Auckland R.C.

Press, 25 October 1985, Page 12

Auckland R.C.

Special correspondent Auckland

Balrani, overdue a win, should prove a worthy favourite for the first leg of the T.A.B. double at Ellerslie today. No success would be more deserved. The last time Balrani won was about 10 months ago, at Avondale. In eight starts meanwhile, he failed only once to weigh-in and that was in the Wellington Derby. His other seven attempts brought in a second placing, a third, three fourths, and two fifths, in the New Zealand Derby and the Wellington Stakes.

Only bad luck in the running kept Balrani from being closer than fourth at Pukekohe last Saturday, in a 1600 m highweight. The wonder was that, after being squeezed back in the inside with 800 m to run,

he finished so close. In a class 1 1600 m the time before, at Matamata — tomorrow’s Balmerino Handicap is class 2 — Balrani also finished fourth. His connections must be close to despairing of his ever winning again. If Balrani is again denied success it could be by Goodies or Gold Mary. Both mares, Goodies a seven-year-old, and Gold Mary six, are capable of winning whenever the opposition is a grade or two below the best. Goodies took this race last year, running on very solidly, as she does when in top form.

Back from a spell, Goodies finished third in a class 1 1600 m at Ellerslie on October 12, when she last raced, making up a huge amount of grouno in the last 400 m. Gold Mary finished only eleventh last time, in a class 2,

2100 m at Tauranga on October 8, but the run was right out of character as she had been racing consistently well. Barata, Sirex and Rich and Famous are others which might go close. Sirex and Rich and Famous were among the beaten lot at Pukekohe last Saturday, but neither had any luck.

Taking recent form as a guide, Quibble is the one to beat in the second leg, the Uncle Remus Handicap. She showed herself last season, when a four-year-old, to be smart and decidedly useful, and came right back into prominence with a last-start second placing at Paeroa on Monday. The return to racing, after a spell, of Trioak will be interesting. He has so often looked good, and Loizell, My Nam and Tango To have some claims.

Selections

1135: Willie Mac, Calder, Pika’s Eye. 1235: Argonaut Style, Strathaven, Antislmo. 1235: Ritzy Girl, Licalong, Round the Cape. 1.30: Topitu Princess, Valid Reason, Classy Chic. 23: Martin, Regal Jet, El Ninio. 2.40: Devon Temple, Speedmaster, Mr Statesman. 3.15: Pierre, Beau Dagger, Souvrall. 330: Balrani, Goodies, Gold Mary. 430: Quibble, My Nam, Tanga To. 430: Norfolk Bard, Lorna’s Effort, Mr Chicken George.

Today

Jetbet: 5 Race 1 11.55 KAISER STAKES $4500; two-year-olds; 840m 1 417 Pika’s Eye 15 55.0 2 239 Blue Money 8 D. Healey 54.0 3 8 Calder 2 53.5 4 Godfrey Evans 3 A. Shotton 53.5 5 Hewson 6 C. Dowling 53.5 6 Invaluable 9 G. Stewart 53.5 7 Master Bard 17 53.5 8 Willie Mac 1 53.5 9 0 Beau Folly 16 53.0 10 0 Final Stick 13 53.0 11 6 Reasonably Swish 14. . . 53.0 12 6 So Piper 4 53.0 13 8 Strider 11 53.0 14 0 Zedakah 5 53.0 15 7 Amber Dee 18 52.5 16 La Star 12 17 0 Sound Princess 7 . G. Grylls 52.5 18 9 Santano 10 Emergencies: Santago, Beau Folly, Strider, Godfrey Evans. Race 2 12.25 FIRST MANSINGH $3500; 1300m •C. Dowling 55.0 1 92 Argonaut Style 4 2 0323 Miss Modest 17 55.0 3 6325 Strathaven 12 55.0 4 3 Antisimo 2 55.0 5 4 McGuire 11 . G. Grylls 55.0 6 240 Petty Sessions 10 55.0 7 Rins'd 16 .D. Saxton 55.0 8 Abadrill 3 55.0 9 , Earl of Burwood 1 . . . . 55.0 10 09 Hpfline 13 55.0 11 MpcMan 6. . ....... 55.0

12 40 Mystere 9 55.0 13 0 Silver Kris 5 55.0 14 0 Lord Lion 14 55.0 15 0 Glamour Fox 7 55.0 16 Princess Natasha 18 . . 55.0 17 60 Coober’s Grove 15 . . . 55.0 18 Escoll 8 .A. Tweedie 55.0 Emergencies: Glamour Fox, Princess Natasha, Coober’s Grove, Escoll. Race 3 12.55 SECOND MANSINGH $3500; 1300m 55.0 1 29 Licalong 14 2 5 Ritzy Girl 2 55.0 3 0 Alberton Lass 16 . . . . 55.0 4 Matchbox 9 55.0 5 Not Milly 15. ....... . 55.0 6 347 Round the Cape 17. . . 55.0 7 4 Sharp Ace 10 55.0 8 6200 Doubtless Bay 12 . . . 55.0 9 0460 Gold Proof 13 K. Ow Yang 55.0 10 7590 Kazbah 11 . ,S. Treweek 55.0 11 0 Mandina 7 R. Whitt 55.0 12 00 Odeos 5 55.0 13 Stand Alone 6 55.0 14 Damson Queen 8 . . . 55.0 15 000 Runway 3 55.0 16 Johnny Calico 4. . . . 55.0 17 Personality Miss 18. . 55.0 18 Master Coober 1 . . . 55.0 Emergencies: Runway, Johnny Calico, Personality Miss, Master Coober. Race 4 1.30 OUR FLIGHT $4500; 2100m 1 7307 Classy Chic 5 57.0 2 7490 Azastar 11 56.0 3 7397iBaumur 1 55.5 4 90 Topitu Princess 3 . . . 55.5

5 0600 Jenabar 6 T. Reddaway 54.5 6 8 Big Grey 4 53.0 7 00 Marsalama 2 53.0 8 Milhaven 8 53.0 9 4028 True Taz 10. . . A. Tweedie 53.0 10 075 Valid Reason 7 53.0 11 0670 Watch Your Step 9 . . . . . . G. Grylls 53.0 Race 5 2.05 FURY’S ORDER 64500; 1575m 1 5438 Jimmy Mellay 2 65.0 2 9790 Prince Keith 10 62.0 3 50 The Hussar 8 61.5 4 3247 El Ninio 11 61.0 5 1032 Martin 6 61.0 6 73 Ragal Jet 5 60.5 7 200 Durham Light 13 . . R. Booth 60.0 8 5090 Full of Surprises 4 . . . 59.5 9 00 Top Tune 1 59.5 10 9 Trapper Sam 3 59.5 11 Carkea 9 59.0 12 3890 Hdlf Caste 12 59.0 13 500 Veuve Cliquot 14 ... . 59.0 14 0968 Windrush 7 59.0 Race 6 T, TF 2.40 RING THE BELL 64500; 1300m 1 Asta 11 57.0 2 127 Princess Carbine 17 . . 56.5 3 9 Shari Ruler 9 56.5 4 4680 Brazen Face 15 55.0 5 Victoria Cross 18 ... . 55.0 6 277 Allez Risque 7 . M. Griffin 54.5 7 Lontigre 16 54.5 8 4 Mr Statesman 8 .A. Tweedie 54.5 9 Sequoia Boy 3 54.5 10 265 Aplari 12 . .D. Saxton 54.0 11 550 Starfleet 14 54.0 12 Vega Lass 6 54.0 13 62 Devon Temple 10 ... . 53.5 14 8244 Speedmaster 1 53.5 15 Elegant Air 5 53.5 16 Single Law 4 53.5 17 60 Swift Return 13 53.0 18 613 Owen Grey 2 D. Southworth 53.0 Emergencies: Elegant Air, Single Law, Swift Return, Owen Grey. Race 7 T 3.15 RULING LAD MAIDEN 63500; 1575m 1 2 Beau Dagger 11 55.0 2 3 . . . N. Hain 55.0 3 340&5tess ’em All 6 55.0

4 45 Harborella 8 55.0 5 3 Henry Cecil 5 B. York 55.0 6 739 Honest Pleasure 17 55.0 7 2963 Horatio 14 55.0 8 5027 Just Fancy 10 55.0 9 Mr Rudolph 55.0 10 4 On Patrol 18 R. McKay 55.0 11 620 Otehi Mink 16 55.0 12 573 Souvrall 4 G. Cooksley 55.0 13 Sutac 2 55.0 14 0566 Benregale 12 S. Simon 55.0 15 0266 Parley 1 55.0 16 80 Bold and Black 13 55.0 17 306 Royal Amyn 7 55.0 18 805 Bayouson 9 55.0 Emergencies: Bold and Black, Royal Amyn, Bayouson. Race 8 O 3.50 BALMERINO HANDICAP $5500; 2000m 1 2824 Barata 14 D. Healey 57.0 2 3 Goodies 2 55.0 3 6 Alvator 12 N. Hain 54.5 1 tan CiraY R 54.0 . . . R. Booth 53.5 6 4430 Gold Mary 7 7 4877 Just Silver 9 8 4968 Mister Lumlee 13 . . . 9 480 James Brigand 11. . . 10 Rich and Famous 10 . 11 9 Paleface 5 53.5 . . . G. Grylls 53.5 53.5 53.0 . . G. Stewart 53.0 . . C. Dowling 52.0 51.5 50.5 Race 9 O 4.20 UNCLE REMUS HANDICAP $5500; 1300m 1 Trioak 6 C. McNab 57.5 53.0 5 Talad OH 10 52.5 6 9 Fras Son 7 .... 51.5 7 5 Silverello 9 O TanrtA Ta 1 . . W. Robinson 51.5 51.5 9 Sovereign Stealth 8. .D. Southworth 51.0 10 5956 Herbie’s Dream 1 .510 Race 10 T 4150 SILVER LAD HANDICAP $5000; 1575m 1 4310 Lorna’s Effort 12 G. Grylls 57.0 « * * I1VI iviri wwi • o n Riinu 2 ... 56.0 55.5 5 2 Mr Chicken George 8 C K700 Ci .lav Q ... 55.0 54.5 i nvj nviw 8 William Hudson 14 . . 54.5 54.0 53.5 11 f wavv v ivm vuv mviwjiuiy * 13 Oakn*® n i1 . . . C. Perrin 53.5 14 Royal Sharif 3 1C A7 Me Dslv 1 . . D. Southworth 53.5 53.5 1J vi mi * - on ic w.n DpXHv'a Rtflr 15 □«5-u 10 UOV DjHUy « 0*01 • • • • • • • Emergytes: Mr Ritz, Biddys Star.