 13 53.5 * G. Childs 8 4214 Cameo Gold 16 53.0 J. Cassidy 9 0345 Sir Seftan 2 53.0 10 3403 Royal Vain 5 52.5 11 19 Merry Avon 17 52.0 12 780 Mulberry 12 52.0 M. Lyndon 13 0316 Internationale 14 51.5 B. McDonald 14 318 Lanaon 4 51.5 15 1409 Tippler 9 51.0 16 Creanza 8 50.0 17 0507 Nallet 15 50.0

Race 9 4.55 TAB. TREBLE TAB. QUINELLA EASTBOURNE HANDICAP $3800; 1600ni 1 5649 Silver Elm 10 55.5 J. Cassidy 2 4101 Soak 6 54.0 3 Medley 3 52.5 4 2010 Silver Drift 4 52.5 G. Childs 5 1124 Cali It Quite 5 51.0 6 3130 Mussella 2 50.0 B. Hibberd 7 1700 Kiwi Pride 9 49.5 8 7790 Thosada Rose 7 49.5 9 08 Hindenberg 8 48.0 10 3346 His Sister 1 48.0