Look Me Over best bet in Final

Press, 4 May 1984, Page 17

Look Me Over best bet in Final

By

G. K. YULE

Look Me Over, the only double heat winner and the most tightly-assessed horse in the field, should make a bold bid to win the D.B. Export Lager Flying Fillies’ Series Final at the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club’s meeting at Addington Raceway tomorrow evening. This year’s field appears to lack the class of an Armalight, Hilarious Guest or Preferred, but for all that there are some promising fillies well capable of providing a thrilling encounter. Unfortunately four of the heat winners have had to miss the final because of injury, their number including the fastest qualifier, El Royette, which recorded 2min 1.4 s when she won at the Thames meeting on March 24, beating Arabesque and Lady Delwin. Look Me Over won in 2min 4.7 s at Cambridge on February 17, and she recorded 2min 2.8 s when successful on the same track on April 10. Since then the daughter of Vance Hanover has had one start, failing rather dismally at Claudelands last Friday. She has a big reputation and is expected to go well in this event in which she will be driven by Derek Jones. Blue Water has not been the most consistent filly in Canterbury, but her peak runs have been the equal of anything shown by any of the other contenders in this richly endowed event. She was runner-up to Sweet Alli at Blenheim on February 4, winning in 2min 3s at Addington six days later. She was runner-up to Smooth Hanna at Washdyke on April 7 at her latest start. She has drawn rather wide, but that might not stop her making a big showing. Sweet Alli has failed badly in her two latest starts, but she has been off colour and is only coming back to her best. The daughter of Noodlum has drawn fairly well and should be right in the thick of things from the start. Lucy Lumber, Lirelle and Elkedra could be as good as any of the others. Betting will cover a wide range in the second leg, the J. K. Davidson Stakes. Premiership, Freightman and Winning Note will be three of the better-sup-ported runners, but bold showings are expected from Soxygen, Bobanish, In Touch, Ruthless and Rapid Lustre. Jbt: 7 Tab: CY Race 1 5.35 LANTANA LODGE LADIES MILE $4300; C2-C4; fillies and mares; mobile; one mile. 1 1204 Trictone 1 It G. Hamilton 2 9040 Blue Sapphire 2 It L. Grant

8 00 In Control 8 It C. McLachlan 9 4117 Master Mood 9 It K. Williams 10 5646 Tar Adios 10 It A. Hunter 11 0 Motu Jodi 11 It J. Carmichael 12 5430 Ashley Globe 12 It I. Cameron

Race 7 8.45 T.A.B. DOUBLE T.A.B. TREBLE T.A.B. QUINELLA D.B. EXPORT LAGER FLYING FILLIES’ FINAL $66,000; three-year-old fillies; mobile; one mile 1 0025 Timepiece 1 It Faded to fifth at Washdyke on April 7 at latest start. Has fine draw. R. Butt. 2 5718 Look Me Over 2 It Failed at Claudelands last Friday. Before that form was of sufficiently high standard to give her a chance of winning. D. Jones. 3 4975 Graymoore 3 It Form background just fair. Will be well tested in spite of reasonable draw. K. O’Reilly. 4 8180 Sweet Alli 4 It Failed last time out on March 21, but went well at Waitaki meeting last week. Could be one of the leading chances. P. Jones. 5 3994 Elkedra 5 It Won over one mile in 2min 5s at Motukarara last Saturday. Capable on her day, but not too consistent. C. de Filippi. 6 2102 Blue Water 6 It Won qualifying heat on February 10. Runner-up to Smooth Hanna at Washdyke on April 7. Speedy and should be leading prospect. J. Smolenski. 7 6455 Cabernet 7 It Form just fair. Would have to improve to be much of a threat. P. Mounce. 8 9286 Arabesque 8 It Failed in heat at Cambridge on April 10. Highly rated in north and could show up. A. Herlihy 9 2856 Angel Lea 9 It Efforts in Canterbury have been only fair. Others preferred. R. Brosnan. 10 2430 Lirelle 10 It Had two seconds and a third in heats. Has shown useful speed and might not be far away. G. Hamilton. 12 3208 Lady Delwin 12 It Disappointing in last two starts. Will have to be taken on trust. D. Nyhan. 13 2407 Kotare Idyll 13 It Disappointing in two latest starts. Has shown fair form at times. Outside chance. G. Hope. 14 7242. Lucy Lumber 14 It Second to Look Me Over at Cambridge on April 10. Must be considered in spite of draw. B. Purdon. Emergencies: Cabernet, Angel Lea, Timepiece. Scratched: Seafield Celeste.

Scratched: Keep Trying. Race 9 9.50 T.A.B. DOUBLE J. K. DAVISON STAKES $4650; Cl and C 5; mobile; 2600 m 2 4301 Rapid Lustre 2 It Won over this distance on April 4 at latest starts Capable on her day and might not be far away. P. Ryder.

3 0261 Soxygen 3 It Won in fast time on April 14. Must be considered on that run. P. Jones. 4 2870 Ruthless 4 It Brought down in smash in Derby on April 21. Rough chance if he produces a peak effort. R. Nyhan. 5 3738 Bogart Direct 5 It Has not had much luck for some time. Capable of a big run. K. O’Reilly. 6 2690 Freightman 6 It Brought down in smash in Derby. Has drawn well and capable of a big run. C. de Filippi. 7 1914 Winning Note 7 It Fine fourth to Soxygen last time out. Grand pacer sure to make a bold showing. P. Young. 8 4096 Formal Fella 8 it Great run when sixth at Addington on April 21. Quite capable of surprising but not reliable. C. McLachlan. 10 01 Jester Chance 10 It Upset winner at Forbury last week. Still at improving stage and must be respected. J. Crofts. 11 9648 In Touch 11 It Broke during running at Forbury last week. Better than that and must be given another chance. P. O’Reilly, jun. 12 5503 Reggae 12 It Fought on well for third to Jester Chance at Forbury last week. Must be given a chance of surprising. J. Smolenski. 13 4560 Zansark 13 It Awkwardly drawn and will be tested in this class. M. de Filippi. 14 0732 Bobanish 14 It Looked unlucky when second to Soxygen on April 21. Racing well and must be respected. R. Cameron. 15 3643 Premiership 15 It Unlucky when third to Soxygen on April 21. Due for a win and should go close here. D. Jones. 16 5000 Van Mac Faber 16 It First start since December 6 and will have to be taken on trust. B. Lawes. Scratched: Helter Skelter, Tenstrike.

3 1005 Miss Bromac 3 ~ R. May It 4 0802 Westmoor Lass 4 It T. Thomas 5 0721 Solar Queen 5 It T. Behrns 6 1323 Barbra Streisand 6 It J. Smolensk! 7 0247 Gay World 7 It I. Cameron 8 6601 Kitty’s Pride 8 It R. Butt 9 6219 Precious Sally 9 It T. Knowles 10 1259 Explicit 10 It R. Brosnan 11 3383 Jovial Jan 11 It C. de Filippi 12 7151 Regal Nugent 12 It J. Carmichael 13 6908 Duplex Hanover 13 It P. Rosewarne 14 6586 Rosewood Birch 14 It P. Jones Emergencies: Westmoor Lass, Blue Sapphire, Rosewood Birch, Duplex Hanover. Race 2 6.5 VODKA TROTTING HANDICAP $2850; Cl; trotters; 2600m. 1 1 Hardcase Poplar 1 It B. Hamilton 2 4440 Money Order 2 It J. Carmichael 3 1004 Adadas 3 It G. Ryder 4 1780 Fidelis 4 It 5 1079 Proud Miss 5 It R. Butt 6 0810 Roman Guy 6 It C. Barnett 7 1290 Rio Balsas 7 It 8 2212 Globe Tour 8 It L. Bebbington 9 3662 Gay Ember 9 It R. Geddes 10 1643 Pitcher 10 It R. Nyhan 11 8516 Armbro Almont 1 20 E. Cowie 12 3713 Rona’s Pride 2 20 M. O’Leary 13 5107 Lord Alias 3 20 C. de Filippi 14 3122 Mendelspride 4 20 S. Miller 15 7122 William Jay 5 20 D. Nyhan 16 7001 Sheltoe 6 20 R. Brosnan Emergency: Fidelis. Race 3 6.40 T.A.B. QUINELLA SIRE’S PRODUCE STAKES (HEAT ONE) $3200; two-year-olds; 2000m. 1 9120 Westburn King 1 It P. Jones 2 0 Silence 2 It G. Laing 3 Kitlands Kin 3 It M. Heenan 4 5311 Samson 4 It P. Young 7 3072 Nardinski 7 It J. Smolensk! 8 3684 Boyden Sun 8 It J. Curtin 9 0 Horizon 9 It C. de Filippi 10 3413 Malaz 10 It A. Hunter 11 9800 Risdon Boy 11 It G. A. Shand Scratched: Precipitate, Mister Whipster. Race 4 7.10 T.A.B. QUINELLA D. F. GLANVILLE STAKES $2850; Cl; mobile; 2600m. 1 Gateau 1 It P. Jones 2 3323 Donagain 2 It J. Carmichael 3 8001 Chancey Jack 3 It 4 0413 Rapa Eagle 4 It J. Hay 5 0301 Rosina Pryde 5 It J. Smolensk! 6 5291 Bubbles 6 It B. Scott 7 0724 Johnny Bee 7 It T. Thomas 8 1085 Young Valerian 8 It M. Heenan 9 3225 Toris 9 It P. Shand 11 1059 Garry’s Last 11 It W. Denton 12 3156 Russley Master 12 It C. de Filippi 13 225 Bedlum 13 It C. Nordqvist 14 2107 Variety Fair 14 It D. Jones Scratched: Lady Rakau, Claire de Lune, Gallant Fella. Race 5 7.45 T.A.B. TREBLE AUTUMN TROTTING HANDICAP $3750; C3; trotters; 3200m. 1 9600 Lonesome Me 1 It R. Williams 2 9607 Game Greg 2 It F. Newfield 4 4305 Black Soil 4 It J. Smolensk! 5 0000 Lady Sadie 5 It J. Carmichael 6 0810 Game Traveller 6 It K. O’Reilly 7 16 Novander 1 10 P. Jones 8 5432 Zebec 2 10 A. Bell 9 9079 Strydom 3 io R. Butt 10 1961 Cathy Crockett 1' 20 D. Jones 11 9000 Shylock 2 20 E. Crawford 12 1234 Noble Advice 3 20 I. Cameron 13 7 Ranger Globe 4 20 M. de Filippi 14 98 Sure Court 1 30 R. Brosnan 15 8000 General Link 2 30 G. Laing 16 5200 Hard Cash 3 30 Scratched: Racey Tracey. Race 6 8.15 T.A.B. TRIFECTA SIRES’ PRODUCE STAKES (HEAT TWO) $3200; two-year-olds; 2000m. 1 4763 Sir Arden 1 It 2 4154 Good to Win 2 It G. Hope 3 2215 Loveridge 3 It R. Brosnan 4 08 Glen Hanover 4 It P. O'Reilly jun. 5 8799 Gaiety 5 It C. de Filippi 6 Outboard 6 It G. O'Reilly 7 4 Phar Lord 7 It M. de Filippi

Race 3 9.20 SIRES’ PRODUCE STAKES (HEAT THREE) $3200; two-year-old fillies; 2000m. 1 6 Scottish Pine 1 It R. Cameron 2 2794 Lordado 2 It P. Shand 3 Sharon 3 It K. Williams 4 00 Maddie 4 It G. O’Reilly 6 I’m No Angel 6 It J. Curtin 7 8467 Irish Byrd 7 It R. Anderson 8 3236 Great Value 8 It D. Townley 9 Impetuous Donna 9 It A. Neal 10 Winter Flight 10 It C. de Filippi 11 4100 Basilica 11 It R. Brosnan 12 Cherry Top 12 It D. McGowan

Race 10 10.20 T.A.B. TREBLE T.A.B. QUINELLA FREE HOLMES STAKES $3300; C2; mobile; 2600m. 1 0474 King Turk 1 It C. de Filippi 2 4299 Magpie 2 It D. Mangos 3 0449 Watbro Ford 3 It K. Vincent 4 0113 Coastal Trader 4 It K. Townley 5 4000 Rare Treat 5 It I. Cameron 6 1868 Rosin 6 It J. Burrows 7 0063 Redeemer 7 It J. Smolensk! 8 7560 Hoss8 It L. O’Reilly 9 3000 Dashing Circle 9 It W. Denton 10 7201 Try Agein 10 It D. Jones 11 0551 Naval Officer 11 It M. de Filippi 12 0125 Monreith 12 It R. Cameron 13 5126 Young Boyden 13 It R. Butt 14 7603 Rapid Fella 14 It D. McGowan 16 3081 Holy Mackerel 16 It P. Jones Emergency: Hoss. Scratched: Regal Mate.