Another all-the-way win for Roydon Glen?

Press, 13 April 1984, Page 24

Another all-the-way win for Roydon Glen?

By

G. K. YULE

Roydon Glen won with such authority in national record time for 2600 m on April 4 that few will be prepared to back against him with confidence when he contests the John Brandon Flying Stakes, the second leg of the Metropolitan Trotting Club’s feature Triple Crown Series.

As in the first leg, Roydon Glen has drawn No. 3 at the barrier in the mobile start 2000 m event at Addington Raceway tomorrow. This is generally regarded as the most favourable draw for this starting point and everything points to Roydon Glen trying for another all-the-way victory.

Jbt: 8 Tab: CY Race 1 5.35 T.A.B. QUINELLA BARRY BARBER MOBILE SHAKES $4000; C 3 and C 4; 2600 m. 1 2112 Happy Window 1 It F. Fletcher 2 5304 Memphis 2 It M. Smolensk! 3 1090 Ravena 3 It R. Butt 4 0271 Regal Nugent 4 It J. Carmichael 5 4 Chippie 5 It 6 1302 Soxygen 6 It 7 5019 Winning Note 7 It P. Young 8 8139 Blue Sapphire 8 It L. Grant 9 2215 Count Gray 9 It A. Butt 10 2122 Chataway 10 It D. Butt 11 0062 Tarport Grattan 11 It C. de Filippi 14 3037 Bogart Direct 14 It K. O’Reilly 15 9041 Luca Lad 15 It R. May 16 9302 Gay World 16 It I. Cameron Scratched: Patchy Boy, Sholty. Race 2 6.05 NOEL TAYLOR HANDICAP $3750; C 3; trotters; 3200 m. 1 4121 Be Game 1 It D. Jones 2 Novander 2 It P. Jones 3 8000 Lady Sadie 3 It B. O’Carroll 4 4843 Black Soil 4 It 5 6065 Racey Tracey 5 It C. de Filippi 6 4009 Silver Spot UR It 7 0054 Zebec 1 10 A. Bell 8 6701 Lord Zetland 2 10 I. Sutherland 9 0056 Tarex 3 10 M. de Filippi 10 6222 No More 4 10 R. Brosnan 11 0130 Marie Evander 5 10 K. O’Reilly 12 090 Strydom 6 10 M. Butt 13 2519 Cathy Crockett 7 10 P. O’Reilly, jun. 14 6557 Triarmbro 1 20 B. Glidden 15 1441 Noble Advice 2 20 I. Cameron 16 0764 Jamie Higgins 3 20 R. Butt Emergency: Silver Spot. Race 3 6.40 BRYNDWR STAKES $3200; two-year-olds; 2000 m. 1 846 Irish Byrd 1 It R. Anderson 3 7879 Gaiety 3 It Q de Filippi 4 05 Southern Splendour 4 It G. McDonald 6 9 Precipitate 6 It D. Nyhan 7 323 Great Value 7 It D. Townley 8 900 Rebel Prince 8 It 10 Phar Lord 10 It M. De Filippi 11 0 In Central 11 It R. Cameron 12 1 Adios Trick 1 10 14 2022 Loveridge 3 10 R. Brosnan 15 154 Ashley Globe 4 10 I. Cameron 16 41 Good To Win 5 10 G. Hope Scratched: Nathan Tiyax, Ruataniwha, Devilmann, Titus. Race 4 7.10 NEW ZEALAND TROHING STAKES $12,500; three-year-olds; 2600 m. 1 1160 Not Now 1 It D. Nyhari 2 2212 Globe Tour 2 It L. Bebbington 3 9 Quick Draw 3 It I. Cameron 4 1190 Count Me In 4 It C. Hunter 6 1341 Beau’s Delight 6 It A. Malcolmson 8 2510 Lord Alias 8 It C. de Filippi 9 082 Doncella 9 It 10 3332 Melvander 10 It D. McGowan 11 4164 Pitcher 11 It R. Nyhan 12 5055 Guy Armbro 12 It M. de Filippi 13 0148 Shavamo 13 It B. Hamilton Scratched: New Game, Beau Tarenz. Race 5 7.45 T.A.B. TREBLE RON CARTER MOBILE STAKES $3300; C2; junior drivers; 2600 m. 1 8072 Solar Queen 1 It W. Behms

2 0951 Young Boyden 2 It A. Butt 3 0988 Bachelor Creed 3 It L. Bebbington 4 0557 Star Spangled 4 It G. Tait 5 4504 Watbro Ford 5 It 6 1043 Sierra Byrd 6 It L. O’Reilly 7 8095 Unique Philippa 7 It P. Black 8 1903 Master Tryax 8 It D. Mcßae 9 5970 Waikato 9 It G. Small 10 0770 Lorna Doone 10 It G. Payne 11 1802 Gary’s Chance 11 It G. Golding 12 9687 Daisy Duke 12 It W. Hayes 13 9099 Timely Victory 13 It M. Nyhan 14 0214 Royal Premier 14 It P. Ryder 15 3338 Jovial Jan 15 It R. Alfeld 16 0100 Viceroy UR It D. Butt Emergencies: Timely Victory, Bachelor Creed. Race 6 8.20 T.A.B. DOUBLE T.A.B. TRIFECTA T.A.B. QUINELLA JOHN BRANDON FLYING STAKES $30,000; three-year-olds; mobile; 2000 m 1 1828 Ruthless 1 It Made ground over 2600 m on April 4. Awkward draw, but might not be far away again. R. Nyhan. 2 0730 Logan Dryham 2 It Improved wide on April 4 only to drop right away. Could be at the improving stage and too good to leave out. B. Clark 3 6211 Roydon Glen 3 It Led last 2000 m over 2600 m on April 4 and won well. Has drawn splendidly and looks the one to beat. F. Fletcher 4 2439 Crowhurst 4 It No improvement on first night of meeting. Reasonable draw and could go better this time. P. Jones 5 1100 King Alba 5 It Never a serious threat on April 4 when favourite. Earlier form was useful and from handy draw will have his big chance.. J. Langdon 6 5613 Paleface Tryax 6 It Fought on gamely for third to Roydon Glen on first night. In form and must be a leading chance. R. Mitchell 8 9000 Lord Louie 9 It Did not reproduce effort at trials when he raced on April 4. Will have to be taken on trust. I. Cameron y 9 3426 Freightman 9 It Not disgraced on first night of meeting as he missed start. Awkward draw, but good enough to get into the finish. C. de Filippi 10 6205 Naval Officer 10 It Splendid run when fifth on April 4 as he had not raced since December. Bad draw, but could show up. M. de Filinni

11 0370 Kanturk 11 It Showed little on first night of meeting. Better than that, but hard to recommend. R. Butt 12 9394 Slugger 12 It Showed courage when fourth to Roydon Glen on April 4. Another big run expected. R. Cameron 13 4412 Liquid Lightning 13 It Tracked Roydon Glen and came on gamely for second to him on first night. Looks the hardest to beat once more. R. Brosnan 14 9110 Josephine Bret 14 It Poor run on April 4. Will have to improve sharply to be much of a threat. J. Hay 15 2627 Tucker’s Rule 15 It Never really in the clear and could have been closer than seventh on April 4. Awkward draw, but must be considered. C. Hunter Scratched: Crafty Kobba. Race 7 8.50 T.A.B. TREBLE STEWARDS’ TROTTING FREE-FOR-ALL $7000; C 5; 2000 m. 1 0000 Evander’s Kilt 1 It D. Mangos 2 7 Tussle 2 It P. Jones 3 1195 McQueen 3 It T. Keith 4 5201 Jenner 4 It C. Hunter 5 1 Sir Castleton 5 It D. Townley 6 3999 Stormy Morn 6 It S. Clarke 7 9543 Kawarau Chip 7 It P. O’Reilly, jun. 8 1120 Basil Dean 8 It K. O’Reilly 9 0004 Trix’s Chance 9 It I. Sutherland 10 0060 Schell Cree 10 it R. Cameron 11 0302 Game Command 11 It I. Cameron 12 0520 Hard Cash 12 It 13 Sure Court 13 It R. Brosnan 14 9448 About Now 14 It C. de Filippi Scratched: Roy Hall. Race 8 9.25 TAB. DOUBLE STEINLAGER HANDICAP $8500; V 8; 2600 m 1 2034 Mytop Sweetie 1 It Latest run was fourth behind Norton in Brighton Cup on March 21. Must be considered on that run. L. O’Reilly 2 3411 Dear Sir 2 It Ran on strongly for narrow win at Washdyke last week. This will be harder, but might not be far away. R. Brosnan 3 2122 Direct Kiwi 3 It One of the more consistent pacers in the north. Beat all but Ben on March 20 at the end of fast 3200 m. Must be respected. J. Langdon

4 5207 Ansett 4 It First start since January 2. Has gone well enough at trials to be an upset chance. K. Vincent 5 3272 Harvest Gold 1 10 Bold run to beat all but Dear Sir at Washdyke last Saturday. Another forward showing expected. 6 4546 Kind Nature 2 10 No serious threat in Brighton Cup at latest start. Better than that and could be one for odds. J. Hampton 7 5075 Mighty Me 3 10 Rather unlucky when fifth to Dear Sir at Washdyke last week. Good enough to get close to the money. C. de Filippi 8 7004 Agrinion 4 10 Rather disappointing on latest northern campaign. Will have had a chance to freshen, but will have to be taken on turst. R. Butt 9 4422 Hilarious Guest 1 20 Went down by half, a length to Norton in Brighton Cup. Due for a win and entitled to favouritism. R. Cameron 10 4133 Stortford Lodge 2 20 Did well for third, albeit a distant one, in Brighton Cup in what was his first start since November. Must go closer this time. P. Young 11 1090 Diamond Moose 3 20 Has good record when fresh and in spite of bleak form background is entitled to some respect. M. Butt 12 3612 Ben 1 35 Beat all but Delightful Lady on March 31 and before that won in record time at Cambridge. In form and must be one of the better chances. B. Kerr. 13 0096 Hands Down UR 40 First start since March 20. In spite of awkward mark and lack of sound race efforts, must be respected on his favourite track. P. Jones Race 9 9.55 ELECTRIC MOBILE STAKES $2850; Cl; 2600 m. 1 2018 Mark Seven 1 It M. Smolensk! 6105 Garry’s Last 2 It W. Denton 3 6483 Mister Kool 3 It M. de Filippi 4 7743 Chipsadoon 4 It K. Vincent 5 3134 Thompson’s Track 5 It C. Hay 6 3310 Elsa 6 It W. Roberts 7 3614 Trigger Dale 7 It T. Behms 8 8432 Toris 8 It P. O’Reilly, jun 9 3156 Russley Master 9 It C. de Filippi 10 1667 Blue Willow 10 It G. Hunt 11 1720 Try Again 11 It A. Butt 12 7100 Bonnie Scotland 12 It I. Keith 13 1448 Scotch Lass 13 It 14 3761 Isel 14 It R. Brosnan 15 2332 Donagain 15 It J. Carmichael 16 22 Bedlum 16 It C. Nordqvist Emergencies: Mister Kool, Bonnie Scotland. . Race 10 10.25 TAB. TREBLE T.A.B. QUINELLA BIG SOFTIE MOBILE STAKES $5500; C5-C7; 2600 m. 1 5312 Double Cove 1 It R. Brosnan 2 7978 Best Dream 2 ■ It E. Cowie 3 0540 Formal Fella 3 It R. Cameron 4 5136 Premiership 4 It A. Butt 5 2221 King Aurea 5 It 6 5048 Tyman Foyle 6 It A. Malcolmson 7 5057 Rosy Dawn 7 It R. May 8 3035 Galaxy Scott 8 It D. Mangos 9 4414 Delark 9 It I. Cameron 10 4301 Rapid Lustre 10 It P. Ryder 12 5723 Winfield Kai 12 It K. O’Reilly 14 1139 Montrose 14 It J. Carmichael 15 0157 Rosewood Dream 15 It M. de Filippi Scratched: Bobanish, Zansark.

In the last four weeks he has won the Great Northern Derby, followed by his win on April 4 when he paced the 2600 m in 3min 15.75, close to the national allcomers’ record of 3min 15.4 s shared by the Australian speedster, Steel Jaw, and the great mare, Bonnie’s Chance. Should his expected victory eventuate, Roydon Glen will have won $98,175 in four weeks and be well on the way towards the $20,000 bonus payable to the owner of any horse winning all three legs of the John Brandon Series. Liquid Lightning will have to start from the second line, instead of No. 5, the position he drew when he beat all but Roydon Glen on April 4. Liquid Lightning is a C2 horse and one of the most loosely-assessed in the series. His awkward draw should not prevent him taking a prominent part in the finish once more and he could be the one to trouble the probable favourite. Freigtttman will start from No. 8 now that Crafty Kobba has been scratched. His sixth on April 4 was a respectable effort as he lost ground early and came home in style. He is one of the more consistent performers in his age group and should be a leading contender. Northerners will again support King Alba in spite of his failures at Alexandra Park on March 17 and Addington on April 4. Before those rather dismal showings he had been undefeated in five appearances. He is regarded as a top sprinter and from No. 5 at the barrier, he must be taken into account. Logan Dryham was another big disappointment on the first night of the meeting. He will have to show marked improvement to have much chance and could be pressed to match Slugger, which did so well for fourth over 2600 m. Two other northern challengers in Paleface Tryax and Tucker’s Rule should be the pick of the remainder. Hilarious Guest, in some ways rather unlucky when second behind Norton in the New Brighton Cup, will have a chance to gain an overdue win in the second leg of the double, the Steinlager Handicap. Hands Down has to give the in-fonn mare a start of 20m, an assignment well within his capabilities. He has had a chance to freshen since racing at Cambridge on March 20, after which he returned south and rejoined Derek Jones’s team. Mytop Sweetie, Stortford Lodge, Ben, Direct Kiwi and Dear Sir appeal most of the others, although a big run from Kind Nature will not be a complete surprise.