Silver Tip has class to complete rich sprint double

Press, 17 January 1986, Page 17

Silver Tip has class to complete rich sprint double

By

J. J. BOYLE

Silver Tip will complete one of the most spectacular sprint doubles of the season if, as expected, she wins the Wellington Racing Club’s Wrightson Handicap tomorrow.

She showed she was one of the emerging stars of the powerful O’Sullivan stable in bringing off a lightweight’s victory in the Auckland Racing Club’s Railway Handicap in January 2. She translated her brilliant turn of speed into an Ellerslie track record of 1:08.37 for 1200 m and a winning margin of close to three lengths. A win for Silver Tip tomorrow would give the O’Sullivan stable its fourth win in the last six years in the big Trentham sprint. High Regards won for the stable last year, Our Shah in 1982 and Anderil in 1981. From what she has shown so far Silver Tip must rate favourably with the other sprinters which have distinguished themselves in their racing from the famous Matamata stable. Final Affair is one of the more interesting runners in a distinguished line-up against Silver Tip tomorrow. He was fourth in the Railway Handicap at Ellerslie finding, like many others have done, a wider barrier all too daunting. To make things worse he was slow from his stall and at half-way he was giving the tearaway pacemaker, Princess Dram, a start of over 20 lengths. Final Affair was attempting to complete a rich Auckland sprints double when he contested the Railway Handicap. At his previous start he brilliantly won The Concorde at Avondale, carrying 57kg and cutting out the 1200 m in 1:08.57, a track record. Clear Gold, one of those closest to Final Affair in the weights, has a Trentham record to match his impressive physique.

The big seven-year-old from Matamata has distinguished himself mainly as a metric miler, but flew home late for third in last year’s Wrightson Handicap. A wide barrier this time might not be anything like a disadvantage for Clear Gold, because he will probably drift out early, then dive at them late. Riccarton’s Noble Note will probably show the same racing characteristics at this distance. DRAWN WIDE Like Clear Gold he has drawn wide, but he has a big finish and it could have some extra sharpness about it with the weight relief he gets going into a field of quality.

Princess Dram has drawn No 2 and there is little doubt she will beat most if not all the others for early speed. Silver Tip showed superior finishing speed in the Railway Handicap, but there was much to admire in Princess Dram’s battle to last it out as well as she did for third after having extravagant demands made on her early. Magnitude and Atrapar were being brought back to 1200 after failing on footing not to their liking in the Flag Inns Trophy, 1600 m at Ellerslie on January 2. They have the class to make them two of the stronger chances from the’ Central Districts. One of the best below Silver Tip in the weights should be the Hawera-trained Ikon. Wins at her last two starts show that this five-year-old daughter of the high-class sprinter, High Delight, is back to the form that carried this mare to an impressive win in the Cuddle Stakes at Trentham two seasons ago. Sharing 50.5 with Ikon is Miss Etoile, a three-year-old speedster from Levin. She was a close second to Pinson and had Final Affair and Clear Gold behind her in the weight-for-age McGill 1200 m at Rotorua on October 26, and has won over 1150 m at Te Awamutu at her only start since. S.I. FORM South Island holiday form will capture much attention in thoughts about the Terrace Regency Hotel Handicap, first leg of the T.A.B. double. The Ashburton-trained Sea Swift easily beat 14 rivals over 2600 m in the Invercargill Gold Cup. The fact that she ran the distance in 2:40.51, a New

Zealand record, and did the job in such style, suggested this stoutly-bred Auk mare has qualities to meet the demands of stiffer competition, as will be offered by northerners tomorrow. Bi Noble, the runner-up to Sea Swift in the Invercargill Cup, is one of only two other four-year-olds in the field. Prince Majestic’s younger brother has been brought along on a carefully planned programme, and might be capable of more improvement as a result of his two appearances at holiday meetings. Gold Lomond, Run For Cover, and Threesome give Waikato stables a strong presence.

Gold Lomond was a good fourth in this race last year and returns to Trentham as

a last start-winner. He was successful' at Avondale last Saturday.

Jetbet: 4 Race 1 12.10 TE MARUA HIGHWEIGHT - $5000; 2200 m. 1 0041 Kerry’s Mate 2 65.0 2 3250 Garbo 11 S. Jenkins 61.5 3 5510 Paoakalani 12 K. Treweek 61.5 4 1919 Pathlight 4 S. Dennett 61.5 ■ 5 0082 Axle 10 P. Didham 61.0 6 5233 Romadios 7 J. McGifford 60.0 7 0705 Black Amour 9 G. Lord 59.5 8 3330 Bonn 1 P. Worthington 59.5 9 303 Lady Sian 8 P. Goss 59.5 10 073 Doochary 6 M. Gillies 59.0 11 7000 Tropic Heights 3 F. Pratt 59.0 12 0000 Vase Lleen 5 59.0 Race 2 12.50 HOPEFUL HANDICAP $5000; two-year-olds; 1200 m. 1 13 Elgin 18 B. Thomson 56.0 3 6351 Reasonably Swish 5 . . G. Cooksley 54.0 4 71 Shipmate 14 G. Phillips 55.0 5 2 Idyll Times 2 G. Childs 54.0 6 1 Scotch and Dry 9 D. Walsh 54.0 7 3 Ash Way 8. . . D. Peake 53.5 9 0561 Little Big Man 13 M. Lyndon 53.5 10 Radical 4 M. Campbell 53.0 11 2 Flying Kiss 12 52.5 12 54 Ace of Trumps 16. ... M. Barnsley 52.0 13 8 King’s Crest 15 P. Ayres 52.0 14 D'Rosa 20 51.5 15 36 Extradite 3 J. Walker 51.5 16 62 Georgian Princess 10. K. Clapperton 51.5 17 35 Venetian Bay 17 51.5 18 0737 Casino Bay 6 T. Allan 51.0 19 86 Piely Girl 1 50.5 20 9554 Winabit 11 50.0 Scratched: Hewson, Court Order. Race 3 1.30 CAMP HANDICAP $5000; 1600 m. 1 3412 Princess Regal 7 . . . .W. Satherley 56.0 2 8161 Stylish Aimie 6 P. Ayres 53.0 3 899 Another Kiss 9 N. Check 52.0 4 0552 Hanayome 3 T. Moseley 52.0 6 482 Peeping Through 10 . . M. Barnsley 51.5 7 07 Private Poppy 5 M. Lyndon 51.0 8 5155 Santaray 1 L. O’Sullivan 51.0 9 45 Wyuna 2 .D. Walsh 51.0 10 0589 Governor’s Lady 11 J. Hayes 50.5 11 5040 Bandlita 8 T. Allan 50.0 Scratched: Isle Star. Race 4 2.10 TRENTHAM STAKES $30,000; 2400 m. 1 3121 Abit Leica 2 D. Walsh 59.0 2 4423 Commissionaire 12 G. Childs 59.0 3 3064 Hasslefree 8 B. Thomson 59.0 4 3957 Kiwi 11 N. Harris 59.0 5 6096 Our Boyfriend 5 M. Barnsley 59.0 6 6011 Samasaan 3 C. Johnson 59.0 8 2110 Amloch 7 G. Cooksley 57.5 9 0862 Duanette’s Girl 9 D. Peake 57.5 10 2751 Kerry Lane 10 G. Grylls 57.5 11 0041 Kerry’s Mate 6 57.5 12 1656 Henry's Mate 4 51.0 Scratched: Stylish Dude. Race 5 2.50 PENCARROW HANDICAP $5000;. 1400 m. 1 7411 Phar Habit 15 57.5 2 3622 Lindo Chaval 22 E. Jillings 57.0 3 0413 All Take 1 R. Hannam 55.0 4 2142 Man From Uncle 14 55.0 5 3 Bold Silver 2 54.5 6 41 Neon Blaze 11 54.5 7 1 Taffera 7 W. Satherley 54.5 8 3523 Breaker Bay 21 S. Tonge 54.0 9 61 Kindermann 5 T. Moseley 54.0 10 1 Miss Counsellor 13 .. K. Clapperton 54.0 11 192 Proud Seal 8 T. Allan 54.0 12 332 Silver Arch 3 P. Taylor 54.0 13 3 Gay Asset 17 53.5 14 04 Phareef 6 53.5 15 0843 Wee Rah 20 L. Cassidy 53.5 16 0520 Avant 16 P. Ayres 53.0 17 2385 First Charge 18 53.0 18 0000 Oakridge Boy 4 . . 53.0 19 1800 Black Eyed Susan 10 52.0

20 0544 Lord Jekyll 12 52.0 21 2998 Mystere 19 . . 52.0 22 02 Poppa’s Pride 9 .... 52.0 Race 6 T 3.30 RA ORA STUD WELLINGTON STAKES $30,000; three-year-olds; 1600 m. 1 0117 Antilimo 11 55.5 2 3111 Bacton Abbey 5 R. McCann 55.5 3 7146 Conceited 10 M. Campbell 55.5 4 113 Courier Bay 6 D. Walsh 55.5 5 0572 Faircourt 12 M. Barnsley 55.5 6 2044 Field Dancer 9 L. O’Sullivan 55.5 7 6126 Pride Of Avon 4. ..... M. Lyndon 55.5 8 1732 Random Chance 1 . . . S. Anderton 55.5 9 8872 Sharp Ace 2 G. Childs 55.5 10 2122 Te Akau Prince 14 G. Grylls 55.5 11 0010 Conchelle 3 B. Hibberd 54.0 12 0118 . Isle Star 8 R. Whitt 54.0 13 1075 Otehi Gold 13 54.0 14 5312 Regal Realm 7 G. Phillips 54.0 Race 7 D, T 4.15 TERRACE REGENCY HANDICAP $20,000; 2200 m 1 4423 Commissionaire 10 56.0 Run down after pacemaking wfa 2000 m Woodville, last week. Close 2nd Atrapar 1600 m the time before. 2 1252 Bi Noble 7 J. Dowling 53.0 Outstayed by Sea Swift over 2600 m in Invercargill Gold Cup. One of younger runners, and could be still Improving. 3 9521 Gold Lomond 4 E. Harrison 53.0 Won under 54kg over this distance at Avondale last week. Past winner on this course. 4 1810 Cuspidor 6 . 52.5 Fast finisher for narrow win this distance, Woodville, January 8. Well beaten in Marton Cup on Wednesday. 5 0827 Delarenne 8 C. Childs 52.5 Close 2nd this distance at Ellerslie before unplaced run in Auckland Cup. 6 5111 Sea Swift 13 C. Johnson 52.5 Capped brilliant patch of form over holidays with easy win in 2600 m Invercargill Gold Cup under 51.5 kg. 7 6033 Chance for Gold 3 .... G. Phillips 52.0 Went close to winning when 3rd behind Whitole 2300 m Awapuni, Dec. 26. Another good run for 3rd in Marton Cup. 9 9562 Bess 5 D. Walsh 51.5 Ran Cuspidor to a nose over 2200 m at Woodville, January 8. 10 3000 Stylish Dude 15 J. Walker 51.5 Form has slumped since placed run in New Zealand Cup. Past the age when improvement could be expected. 11 2221 Rastes 17 J. Hayes 50.5 Won this distance in class 2 Wairarapa, Jan. 2. 12 3224 Run for Cover 1 D. Peake 50.0 Useful run when 4th this distance at Avondale last week. 13 6564 El Questro 14 G. Cooksley 49.5 Veteran struggling to recapture best form. Some improvement when 4th Tauranga last time, but this is tougher. 14 8311 Fred’s Fortune 9 B. Hibberd 49.5 Latest win was at this distance but in class 2 at Tauherenikau. 15 1124 Threesome 12 L. O’Sullivan 49.5 Had her chance when favourite 2400 m Ellerslie, December 26. Still a respected lightweight for this. 16 9037 Kidnapping 16 T. Allan 48.5 Form patchy in weaker fields than this. Scratched: Curved Air, Kitango. Race 8 D, TF 4.55 WRIGHTSON HANDICAP $75,000; 1200 m 1 2114 Final Affair 10 D. Healey 57.0 Brilliant winner with same weight at this distance, Avondale, Dec. 11. Wide barrier against him in only start since, at Ellerslie. 2 7112 Clear Gold 23 N. Hain 56.5 Won this distance at Avondale three starts back and has continued to do well as metric miler. 3 20 Magnitude 20 N. Harris 56.5 Showed nothing on rain-affected track

1600 m Ellerslie. Ran Abit Leica to a nose 1600 m Awapuni the time before. : 4 610 Atrapar 24 M. Campbell 56.0 Expensive failure on rain-affected track at Ellerslie, that following a win 1600 m at Awapuni. 5 7031 Haasendean 12 B. Thomson 54.5 Easy winner 1400 m Woodville, but this much harder. 6 5 Mr Illusion 15 54.5 Did most of his racing last year in Australia and won Oakleigh Plate (1100 m at Caulfield. - 7 5133 Tanalyse 21 D. Walsh 54.5 Won wfa Levin Stakes before placed runs in good fields at Avondale and Awapuni. 8 4055 Pinaon 9. . . . . . . . E. Harrispn 54.0 Latest runs, at Ellerslie and Awapuni, were at 1600 m. Not the worst. 9 1524 Noble Note 22 G. Davison 53.5 Got too far out of his ground at Timaru Cup. Stormed home for close 2nd 1200 m at Riccarton two starts back. 10 1423 Princeis Dram 2. G. Childs 53.0 Run down after setting hot pace to straight in Railway Handicap at Ellerslie. Out finished by Final Affair at Avondale the time before. .ja? 11 1011 ReHina 16 .T. Allan 52.5 Last two wins were at 1400 m, both at Hastings. 12 9918 Mac’s Gamble 13 M. McKay 51.5 Veteran mixing his form these days. 13 2162 Prince Royale 8 G. Phillips 51.5 Found Clear Gold too good at Avondale, Dea 14, but lasted well for second. 14 553 Silver Elm 14. D. Peake 51.5 Last-start 3rd was in weaker 1400 m sprint at Awapuni. 15 1211 Silver Tip 6 L. O’Sullivan 51.5 Won Auckland Railway Handicap in style ■in record time last start. Hard to beat on that run. 16 7411 Ikon 1 M. Barnsley 50.5 Has been winning in weaker company in Tsrsnslci 17 1121 Miss Etoile 3. ....... P. Mercer,so.s First start since impressive, win 1150 m

Te Awamutu, Dec. 21. Close 2nd to Pinson 1200 m wfa Rotorua, Oct. 26. 18 1154 Panther 4 50.0 Weak finisher in weak field over 1400 m at Hastings last time. 19 1101 Tirana 18 50.0 Comfortable winner this distance at Kurow. This much harder. 20 1232 Wren’s Trophy 17 G. Grylls 50.0 Could not test Silver Tip in Railway Handicap at Ellerslie but extended consistent record with her second. 21 8462 Nomusa 19 . . M. Enright 49.5 Never close enough to challenge Silver Tip at Ellerslie. Placed in weaker field at Marton. 23 3117 Sterling Exchange 11. ... P. Ayres 49.0 Expensive failure in Railway Handicap at Ellerslie. Attractive winner at previous start at ’ Auckland Cup meeting. 24 51 Curiosity 7 M. Lyndon 48.5 Last-start win was over 1400 m on soft track at Awapuni. Emergencies: Tirana, Panther, Nomusa, Sterling Exchange, Curiosity. Scratched: Glenside. Race 9 T 5.35 ANNIVERSARY HANDICAP $10,000; 1600 m. 1 3652 Greatness 13 E. Harrison 58.0 2 2381 Coronal 7 N. Harris 56.5 3 002 Bidston Hill 6 P. Ayres 55.5 4 2714 Mishare 16 B. Thomson 53.5 5 9253 Aljustrel 9 G. Phillips 51.5 6 0211 Malcomem 15 G. Cooksley 51.5 7 5626 Silver Samurai 17 t. Moseley 51.5 8 0422 Fras Son 4 G. Childs 51.0 9 3553 Mighty Vain 8 L. O’Sullivan 50.5 10 6762 Royal Seal 1 T. Allan 50.5 11 7133 Big Talk 14 M. Lyndon 50.0 12 4103 Cafie Ladd 5 P. Mercer 50.0 13 0146 Harbor Flo 11 C. Johnson 50.0 14 721 Island Magic 12 B. Griffin 50.0 15 1 Middleman 3 D. Walsh 50.0 16 848 Rapsea 10 B. Hibberd 50.0 17 3102 Tippler 2 D. Peake 50.0