Queen’s Pal likely winner at Wingatui tomorrow

Press, 21 September 1984, Page 32

Queen’s Pal likely winner at Wingatui tomorrow

By

J. J. BOYLE

Queen’s Pal, a mare of generous size, gives equally generously of her talents in racing, and compels attention as likely winner of the D. P. Wilson Handicap at Wingatui tomorrow.

The Otago-owned, Canter-bury-trained Palatable mare is top weight with 57kg in the first leg of the Otago Racing Club’s T.A.B. double. She carried the same weight in her most recent victory, in the Otago Hunt Club’s Tally Ho Handicap at Wingatui in May, and again when an unlucky second to Super Dude in the Wrightson on the same course in June. Between those two performances she was a close second with 56kg in the Waikato Racing Club’s Noble Heights Stakes, also at 1600 m - a performance that confirmed her stature as one of New Zealand’s more talented metric milers when the tracks are yielding or soft. Queen’s Pal goes into tomorrow’s race after one start this season. She was unable to improve her formidable percentage of placed runs to starts in the Winter Cup at Riccarton on August 11, but she lost little stature with her sixth under 56kg. She was attempting to give weight to the five to finish just ahead of her, four of them runners for North Island/ stables.

There do not appear to be any Bracken Ridges, Bronze Valleys, or Rebel Royales in the line-up against Queen’s Pal tomorrow.

Soaring High, the closest to her in the weights, is probably better over shorter trips. Seafarer has something of a talent at the metric mile, but he is eight and an equally good case might be made for General Beaufort, which is half his age, and has shown promise coming through the grades under the direction of the Washdyke trainer, Pat Corboy. The Otago T.A.B. double will become a real family affair if Queen’s Pal does win, and if her younger brother, Young Nick, meets all the requirements posed by the demands of The Salisbury, another 1600 m event.

Young Nick, like Queen’s Pal, is owned by Mrs Florae Griffin, and races from the Prendergast stable at West Melton.

Like Queen’s Pal, he also will be ridden by Grant Davison, and would not have to improve out of sight on recent fourths at Ashburton and Wingatui to put more bloom on the family record.

Reingard is another promising four-year-old runner for Canterbury, a winner over 1400 m and a fast-finishing second over 1600 m at the Grand National meeting. Best of the home brigade will probably be Vrinsk and Seafarer’s stablemate Decieboy. Vrinsk was the South Island’s only winner at the Wellington winter meeting, and has since showed robust qualities with two seconds, a third, and a fifth in his four starts this season.

Decieboy was placed in the Dunedin Guineas a year ago and it was surprising that he managed to win only once later in the season. However, his two runs as a four-year-old for a second and a third offer hope for an early extension to his winning record from the Jim Pankhurst stable.

Race 1 11.05 SPRING HURDLES $2600; 2800 m

Race 2 11.45 FIRST MEMBERS MAIDEN $1800; 1200 m

Race 3 12.20 SECOND MEMBERS MAIDEN $1800; 1200 m

Race 4 12.55 BLOSSOM MAIDEN $1800; 1600 m

Race 5 1.35 T.A.B, DOUBLE T.A.B. TRIFECTA T.A.B. QUINELLA D. P. WILSON HANDICAP $5000; 1600 m 1 2206 Queen’s Pal 1 57.0 Good run in Winter Cup last time and weaker class here should offset bigger weight. G. Davison. 2 4062 Soaring High 2 55.0 Could not threaten Landofair 1200 m at Ashburton. Has good record on this course, but at shorter distances. A. Robinson. 3 Barbados 3 54.5 Won his last two races last season, but the most recent of them was at Gore in February. M. Crawford. 4 1805 Seafarer 6 54.0 Has some good form at this distance, on this track, but never really got into the race in Winter Cup at Riccarton two starts back. J. Pankhurst. 5 4480 Black Rule 8 52.5 Has campaigned to some purpose here when tracks are soft and heavy. Last-start failure was in Ashburton Cup. R. Bruce. 6 3700 Kade 7 52.0 One of the failures in Winter Cup. Hard to fancy. S. Turner. 7 1006 Native Satin 5 51.5 Fair run when resuming against sprinters here last month. All five wins last season were over more ground. T. Kennedy. ’8 0341 General Beaufort 4 51.0 Newcomer to this class. Successful this distance Ashburton last month. Youngest in this field, and capable of more improvement than some of the others. J. Collett. 9 4717 Sandeeno 9 51.0 Win two starts back was over 2200 m on this course. Failure in meantime at Ashburton. 10 0536 Spectacular Turn 1050.5 Third two starts back was behind In The Glen this distance Ashburton. K. Burnett.

Race 6 2.10 THE AUCKLAND $2000; 1600 m

Race 7 2.45 T.A.B. DOUBLE THE SALISBURY $2400; 1600 m 2 4040 Indian Idol 9 56.0 Veteran with little to commend him this distance. 3 9380 Phar Wrong 6 56.0 Showed nothing this distance at Ashburton. P. Van Wanrooy. 4 1012 Reingard 14 56.0 Won over 1400 m and ' fast finishing 2nd 1600 m at Riccarton last month. J. Hawes.

5 3252 Vrinsk 13 56.0 Thoroughly seasoned and holding form well after winter campaign which yielded a win this distance at Trentham in July. Last-start second was over 1200 m on this course, August 17. J. Dowling. 6 3086 Chokebore 2 53.5 Fair run when resuming here August 17. S. Turner. 7 0950 Da 800 8 53.5 No form to commend her for this. S. Anderton. 8 6523 Decieboy 5 53.5 Last-start third was over middle distance. ■ Fair second to Xerox over 1400 m at Riccarton two starts back. J. Pankhurst. 9 0008 Irish Note 3 53.5 Much of his form this year all against him. H. Goscomb. 10 3509 Master Bijou 12 53.5 Main claim to distinction has been as jumper. A. Robertson. 11 0800 Mountain Raider 4 53.5 Veteran with weak form. R. Bruce. 12 3300 Out Of The Red 15 53.5 Has had only one start this time, up. Two thirds on his record were on this course last summer, and were his best runs for season. A. Robinson. 13 3433 Saturn 11 53.5 Distant third behind Graikos 1200 m this course last month, but consistency has to be respected. J. Collett.

14 3906 Sereb 7 53.5 Last-start sixth 1400 m Riccarton was promising run. R. Montgomery. 15 6044 Young Nick 10 53.5 Trials winner (1200 m since last-start fourth, 1600 m, Ashburton September 4. G. Davison. Scratched: Barrow Boy.

Race 8 3.20 THIRD MEMBERS MAIDEN $1800; 1200 m

Race 9 3.55 THE AVONDALE $2000; 1200 m

Race 10 4.30 THE TELEGRAPH $2400; 1200 m

1 1242 Silver Guard 2 66.5 R. Collett 2 0131 Flag Lieutenant 4 66.0 P. Dooney

3 5227 Regalo 6 66.0 H. Pateman 4 3084 Traditionary 7 65.5 5 6807 Voltaire 11 64.5 6 5735 Ruthless Charles 1 64.0 8 0325 Fraxy Lad 9 A. Robertson 63.0 9 7006 Him Pronto 12 P. McKay 62.0 10 0068 Oregon Pine 14 62.0 11 0 Persian Lad 8 62.0 12 0779 Silver Gale 5 B. Pelling 62.0 13 404 Taranto 3 R. Montgomery 62.0 14 9 Wise Eagle 13 62.0 Scratched: Go Johnny.

1 00 Anag 6 55.0 A. Robertson 2 00 Brackets 1 C. Edmond 55.0 3 7000 Cosmic Red 2 R. Bruce 55.0 4 0009 Great King 16 M. Burnett 55.0 5 Keel Row 3 G. Davison 55.0 6 Lochambean 13 R. Montgomery 55.0 7 2854 Maieie’s Girl 10 M. Crawford 55.0 8 Native Magic 5 J. Collett 55.0 9 0 Oreti Star 12 L. Didham 55.0 10 30 Triskellion 11 D. Frye 55.0 11 674 Astral Belle 14 S. Turner 53.0 12 6480 Beau Dante 15 J. Dowling 53.0 13 4059 Bilbah 8 53.0 14 Eminence 7 S. Anderton 53.0 15 09 Limerick Red 4 C. Johnson 53.0 16 Northern Era 19 H. Goscomb 53.0

1 Apparently So 13 P. Van Wanrooy 55.0 2 5 Breezing 7 J. Hawes 55.0 3 Double Lang 5 J. Collett 55.0 4 09 Golden Dawn 12 B. Smith 55.0 5 860 Imperial Thyme 55.0 11 A. Robertson 6 7970 Kuriheka Lad 2 R. Bruce 55.0 7 0 Lullaby Lady 14 G. Davison 55.0 8 Our Joey 9 J. Dowling 55.0 9 Shogun 3 A. Robinson 55.0 10 0 Bernadone 15 S. Turner 53.0 11 0 Bi Noble 8 S. Anderton 53.0 12 Instant Flight 1 R. Montgomery 53.0 13 Lisa Crown 10 T. Kennedy 53.0 15 White Flash 4 H. Goscomb 53.0 Scratched: Ponchielli.

1 6 Bally Sin 3 55.0 2 0030 Charlie Trelay 14 S. Turner 55.0 3 820 Clan Mac 6 R. Montgomery 55.0 4 30 Double Time 10 G. Davison 55.0 5 4507 First Prince 8 S. Anderton 55.0 6 Goldfield Prince 13 55.0 7 0000 Joe’s Dream 1 55.0 A. Robertson 3 9307 Lady Avis 15 C. Johnson 55.0 9 0420 Lady Thorlong 2 R. Bruce 55.0 10 090 Our Lyn 4 J. Collett 55.0 11 7980 Rojeeni 18 J. Hawes 55.0 12 3536 Rome 7 55.0 13 Shelley 17 C. Roberts 55.0 14 Silver Eagle 16 K. Burnett 55.0 15 0070 Turnstyle 9 55.0 16 0996 Aussie’s Psi 11 R. McAra 53.0 17 78 Kahlua King 5 53.0 18 40 Rich Addition 12 L. Didham 53.0

1 4378 Applicate 6 S. Turner 55.0 2 8014 Big World 7 55.0 M. Burnett 3 1087 Comprato Lad 5 55.0 K. Burnett 4 2231 Fijian Devil 12 55.0 5 1065 Helene 4 55.0 P. Van Wanrooy 6 3562 His Latest 9 55.0 C. Johnson 7 9506 Kintail Express 11 55.0 8 2890 Lord Degree 14 55.0 J. Hawes 9 0499 My Guard 16 55.0 H. Goscomb 10 4321 Perkie’s Pal 2 55.0 G. Davison 11 8601 Relay 1 55.0 J. Dowling 12 9900 Special Turn 10 55.0 A. Robertson 14 0217 Treaura 15 55.0 S. Anderton 15 9805 Wat O Sue 8 55.0 J. Collett 16 3102 Wild Native 3 55.0 R. Montgomery Scratched: Tides Out.

1 3600 Aqua Dawn 4 55,0 R. Bruce 2 0709 Cara Dancer 6 / K.. Burnett 55.0 3 9060 Fantan Tox 10 A. Robinson 55.0 4 5806 Katiki Beau 1 J. Pankhurst 55.0 5 Lockwood 8 G. Davison 55.0

7 9805 Mill Creek 3 J. Dowling 55.0 8 00 Onslow 9 P. Van Wanrooy 55.0 9 Peppermint Kid 14 C. Johnson 55.0 10 0087 Amend 2 53.0 11 Bijou Mellay 11 S. Turner 53.0 12 0 Haughty Bijou 12 S. Anderton 53.0 13 Julada 5 R. Montgomery 53.0 14 550 Kiss Me Kate 7 J. Collett 53.0 15 Surpeme Eagle 13 L. Didham 53.0 Scratched: Magic Eagle.

1 9000 Alabri 2 L. Didham 55.0 2 1305 Boa’n Arrow 4 S. Anderton 55.0 3 4340 Fun Run 9 J. Dowling 55.0 4 0263 Mabrooka 7 A. Robinson 55.0 5 6734 Noble Ella 5 J. Collett 55.0 7 6962 Rhett’s Mate 3 M. Burnett ’ 55.0 8 5734 Shelley's Gold 1 G. Davison 55.0 9 1000 Warning Note 8 R. McAra 55.0 10 7218 You Rang Sir 6 K. Burnett Scratched: Patelen. 55.0

1 8585 Alert 6 56.0 T. Kennedy 2 0155 Auk Princess 9 J. Pankhurst 56.0 3 9491 Graikos 2 D. Frye 56.0 5 0237 Peat 8 J. Collett 56.0 6 7125 Rampart 3 G. Davison 56.0 7 0087 Da Toscana 4 S. Turner 53.5 8 9939 Fair Nicolai 5 R. Bruce 53.5 9 0102 Hwyl 11 J. Dowling 53.5 10 0869 Primula 7 S. Anderton 53.5 11 2177 Regal Pine 10 M. Burnett 53.5 Scratched: Justa Pique.