Stable outsider wins at Avondale
PA Auckland The Tucker stable of Takanini experienced both joy and disappointment in the first leg of the T.A.B. double at Avondale yesterday. Royal Sharif, the outsider in a field of 10 for the Avondale Motor Hotel Handicap, won the race narrowly. However, Classic Ace, from whom the stable expected so much, finished down the track. Alwyn Tweedie looked to have Classic Ace under control with 1400 m to go. The filly went to the front, followed by Royal Sharif. Early in the home straight, after Classic Ace had run herself out, Royal Sharif hit the front and held off Inner Force. The favourite, Banderol, was third, just in front of
Anna Dell, Argonaut Style and Rumour. The Tuckers, Ivan and a son, Robert, train Royal Sharif, a five-year-old gelding, for two brothers, Messrs Dick and Clive Nicoll, who bought the horse cheaply at a Wrightson Bloodstock Waikato Yearling sale. Dixie Zephyr and Blue Kingdom had a hard fight in the second of the double, the British Airways Handicap, before Dixie Zephyr won by a short neck. After leading for a bit, Dixie Zephyr settled in behind pacemaker Boundaway, which was joined by Nugget Bah on the home turn. When the leaders tired Blue Kingdom challenged hard, but Dixie Zephyr pushed through strongly against the rail to get the
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