Honour Bright’s honest qualities could pay off in Guineas today

Press, 13 November 1985, Page 57

Honour Bright’s honest qualities could pay off in Guineas today

By

J. J. BOYLE

The admirably efficient work rate of Honour Bright in early-season races argues of a talent that could achieve victory for him in his quest for the richest of three-year-old spring prizes, the $120,000 Feltex New Zealand Two Thousand Guineas, at Riccarton today. A worthy winner of the Wellington Guineas, second in the Wanganui Guineas, third in the Winstone (Great Northern) Guineas, fourth in the Hawke’s Bay Guineas, each time with the frontrunning powerhouse Avon’s Lord in the line-up, that’s the Honour Bright record amongst his contemporaries at 1600 metres.

He outfinished and out-

gamed Avon’s Lord after a speed duel up front in the Trentham classic, but in today’s race in which he will start from No. 1, Maree Lyndon has every chance to make fewer demands on his early speed, and find a snug trailing position for him.

Takanini’s Star Board might be left with the pacemaking. He drew wide and Jim Walker seems likely to tap some of the Takanini chestnut’s sharp early speed to get in closer touch with the inside rail. How Star Board meets the pressure of the final stages of the race could depend largely on whether he remains free of a foot “niggle” that affected his performance when a well-beaten second behind

Random Chance at Rangiora on Labour Day. Auckland has a second worthy runner in Bonecrusher. He struck traffic problems on the way to his third, a head and a neck from the winner in the 1400 m Winstone Guineas Trial, won by Honour Bright. Then he ran second in the Winstone Guineas, beating Honour Bright by a short neck for that position. Bonecrusher’s connections passed over the Wellington Guineas, and he will be a month away from his last race when he is switched to left-handed racing for his biggest test so far today. Blue Kingdom and Oasis Onassis earned starts in the classic with recent wins for

Waikato stables. Oasis Onassis was running against lesser lights at Ellerslie two starts back, but his performance to win over 1400 m by the wide margin of seven lengths in Imin 22.72 s was something to wonder at.

If the South Island is to get into the act, the Winga-tui-trained raffle colt Random Chance will be looked on to supply the spearhead. He won in style against Star Board and company over the Guineas distance at Rangiora, and could have improved more with that race than some of his more precocious North Island rivals have done in their recent starts.

Random Chance is by

Three Legs from a daughter of Sobig, and runs for the stable of Brian Anderton and Graeme Offen, who have made some successful raids on Riccarton. North Island stables will not have weight of numbers in the South Australian Jockey Club Handicap, first leg of today’s T.A.B. double, but the South Island’s best might still struggle to contain the Foxton trained Ten Winks.

This seven-year-old from the Busuttin stable looked close to winning form when third behind Noble Note and Mishare over 1600 m in the Jockey Club Handicap on Saturday.

Ten Winks won six races last season, all of them

beyond 1600 m, and after two starts this time round she should be thoroughly fitted for today’s 2000 m test. Ten Winks’ stablemate, Page Boy, will get his chance today in the Churchill Stakes, the first leg of the T.A.B. treble. Page Boy won this race a year ago, and distinguished himself on the second day of the 1983 New Zealand Cup meeting by winning the Members Handicap at the expense of Noble Note and others.

Noble Note wil oppose Page Boy again today, and after his win on Saturday appears to be the strongest of the South Island chances on his home course, where he has now had 10 victories.

Race 9 6.15 FELTEX NEW ZEALAND TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS $120,000; 1600 m 1 3912 Anteaus 3 E. Harrison 55.5 Purple, gold band, white armbands and cap. 2 5154 Asti Bay 6 G. Phillips 55.5 Brown, gold striped sleeves, gold cap. 4 1853 Blue Kingdom 7 G. Cooksley 55.5 Green, gold spots and sleeves, light green cap. 5 332 Bonecruaher 10 G. Stewart 55.5

Cream, brown and cream striped sleeves, brown sash and cap. 6 512 Field Dancer 5. S. Autridge 55.5 Royal blue, grey crossed sashes, armband and cap. 7 1062 Frontiereman 9 J. Pankhurst 55.5 Royal blue and red chequers, blue sleeves, red cap. 8 1312 Honour Bright 1 M. Lyndon 55.5 Royal blue and red quarters, red sleeves, white armbands and cap. 9 3161 Kelly Boy 4 G. Williams 55.5 Black and gold quarters, emerald green sleeves, gold cap. 10 0518 Oasis Onassis 11 R. Booth 55.5 Royal blue, white sleeves, gold sash, royal blue armbands and cap. 11 4133 Rakanui 12 P. Richards 55.5 Red, white band and armbands, quartered cap. 12 0332 Star Board 13 J. Walker 55.5 Emerald green, red maltese cross, light blue armbands and cap. 13 111 Star Fraction 14 G. Davison 55.5 White, light blue and yellow chequered sash, blue armbands, blue and yellow cap. 14 1131 Random Chanco 2 . . . S. Anderton 55.5 Crimson and white chequers, white sleeves, crimson armbands, quartered cap. 15 4297 Sky Rocket 8 B. Hibberd 55.5 Gold and brown chequers, brown sleeves, gold cap. Scratched: Avon’s Lord. Race 10 6.55 LION MEMBERS’ HANDICAP

Jetbet: 2 Race 1 12.55 PORT COOPER HANDICAP $3750; 1800m 1 7333 Noble River 8 . . . . . . . J. Dowling 68.0 3 4915 Our Lynn 9 . . . M. Thornley 63.0 4 3929 Been Burgled 1 . . 62.0 5 1293 Ampac 6 . . . H. Pateman 61.5 6 6207 Royal Monarch 7 . . . . . C. Johnson 61.5 7 0416 III Afford 5 P. Kauri 61.0 8 9069 King’s Pa! 10. . . . 61.0 9 7448 Apparently So 11 . 60.0 10 008 Village Guy 3. . . . . . . . D. Wadley 59.0 11 2423 Virtuoso 2 . . . . P. Thomas 59.0 Scratched: Gallipoli. Race 2 1.35 THE BROOMFIELD $3250; 1400m 1 400 Ahead Of Time 6 . R. Bruce 55.0 2 983 Another Look 22. . . ... C. Johnson 55.0 3 6758 Beks 20 . ... J. Dowling 55.0 4 3036 Benlea Boy 10 ... . . . . G. Cooksley 55.0 5 2422 Berber 19 . . . . L. Didham 55.0 6 7 Cam’s Flight 3. . . , ... J. Cameron 55.0 7 4246 Duisburg 11 . . . P. Richards 55.0 8 5825 Freddy Finders 4 . . . . . D. Johnson 55.0 9 432 Geisen 17 P. Falvey 55.0 10 23 He’s My Pal 5 ... . , . . . R. McCann 55.0 11 5002 King’s Maid 15. . . . . . . B. Hibberd 55.0 12 000 Like A Memory 9 . . ... L. Cassidy 55.0 13 308 Our Amalgam 16 . 55.0 14 0 Rosewordly 21 ... . . . . . G. Phillips 55.0 15 7010 Rusty Raider 18 . . J. Walker 55.0 16 7364 Super Sea 8 . R. Montgomery 55.0 17 884 The Mean Machine 12 . M. Thornley 55.0 18 The Thief 7 . . . . G. Davison 55.0 19 2669 Torchstar 13 55.0 20 Ty Kee 14 . . . M. Fleming 55.0 21 75 Windvale Harbour 2. G. Taylor 55.0 22 34 Young Wodi 1 . . . . . . . . M. Lyndon 55.0 Emergencies: Belea Boy, Cam’s Flight, Our Amalgam, Torchstar. Race 3 2.15 APPRENTICES' HANDICAP $4250; 1600m 1 484 Fidel 7 . . J. Cameron 55.0 2 5211 Gallipoli 5 K. Coe 55.0 3 077 Kitango 3 . . S. Anderton 55.0 4 2561 Silver Heron 6. . . . R. Montgomery 55.0

5 650 General Weyand 10. . . . . . S. Reid 54.5 6 710 Travanti 1 54.5 7 050 Lady Glenshiel 4. . . . . . . D. Coyle 54.0 8 2500 Rovan Lady 8 . M. Kennedy 54.0 9 020 Yum 9 . . M. McKay 54.0 10 577 Equation 2 . . M. Enright 53.5 Race 4 2.55 THE REDWOOD $3750; 1200m 1 871 Colhanda Way 2. . . . . . G. Phillips 57.0 2 749 Adios Lad 13 . M. Thornley 55.0 3 1 Athole Brose 8 . G. Cooksley 55.0 4 403 Beauaian 3 . . M. Lyndon 55.0 5 166 Bodies 5 . . J. Dowling 55.0 6 608 Donaire 11 . . C. Roberts 55.0 7 4058 Glide Song 10 . . .P. Falvey 55.0 9 869 Little Scrubber 4 . . . . . . S. Turner 55.0 10 142 Morrieman 9 . J. Pankhurst 55.0 11 12 Pauleric 12 . P. Richards 55.0 12 2422 So Sure 14 . . C. Johnson 55.0 13 60 Tai Belle 7 . M. Kennedy 55.0 14 0 Tui’s Imp 1 . . G. Davison 53.0 Scratched: King of Charm. Race 5 3.35 THE ELLESMERE $3750; 1400m 1 211 Zara's Star 15 . . G. Davison 57.0 2 517 Anna Bijou 13 . . .P. Falvey 55.0 3 3138 Catential 3 . . R. McCann 55.0 4 416 Ciaudio 18 . . C. Johnson 55.0 5 074 Eureka Lad 2 . M. Thornley 55.0 6 4675 Janse Lee 17 . J. Dowling 55.0 7 30 Kaierau Prince 5 . G. Phillips 55.0 8 143 Lisa Crown 8 55.0 9 2906 Miss Isabel 9 . B. Hibberd 55.0 10 2781 Nickoletta 7 M. Fleming 55.0 11 2249 Red Lancer 14 J. Pankhurst 55.0 12 5717 Sarahanna 10 . . R. Bruce 55.0 13 056 Succint 6 . D. Johnson 55.0 14 856 Tourneur 11 S. Anderton 55.0 15 591 Tunza Style 12 . M. McKay 55.0 16 6757 White Lie 1 . .J. Walker 55.0 17 2222 Wind Break 4 . L. Didham 55.0 18 90 Grand Eloquence 16 . . G. Cooksley 53.0 Race 6 4.15 ASHLEY HANDICAP $4250; 2000m 1 0186 Fred’s Fortune 9 . M. McKay 57.0 2 0270 Tippler 4 . J. Dowling 56.5 3 3614 Ezra Brown 1 G. Williams 56.0

4 9370 Irish Kate 10 . . G. Phillips 56.0 6 6209 Noble Ella 7 . P. Richards 56.0 7 989 Sea Swift 2 . . R. McCann 56.0 8 5861 Sweet Chat 11 . . G. Davison 56.0 9 128 Milly Molly Mandy 5 . . . . M. Lyndon 55.5 10 192 Secured Money 6 . . . . . G. Cooksley 55.5 11 107 Dash O’Dublin 3 . . C. Johnson 55.0 Scratched: Marche Noir. Race 7 4.55 SOUTH AUSTRALIAN JOCKEY CLUB HANDICAP $6500; 2000m 1 110 His Latest 5 . .J. Walker 55.5 2 73 Ten Winks 12 . G. Phillips 55.5 3 3656 Noble Jewel 7 . J. Dowling 52.0 4 6224 Double Leng 10 ... R. Montgomery 51.5 5 005 Ailez Bijou 1 . C. Johnson 51.0 6 4231 Cellarmaster 9 . G. Davison 51.0 7 6000 Rattle The Sabre 13 . . . D. Johnson 50.0 8 6055 Taxtale 3 . . . S. Reid 50.0 9 969 Amacola 8 . M. Lyndon 50.0 10 00 Double Sign 11 . B. Hibberd 50.0 11 5540 Go Henry 2 . . R. Booth 50.0 12 1497 My Guard 4 P. Richards 50.0 13 0348 Sir Kelly 6 50.0 Race 8 5.35 CHURCHILL STAKES $15,000; 1600m 1 1 Page Boy 4 . G. Phillips 58.0 2 7484 Fountaincourt 9 . J. Dowling 57.0 3 3371 Noble Note 5 . G. Davison 57.0 4 2230 Peat 10 . C. Johnson 53.5 5 8440 Buffy Beaufort 6 . .J. Walker 53.0 6 2112 Mishare 7 . D. Johnson 52.5 7 3104 Harbor Flo 3 P. Richards 52.0 9 0800 Vrinsk 2 G. Cooksley 52.0 10 3181 French Polish 8 . L. Cassidy 49.0 Scratched: Hide the Loot.

$7000; 1400m 1 0130 Chook A Rook 4 S. Anderton 55.5 2 149 In the Glen 3 G. Cooksley 54.5 3 137 Dios 13 . . S. Turner 53.0 6 34 Dainty Dish 8 . G. Davison 51.5 7 654 Briny Girl 7 . M. Lyndon 51.0 . G. Phillips 51.0 8 7826 Natural Star 2 9 2831 Red Rolfe 12 . C. Johnson 51.0 11 672 Satiny's Pride 9 P. Richards 50.0 12 3437 Aljustrel 1 . B. Hibberd 49.5 13 6156 Beau Magnum 10 ... . 49.0 14 0600 Hwyl 6 . D. Johnson 49.0 Scratched: Upper Cut, Buffy Beaufort, Peat.