Old rivalries renewed at Riccarton tomorrow

Press, 18 May 1984, Page 18

Old rivalries renewed at Riccarton tomorrow

By

J. J. BOYLE

Charles Beaufort and Handsome Heir will renew old rivalries in the Hawkins, first leg of the Hororata Racing Club’s T.A.B. double at Riccarton tomorrow.

They were thrown into competition right at the front end of the season, and have had some doughty battles since, reaching a level of form that will make them two of the obvious chances in the 2000 m feature race tomorrow.

Charles Beaufort came out on top in early-season tussles, on his way towards assembling a sequence of six wins. But Handsome Heir,

which had been fifth behind him in the Longbeach Handicap at Riccarton in August, third in the Ashburton Cup and fifth again in the Banks Peninsula Cup, has won back several points this autumn. Handsome Heir beat Charles Beaufort into second in the Rangiora Handicap at the North Canterbury meeting on April 16 and again in the Amberley Cup last Saturday.

Now for the first time this year they are to meet at level weights. Handsome Heir had a pull of I.skg when he beat Charles Beaufort by two comfortable lengths in the Amberley Cup last Saturday. The turnaround in the weights should do something towards helping Charles Beaufort break through for his first win this time around, but Handsome Heir, at the impressive level of performance he reached last week, will be hard to keep out. Unless Top Blend is allowed to steal away to an unassailable lead, the main opposition for Charles Beaufort and Handsome Heir could come from Noble Jewel. That seventh by Noble Jewel at 1600 m on Wednesday was nothing to enthuse over, even if he struck a traffic problem. But the Wingatui chestnut has performed notable deeds over Riccarton’s 2000 m distance, one of them to dead-heat in a 3ZB Classic, another to run into a place behind Commissionaire in the Canterbury Cup. Paddle, winner of the Riverton Cup at Easter, might need another heavy track to leave his stamp on this race. On firmer footing he finished fourth after having every chance against lesser lights on Wednesday. Pronto King should bring a youthful talent to bear on the outcome of the Selwyn Handicap, second leg of the T.A.B. double. This Riccarton-trained Dunedin Guineas winner will be having his second start on his present campaign. He resumed with a fifth over 1200 m at Riccarton on April 28, that being his first start since the Southland Guineas on January 7 when he finished second to Gaffa but was relegated to fourth. When tried over more ground in the Waikouaiti club’s Blue Riband earlier in January Pronto King dead-heated with Gaffa for third. The main strength of opposition for Pronto King should come from Rebel Star and Blyme. Blyme gave John Dowling some steerng problems before he won at Riccarton on Wednesday, but the Wingatui horseman met the problem effectively by changing the whip to his left hand, and the four-year old buried the others for finishing speed. Rebel Star looked close to winning when second to the nippy Omoto Lass over 1400 m at the Marlborough meeting. Jbt: 4 Tab: CY Race 1 11.5 WAIREKA BRUSH HURDLES

Race 2 11.40 WHITECLIFFS HANDICAP $2500; two-year-olds; 1200 m

Race 3 12.15 SPRINGFIELD MAIDEN $1800; 1400 m

Emergencies; Pieraine, PerIde’s Pal, Whistling Star, Malona.

Race 4 12.50 MALVERN STEEPLECHASE $4000; 4000 m

Race 5 1.25 COLGATE HANDICAP NO. 1 $2000; 1400 m

Race 6 2.0 LAKE COLERIDGE MAIDEN $1800; 1800 m

Emergency: Junction King. Race 7 2.35 T.A.B. TRIFECTA T.A.B. DOUBLE T.A.B. QUJNELLA THE HAWKINS 2000 $4500; 2000 m 1 2232 Charles Beaufort 8 57.0 Two lengths from winner Handsome Heir in Amberley Cup. Comes into this race on I.skg better terms. C. Johnson. 2 2101 Handsome Heir 7 57.0 Stylish winner of Amberley Cup with 55.5. Hard to beat again in present form. G. Davison 3 3525 Top Blend 6 56.0 Carried 56.5 when a tiring fifth in Amberley Cup. Great little trier and could give others a hard chase. A. Robinson 4 0109 Anticipate 10 55.5 Showed nothing over 1600 m on Wednesday. Latest win was over more ground in Waimate Cup. J. Collett. 5 5727 Noble Jewel 1 55.5 Met some trouble in running in Wednesday’s race, but that did not appear to cost him winning chance. Has performed well this distance on past visits to Riccarton and worth a second thought for this. L. Didham. 6 6144 Paddle 3 54.0 Was in much weaker field when fourth on Wednesday. J. Dowling. 7 5069 Pamdora 4 53.5 Disappointing this time up. J. Oakeshott. 8 3267 Black Gull 13 52.0 Form not good enough to hold out prospects for this. P. Atkinson. 9 0362 Silver Print 5 52.0 Battling second this distance in weaker field on Wednesday. Fairly consistent place-getter, but finds them hard to win. S. Reid. 10 7735 Steel King 11 52.0 Third two starts back was behind Handsome Heir and Charles Beaufort in Amberley Cup. ■ T. IWatthpwQ 11 7959 Alvaro King 12 51.0 No appeal after failure in weaker field on Wednesday. K. Burnett.

13 3370 Wateae 2 50.0 Likely to struggle at this level. S. Anderton. Scratched: Double Luck.

Race 8 3.10 COLGATE HANDICAP NO. 2 $2000; 1400 m

Race 9 3.45 T.A.B. DOUBLE SELWYN HANDICAP $2750; 1400 m 1 2624 Rebel Star 3 57.0 Admirably consistent earlier in the autumn and has had time to freshen since campaign at Marlborough. P. Richards. 2 1345 Pronto King 4 56.5 Bolted away with Dunedin Guineas last spring, and will be hard to match if at peak for this. C. Johnson. 3 0000 Damazam 6 56.0 Looked promising early on, but form has slumped more recently. B. Smith. 4 9033 Gotdcreat 2 56.0 Comes to his best when tracks get heavy. Might have brighter chances later. B. Pelling. 5 6231 Blyma 9 55.5 Easy winner this distance on Wednesday. Has stiffer opposition here but should go close again. J. Dowling.

6 0009 Double Sign 13 55.5 Newcomer on this circuit. Won twice at 1600 m at Poverty Bay in February. C. Roberts. 7 7418 Double Gem 1 55.0 Win two starts back

was over 1600 m on soft track at Riverton. 8 6436 Selkirk 11 55.0 Only win this season was over 1600 m. but has useful record of minor placings. J. Collett 9 3086 Sutch 14 55.0 So-so run over 2000 m won by Macho Man on Wednesday. 10 9705 Manila 5 54.5 Appeared to have his chance when fifth on Wednesday. L. Didham. 11 5064 Hasten 8 54.0 Would not have to improve much on his Amberley highweight fourth to reach one of the places. G. Davison. 12 9387 Insoluble 12 54.0 Form has been patchy. T. Matthews 13 9000 Scotch Dream 10 54.0 Hard to fancy here. D. Frye. 14 0966 Marche Noir 7 52.5 Left in front early on Wednesday and weakened close home. Couldn't be dropped on that run. S. Reid. Race 10 4.20 T.A.B. QUINELLA GLENTUNNEL HANDICAP $2500; 1800 m

Emergencies: Phar Wrong, SSpy, Mhorso, Mighty n, Silver Gale, Ola Blanca.

$3250; 2600m 1 0422 Final Surge 4 H. Pateman 65.5 2 9574 Brightwater 1 M. Thornley 62.0 3 2211 Silva Ruler 7 C. Edmond 61.0 4 3410 Silver Monarch 6 P. Dooney 60.5 5 4012 Tidal Wave 2 A. Cowan 59.0

6 8923 Noble Vision 8 H. Thomas 58.5 7 0001 Ruthless Charles 5 B. Pelting 58.5 8 0000 Valeri 3 R. Bruce 57.0

1 6511 Pokare 5 59.5 2 81 Noble Ella 1 J. Dowling 53.0 3 3442 Nick the Czar 7 G. Blair 52.5 4 52 Famillion 4 S. Reid 52.0 5 5830 Balrota 8 J. Hawes 51.5 6 8 Miss Isobel 2 K. Burnett 51.0 7 54 Mustard Pot 6 C. Johnson 51.0 8 5065 Nickaletta 3 S. Waddell 51.0

1 0236 Blue Mountain 17 L. Didham 55.0 2 Creme Drulee 7 55.0 3 7320 Divine Flo 1 J. Dowling 55.0 4 Georgina Girl 21 55.0 5 2252 Johnny’s Pai 14 J. Collett 55.0 6 0707 Lady Avis 22 T. Matthews 55.0 7 0 Malona 18 55.0 8 60 Meleagle 15 55.0 9 4709 Meldora 6 J. Oakeshott 55.0 10 My Intent 11 55.0 11 6834 Nearco Park 12 C. Johnson 55.0 12 0 Nottingham Beau 10 S. Waddell 55.0 13 0900 Om Jon 4 D. Frye 55.0 14 9000 Perkie's Pal 16 55.0 15 Pieraine 9 55.0 16 069 Pompous Shah 5 55.0 17 4 Sangrilton 13 G. Blair 55.0 18 Silver Agent 2 S. Reid 55.0 19 0 Taste Bud 8 P. Atkinson 55.0 20 0036 Taxtale 3 55.0 21 5 Wally Parker 20 G. Davison 55.0 22 0000 Whistling Star 19 R. McCann 55.0

1 5402 Bymai 9 65.0 2 0065 Royal Kasssl 2 H. Pateman 63.5 3 5954 Abound 6 62.5 4 2893 Glendhu 8 62.0 5 1031 To Haroto 10 P. Dooney 60.5 6 3122 Azirae 4 A. Cowan 59.5 7 5633 Candidago 11 D. Johnson 59.0 8 096 Charlar 3 T. Belsham 59.0 9 0406 Politician 1 P. Richards 58.0 10 8630 Dolmar 5 57.5 Scratched: Risky Step.

1 1507 Bartsky 4 R. McCann 55.0 2 3 4000 British Blue 13 D. Frye 0005 Double Ambition 15 T. Matthews 55.0 55.0 4 0510 Halcyon Days 2 55.0 5 0800 Jack Garat 1 M. Fleming 55.0 6 0000 Jacqui’s Delight 8 C. Edmond 55.0 7 0994 Kowhai Gold 14 C. Roberts 55.0 8 8700 La Tristesse 9 55.0 9 3218 Lezulea 5 55.0 10 0094 Lord Degree 11 R. Bruce 55.0 11 7460 Morley Flight 6 K. Burnett 55.0 12 6965 Royal Dream 12 L. Didham 55.0 13 0000 Sea View 3 J. Hawes 55.0 14 0058 Silver Shar 7 55.0 15 0005 Tiger Bow 10 G. Davison 55.0

1 5932 Able Tim 15 55.0 C. Johnson 2 0204 Appear 3 C. Roberts 55.0 3 Bally High Hopes 18 J. Hawes 55.0 4 2000 Double Beck 12 J. Oakeshott 55.0 5 7524 Fijian Devil 1 M. Burnett 55.0 6 0302 Flying Ensign 17 M. Brick 55.0 7 5063 Jack's Lad 6 S. Reid 55.0 8 9065 Jodie’s Girl 9 J. Collett 55.0 9 0000 Junction King 4 55.0 10 79 Matagouri 14 55.0 11 3058 Mortgage 5 D. Frye 55.0 12 2700 Nssolla 10 J. Barclay 55.0 13 7868 Native Burn 11 55.0

14 7450 Rababa 16 55.0 J. Dowling 15 5907 Refloresca 7 C. Edmond 55.0 16 0000 Sartorius 2 55.0 17 0797 Spotlight 8 55.0 18 0823 Vigel 19 B. Polling 55.0 19 069 Virtuoso 13 T. Matthews 55.0

1 5774 Appotomax 10 55.0 A. Robinson 2 4069 Boots Again 7 R. McCann 55.0 3 9090 Credit Squeeze 16 C. Edmond 55.0 4 0000 For Hire 6 55.0 5 8000 Half a Carat 8 S. Reid 55.0 6 1306 Jack Spratt 2 C. Johnson 55.0 7 2002 Jet Star 13 J. Dowling 55.0 8 1005 Lady Rockburn 9 55.0 9 0736 Lanaon 5 M. Burnett 55.0 10 0090 Longleat 15 M. Fleming 55.0 11 0009 Mid Day Nip 11 55.0 12 0080 Native Light 14 55.0 13 4384 Royan 1 D. Hughes 55.0 14 0015 Sharemarket 3 G. Davison 55.0 15 0710 Special Turn 4 55.0 16 0070 Totara Million 12 P. Atkinson 55.0

1 2414 Proud Leigh 17 D. Hughes 57.0 2 3511 Valentino 16 C. Roberts 57.0 3 5351 Our Rob 10 56.5 4 3632 Our Speed 9 M. Fleming 56.0 5 2343 Donizetti 15 M. Burnett 55.5 6 3611 Reckon So 13 S. Reid 55.0 7 3888 Lady Gienahiel 4 P. Atkinson 54.5 8 9900 Junior 5 R. Starr 54.0 9 0806 Just Guy 7 54.0 10 0403 Pinafore 6 S. Anderton 54.0 11 6452 Silver Bayou 18 H. Thomas 54.0 12 0088 Sovereign Dean 8 J. Oakeshott 54.0 13 3400 Flying King 11 J. Coe 53.5 14 4847 Robert Mac 20 53.5 15 0098 Mhorso 12 53.0 16 4789 Phar Wrong 2 53.0 17 0820 Royal Monarch 19 53.0 18 0700 Super Spy 14 53.0 19 4421 Channel Bay 1 S. Waddell 52.5 20 2776 Mighty Million 22 52.5 21 7809 Ola Blanca 3 52.5 22 4000 Silver Gale 21 52.5