Another Waikato Cup for Spanker On
Special correspondent Auckland Spanker On’s brilliant success on the first night of the Waikato Trotting Club’s meeting points to his being a warm favourite to take his second consecutive Waikato Cup at Claudelands tonight. The six-year-old gelding scored a hollow victory in the Huntly Hotel Mobile Pace on Tuesday night, leading from end to end and shattering the track record for 2500 m. His trainer-driver, Peter Wolfenden, who was forced to miss the drives behind Spanker On at the corresponding meeting last year because of injury, rated the horse to perfectioh. The pair returned a brilliant 3:8.6 for the mobile 2600 m, which represents a mile rate of 2:1.3. i Although he
wide at No. 8 in the 2900 m DB-sponsored event, Spanker On has sufficient brilliance at the start to take up a prominent position very early on. As was the case at the meeting last term, Spanker On, which was driven by Tom Knowles, was very hard to catch once he got to the front and should he make the lead at any stage of the race his rivals will have to work very hard to peg him back Vance Glory was a little disappointing when fifth to Spanker On in the Harvey Furnishings Inter-island Challenge Stakes at Alexandra Park on December 27 after receiving a nice run. The Vance Hanover five-year-old has shown marked proficiency in mobile start races, and if for any reason Spanker On is beaten, he
could well make a bold attempt to score his fo,urth win of the season. Frederick did well to finish third to Spanker On and Direct Kiwi on the first night of the meeting. Although he is still assessed at only CB, Frederick has enough class to make a race of it with his more experienced rivals and another good effort would be no surprise. The Mark Lobell four-year-old has always been held in high regard by his trainer, Sandy Purdon, and he has not had much luck in many of his races this season. Gene Evander is always capable of a winning turn and, if he starts, should be strongly considered. He was a good fourth to , Master Mood in the Wellington Cup Wednesday night at Fjitt
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