Roydon Glen assured of Cup favouritism

Press, 8 February 1985, Page 18

Roydon Glen assured of Cup favouritism

Special correspondent

Auckland One thing is certain concerning tomorrow night’s ?200,000 Auckland Trotting Cup at the Auckland Trotting Club’s meeting at Alexandra Park — Roydon Glen will be a pronounced favourite. Indeed, he could very well start odds on. The last Cup winner which paid less that even money was Cardigan Bay in 1961. The great “Cardy” — he also won the race two years later — returned one pound one shilling and six pence for a one pound bet when he won by five lengths over the then distance of two miles. It is unlikely that Roydon Glen will be at such cramped odds. The Max Harvey-spon-sored event has drawn an outstanding field with all the best pacers in the country engaged, except Dillon Dale. The dashing Christchurch four-year-old has drawn rather awkwardly (No. 7) at the 2700 m start. Even so, his army of supporters are confident Roydon Glen will maintain his unbeaten record this season and stretch his winning sequence to 10. Certainly, he has been immensely impressive in his latest races at Alexandra Park. He made short work of his rivals in the T.N.T. New Zealand Messenger on December 29 and scored just about as decisively in the Second Chardon Mobile Pace on the opening night of the current Cup meeting. He made all the pace last week and his time of 2min 45.7 s for 2200 m was nearly three seconds faster than Enterprise went in winning the First Chardon Mobile Pace. It is probable that Roydon Glen’s driver, Fred Fletcher, will again try for the front. If he gets there without too much trouble and is allowed to dictate his own terms, Fletcher must have a great chance of gaining his first winning drive in the race. Enterprise is the logical threat to Roydon Glen, although Our Mana, Camelot and Comedy Lad will all have their share of supporters. Hilarious Guest will also be solidly backed. Like Roydon Glen, Enterprise has shown grand form in his latest appearances at Alexandra Park. He notched a hat-trick at the Messenger meeting and last week could have taken the First Chardon Mobile Pace by a bigger margin than a length and a quarter. Enterprise is probably a better stayer than sprinter and he is not as badly off in the second row at the start as may be imagined. He is not noted for speed from a flying start and, almost certainly, is better placed than if he had drawn wide on the front row. Enterprise won last year’s Cup by three and a half lengths in the hands of Peter Wolfenden.

Wolfenden is on the sideline at present with an

injured leg but Enterprise will lose nothing on the score of reinsmanship with the very much in-form Pukekohe driver, Tony Herlihy, in the sulky. Success for Our Mana would be richly deserved. As well as winning 13 races in a comparatively brief career he has had meritorious minor placings in some of the big ones. Our Mana was second in both the Auckland and New Zealand Cups last year and he looked a bit unlucky not to be closer to Roydon Glen when second last week. Camelot won this season’s New Zealand Cup stylishly and has since turned in some good performances. He was only sixth last Saturday but the failure can be ignored because he was parked out most of the way. Hopes of an Auckland success appear to rest with Comedy Lad, owned by Mr Harvey. Comedy Lad has the remarkably consistent record of 13 wins and as many minor placings in only 31 starts. He was only a head behind Hilarious Guest when third on the opening night of the meeting and from a handy draw (No. 5) looks sure to be prominent. Hilarious Guest has also been racing very consistently. She was fourth in the Cup last year, when favourite. It looks like being a great race, one befitting the richest prize ever in New Zealand trotting.

Jetbet: 5 Race 1 6.10 L .. W. TWIST MOBILE PACE $5000; three-year-olds; 2200m 2 1622 Laala 2 It 3 1221 Takitimu Hanover 3 V. Hillmer It 4 7374 Luxury Liner 4 It B. Mangos 5 4221 Arawa Scott 5 It F. Cooney 6 735 Lady Alba 6 It G. Payne 7 00 Ernie 7 It G. Harris 8 1220 Main Man 8 It 9 1255 Bacchus 9 It G. Reaks 11 1310 Kev’s Choice 11 It T. Knowles 12 0414 Bay Count 12 It 13 1532 Balyna 13 It 14 4100 Aramlro Lad 14 It 16 000 Royal Mist 16 It P. Stephens 17 2103 Metal Mickey 17 It M. McKenary 18 0 Honest Byrd 18 It N. Allen Emergency: Royal Mist. Race 2 6.40 CARDIGAN BAY MOBILE STAKES $4800; two-year-olds; one mile 1 1126 Via Ferrari 1 It C. Leek 2 1 Lightning Blue 2 O. Purdon It 3 015 Beach Buggy 3 It R. Butt 5 9536 Brazen Boy 5 It 6 9438 Prince Albert 6 It 7 African Man 7 G. Hillier It 8 1352 Clarius 8 It M. McKendry 10 3471 The Bucaneer 10 It J. Langdon 11 0343 McFella 11 It C. Evans 12 32 Abbeyson 12 It A. Herlihy 13 7694 Chetoka Joo 13 It 14 2605 Stretto 14 It 15 8957 Ruckus 15 It S. Moore Scratched: Aureola, No Cash, Phantom Fella, Uncle Les. Race 3 7.10 KATHY GLASS HANDICAP TROT $5185; C3; 2700m 1 6471 Raybum Royal 1 It E. Wallis 2 0183 Dileas 2 It C. Butler 4 9057 Empire Lobell 1 10 5 Brecon Silk 2 P. G. Young 10 6 5790 Kathy Glass 3 10 7 53 Flying Game 4 10 8 8804 Captive 5 10 P. McMillan

9 6576 Tinkering 6 J. Stewart 10 10 4002 Andy Brydon 7 10 11 1000 Kaylin Pride 8 10 G. Wolfenden 12 1979 Zeus 9 10 C. Pruden 14 7048 Sedgeford Hanover 1 N. Duncan 20 15 2261 Zebec 2 20 P. Davis 16 4000 Falcon Lord 3 20 A. Milina 17 0 Tuatahi Craig 4 20 M. Nicholas 18 2117 Maybe Now 5 20 F. Cooney 19 0070 Red Peter UR 20 Emergencies: Falcon Lord, Red Peter. Scratched: Simon Oaks, Global Gee. Race 4 7.40 FIRST N. J. TAYLOR MOBILE PACE $5130; C3; 2200m 1 000 Pacing Joe 1 It J. Robinson 2 6910 Broomfield Breeze 2 M. Halloran It 3 7660 Trinity Chase 3 It D. Gibbons 4 0690 Abbe Schell 4 It M. McKendry 5 5260 Decius 5 It P. Baker 6 0011 Lord Mayor 6 It A. Herlihy 7 8532 Western Knight 7 It 9 0000 Phillip’s Counsel 9 J. Cole It 10 070 Park Way 10 It 11 4733 Dundee Maree 11 It Scratched: Matthew. Race 5 8.10 TAB. TREBLE HUGHES AND COSSAR MOBILE PACE $6100; C5; one mile 1 7 Explicit 1 It P. Davis 2 00 Edwin Eden 2 It 3 2105 Dillon Direct 3 It D. Dwyer 4 5654 Billbob 4 It O. Purdon 5 3511 Traitor’s Gate 5 It A. Milina 6 2826 Rita Lass 6 It W. Larsen 8 1115 Michael's Image 8 M. McKendry It 9 9670 Sole Charge 9 It B. Mangos 10 1184 Dottie’s Pride 10 11 2211 Skipper Vantar It 11 It 12 1308 Miss Rainbow 12 It J. Langdon 13 5749 Royal Don 13 It G. Reaks 16 000 Caspian 16 It P. Baker 17 2123 El Cougar 17 It T. Knowles 18 607 Cheap Transport 18 F. Kirk It Emergency: Caspian. Scratched: Tact Byrd, Sly Paul, Lucy Lumber. Race 6 8.45 TAB. DOUBLE T.A.B. TRIFECTA MAX HARVEY AUCKLAND TROTTING CUP $200,000; OC; mobile; 2700m 1 3494 Te Puke Expects 1 J. Cole It 2 2342 Hilarious Guest 2 It J. Carmichael 3 4627 Double Cove 3 It R. Brosnan 4 5595 Borans 4 It P. Jones 5 2213 Comedy Lad 5 It O. Purdon 6 1959 Mighty Me 6 It P. O’Reilly, jun. 7 1111 Roydon Glen 7 It W. Fletcher 8 3122 Our Mana 8 It C. de Filippi 9 7113 Premiership 9 It A. Butt 11 1585 Strident 11 It P. G. Young 12 5608 Hand’s Down 12 It D. Jones 13 7586 Slugger 13 It G. Harris 14 1131 Enterprise 14 It A. Herlihy 15 3346 Camelot 15 It R. Butt 16 2114 Spanker On 16 It T. Knowles Emergency: Slugger. Scratched: Joy Boy. Race 7 9.15 TAB. TREBLE AIR NEW ZEALAND MOBILE PACE $6110; C4 and C5; one mile 1 6221 Frederick 1 It M. McKendry 2 5684 Tudor Ridge 2 It M. Nicholas 3 6977 Sam Tudor 3 It P. Hillmer 4 9095 Charmoll 4 It V. Hillmer 5 5462 Iconic 5 It T. Knowles 6 4040 Intermission 6 It A. Herlihy 7 Hurricane Paul 7 It D. Gibbons 8 8300 The Baron 8 It C. Evans 9 9900 Mighty Fella 9 It N. Alien 10 3123 Koala Tabella 10 It O. Purdon 11 9136',' Ava Nandina 11 It >P. Baker

12 1100 Lord Shreik 12 A. Milina It 13 0079 Sleepy Baker 13 It G. Hillier 14 9000 Lady Abla 14 It F. Cooney Race 8 9.45 T.A.B. DOUBLE T.N.T, HANDICAP PACE $7000; C6; 2700m i 1025 Paleface Tryax 1 It R Mitchell 2 8707 Now’s Your Chance 2 It 3 1122 Merlin Neptune 3 It D. Butcher 4 301 Van MacFaber 4 It P. Davis 5 2172 Nyallo’s Jack 5 It T. Knowles 6 561 Prince Sharvid 6 It B. Purdon 7 4010 Windsor Hanover 7 C. Butler It 8 7354 Barbara Jovar 1 10 B. Mangos 9 3236 Casey’s Folly 2 10 A. Herlihy 10 4870 Mighty Minbar 3 10 G. Harris 11 1406 Kentucky Prince 4 M. McKendry 10 12 7111 Shineover 5 10 G. Reaks 13 2573 Vance Glory 6 10 O. Purdon 14 5649 Foxy Lady 7 10 B. Purdon 15 1768 Galxay Scott 8 10 R. Brosnan 16 6789 Wired For Sound 9 D. Gibbons 10 17 8800 Harper’s Bazaar UR J. Robinson 20 18 7586 Slugger 1 J. Langdon 30 Emergencies: Wired For Sound, Harper’s Bazaar, Now’s Your Chance. Scratched: Mighty Me. Race 9 10.15 ALEK GORYL PANELBEATERS HANDICAP TROT $8000; OC; 2200m 1 1612 Sir Castleton 1 It H. Timmins 2 9086 Dragon’s Pride 2 T. Knowles It 3 0 Tuaiahi Craig 3 It M. Nicholas 4 5301 Game One 4 It F. Kirk 5 9000 Israel 5 It J. McMurtrie 6 0608 Our Rona 6 M McKendry 8850 Mini’s Pride 7 It 7 It 8 0000 Zakariah 8 it 9 5226 Mister Square 9 It A. Milina 10 0 Game Lark 10 It 11 0900 Milson Gold 11 It J. Cole 12 0720 Rick Evander 12 It C. Butler 13 1933 Landora’s Pride 13 J. Langdon It 14 3334 Noble Advice 14 It C. de Filippi 15 6435 Jenner 15 It G. R. Payne 16 0099 Matvena 16 It D. Balle 17 3161 Indette 17 It B. Purdon 18 1190 Sergion 18 G. Reaks It Emergencies: Game Lark, Israel, Zakariah. Race 10 10.45 T.A.B. TREBLE SECOND N. J. TAYLOR MOBILE PACE $5130; C3; 2200m 1 8460 Alentador 1 It G. Harris 2 4468 Charlie Garrison 2 G. Hillier It 3 2309 Te Awa 3 It P. Miller 4 1001 Hanover Gold 4 it M. Nicholas 5 5603 Easy Care 5 It J. Cole 6 5950 Bertie Mac 6 It O. Purdon 7 1937 Potkova 7 It J. Langdon 8 8800 Gandy Dancer 8 It P. Knowles 9 98 Missy Crockett 9 It J. Shaw 10 224 Lady Vance 10 It M. McKendry