Canterbury Belle dominates Riccarton feature

Press, 31 January 1986, Page 20

Canterbury Belle dominates Riccarton feature

By

J. J. BOYLE

With Canterbury Belle in the lineup a second thought about the likely outcome of tomorrow’s South Island Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes at Riccarton seems to be superfluous.

Last season’s One Thousand Guineas and Brisbane Elders Stakes winner has been fitted for a welcome appearance on her home track with two races on her present campaign. They yielded a close second in the weight-for-age Timaru Cup and a comfortable win in the Smelter Stakes at Invercargill. In the meantime she has thrived and impressed in everything she has done in training, also in winning at Motukarara race trials. To match her impressive work pieces she is displaying the demeanour of a thoroughly relaxed athlete, which Invites the opinion that she will continue to be a force when she tries for longer trips than the 1800 m of the first leg of the Canterbury

Jockey Club’s T.A.B. double. Ten Winks is back from the North Island for a race she won for Paddy Busuttin’s Foxton stable last year, and Dainty Dish, the next closest in the weights, is being given her chance with confidence of at least a placed performance after her third behind In the Glen and Canterbury Belle in the Timaru Cup. Dainty Dish was about three and a half lengths behind Canterbury Belle in the feature 1600 m at Washdyke. Under scale weights she has had to give Canterbury Belle Ikg. This time there is a turn around of 4kg in Dainty Dish’s favour, but that should be offset by the improvement in Canterbury Belle’s race fitness for this one.

The Riccarton jockey, Chris Johnson, who skilfully partnered Samasaan for that Wellington Cup victory last Saturday, has prospects of a sprint victory on Sound Note in the Craven Plate, second leg of tomorrow’s T.A.B. double. Sound Note won twice on the West Coast holiday circuit showing easy mastery of 1400 m and seven rivals over 1400 m at Omoto at her last start. La Pomme and Pokare, other winners for Canterbury stables in their holiday racing, are two of the other obvious chances. La Pomme was a clearcut winner over 1400 m in her first of two starts at the Vincent meeting and followed up with a creditable third. Pokare did not quite manage 2000 m at Vincent

at his last start, but won over 1400 m at Invercargill the time before.

19 2092 Waitaki Lata 20 P. Atkinson 55.0 204854 Windvale Harbour 19 . . ,G. Taylorss.o Emergencies: Red Chevalier, Windvale Harbour, Profile Lady, Night Nurse. Race 3 1.20

Race 7 D TF 3.40 SOUTH ISLAND THOROUGHBRED BREEDERS’ STAKES $22,500; 1800 m. 1 21 Canterbury Belle 1. . . .G. Cooksleys7.s Class mare of this field, now at high level of fitness after two runs this time up, the latest yielding a win in Smelter Stakes at Invercargill. 2 9740 Ten Winks 3 W. Satherley 54.5 Won this race last year. Recent form in North Island but useful run for 4th at Awapuni two starts back. 3 1013 Dainty Dish 5 G. Davison 54.0 Won 1200 m Riccarton, December 13 before 3rd behind In the Glen and Canterbury Belle In 1600 m Timaru Cup. 4 8115 Million Joys 9 C. Johnson 52.5 Win at Vincent two starts back gained with strong finish over 2000 m. This much harder. 5 1019 Milly Molly Mandy 4 52.0 Attractive winner over 2200 m at Invercargill two starts back. Lacked stamina for 2600 m in Invercargill Gold Cup. 6 1350 White Lip 2 G. Elliot 51.5 Weak finisher 2000 m Vincent last start. 7 1377 Bonny Show 7 ... ... H. Goscombso.o Last-start failure at Gore was at this distance in more modest company. 8 6192 Ahead of Time 8 G. Taylor 49.0 Placed 1400 m at Vincent last time out, but has not been tested at this level. 9 3032 Elizabethan 6 R. McAra 49.0 Still a maiden, latest placed run being at 1200 m. 10 9274 Pantless 10 .J. Oakeshott 49.0 Latest run in class 4 at Hokitika.

$6500; 1200 m. 1 4913 La Pomme 7 J. Dowling 57.0 Performed well for win and third over 1400 m at Vincent meeting. Also winner 1200 m in spring. 2 1514 Pokare 6 G. Elliot 56.0 Last-start 4th was over middle distance at Vincent. Win two starts back was against sprinters at Southland. 3 2327 Double Bank 2 G. Cooksley 55.0 . Looked close to winning form before failing against sprinters Greymouth, January 21. 4 2141 Sound Note 3 C. Johnson 55.0 Attractive winner 1400 m Greymouth, January 21. Should go close here if she repeats that run. 5 9200 Jonny Alone 5 G. Davison 54.0 Has been expensive failure in two starts since second in The Stewards here in November. Fast, and still worth second thought, having had some time to freshen. 6 5659 Our Bismark 1 P. Richards 52.5 One of the failures behind Sound Note at Greymouth last time out. 7 6078 Landofair 9 J. Woledge 52.0 Recent form of little account. 8 8132 Ramus'es Flight 8 51.0 Sound campaigner in lower grades. Placed run last time was at Waikouaiti. 9 0603 Kubiak 4 J. Jamieson 50.0 Distant 3rd Hokitika last start and probably past the Improving stage. Race 10 T 5.25 HALSWELL HANDICAP $5500; 1800 m

Jetbet: 5 Race 1 12.10 HORNBY HANDICAP $4000: 1800m 1 1396 Noble River 6 . J. Dowling 68.5 2 1894 Capplemore 3 . . B. Pelling68.5 3 6834 Country Manners 5. . . . . A. Cowan 64.5 4 1173 Firetint 9 . C. Johnson 61.5 5 7707 Dash O'Dublin 2 ... . . P. Thomas 60.5 6 0302 Telstar 11 . . . D. Frye 60.0 7 7 Pasqua 4 .N. Belsham59.5 8 000 Bon Fler 7 59.0 9 7760 El Rana 8 59.0 10 7656 Fair Reason 12 59.0 11 65 Fermoy 10 M. Thornley 59.0 12 5056 Georgina Girl 13 59.0 13 0537 Gregory Shane 1. . . . .P. Richards 59.0 Race 2 TRIAL MAIDEN $3750: 1400m 12.45 1 0 Ben Avon 2 . . . G. Taylor 55.0 2 5223 Borrisokane 9 55.0 3 6444 Ceresia 6 55.0 4 094 Dashing Fox 4 W. Stevenson 55.0 5 6 Eye Full 14 G. Cooksley55.0 6 2594 Freddy Finders 12 ... . . . R. McAra 55.0 7 703 Lucky 10 55.0 8 0 Midnight Spy 8 55.0 9 8 My Name’s Good 15. . . 55.0 10 5 Night Nurse 3 55.0 11 0044 Otehl Red 18 . G. Davison 55.0 12 Passez Vite 17 55.0 13 53 Pelion 11 . J. Dowling 55.0 14 53 Power ol Love 16 . . . . C. Johnson 55.0 15 057 Profile Lady 13 55.0 16 5740 Red Chevalier 1 . . . . 55.0 17 3064 Sailing Free 7 55.0 18 5303 Southern Style 5. . . . . . .G. Elliot 55.0

1 7 THE CARBINE $6750; two-year-olds; 1200m 55.02 22 Waipuna 12 . C. Johnson 55.0 3 Wave 'N' Go 2 . . .G. Elliot 53.0 4 3112 Ave Regina 11 .P. Richards 53.0 5 756 Baby Brown 8 T. Matthews 53.0 6 Bally Ally 10 J. Oakeshott 53.0 7 11 Crystal Brook 13 ... . . G. Davison 53.0 8 7 Nuclear Rocket 1. . . . . J. Dowling 53.0 9 Pearl of the Sea 6. . . W. Satherley 53.0 10 063 Red Briar 4 .G. Cooksley53.0 11 75 Show Queen 5 H. Goscomb 53.0 12 Sun Pal 7 J. Pankhurst 53.0 13 12 Tropical Blend 9 . . . . . . R. Bruce 53.0 Race 4 1 1.55 THE RACECOURSE HILL $4250; 1200m 1 Coming Home 10. . . . W. Satherley 55.0 2 Dark Trophy 13 . J. Woledge 55.0 31480 Lass O’Mine 1 . . .G. Elliot 55.0 4 6904 Little Scrubber 4. . . . 55.0 5 Miss Tiger Lil 9 .... 55.0 6 0082 Paula Mellay 7 J. Pankhurst 55.0 7 3631 Puffasmoke 12 55.0 8 1039 Roman Knight 3 . . . . . C. Johnson 55.0 9 5005 Schweppeshlre Bay 5 . 55.0 10 1 Secret Member 8. . . . . J. Dowling 55.0 11 2136 Tuahiwi Girl 6 .G. Cooksley 55.0 12 4821 Tui’s Imp 11 . G. Davison 55.0 13 0517 Watalady 2 .P. Richards 55.0 Race 5 2.30 □ARFIELD HANDICAP $5500; 1400m 1 4312 Beau Magnum 4 . . . . ,G. Cooksley 57.0

2 4654 Follow Trix 1 . . . . . . .P. Richards 55.5 3 3093 Briny Girl 5 . . . L. Dldham55.0 4 De Gull 3 P. Van Wanrooy55.0 5 6722 Red Rolfe 6 . . . C. Johnson 54.5 6 6321 Zara’s Star 9 . . . . . . . G. Davison 54.5 7 1401 Palvet 10 ... J. Dowling 54.0 8 5124 General Weyand 7 . G. Elliot 53.5 9 740 Rega Lee 8 . . W. Satherley 53.5 10 6595 Sea Fort 2 53.0 Race 6 3.05 POST HANDICAP $5000; 1400m 1 8211 Morris Man 1 . . . . . . J. Pankhurst 56.5 2 1356 Able Tim 8 . . . D. Wadley 55.5 3 1432 Mr Magoo 14 ... . . . . G. Davison 55.5 4 2000 Unique Gift 12 . . . 55.5 5 3225 Aegean Princess 5. 55.0 6 2821 Keen Pell 6 55.0 7 4122 Miss Isabel 20 . . . . . . . B. Pelling55.0 8 Our Hope 9 . . . . R. Bruce 55.0 10 Carmichael 4 . . . . . . . C. Johnson 54.5 11 6019 Claudio 17 . . . L. Dldham 54.0 12 5022 Mary Frances 13 . . . . . . R. Bruce 54.0 13 4173 Native One 7 ... . 54.0 14 11 Samuelle 2 . . .G. Cooksley54.0 15 301 The Maltese Cat 10 ... J. Dowling 54.0 16 0808 Vendee 16 . . T. Matthews 54.0 17 1027 Adios Lad 19 ... . 53.5 18 58 Jack’s Lad 15. . . . . . . J. Woledge53.5 19 0385 Yum 13 G. Elliot 53.5 20 8000 Annandale 11 ... . . . .P. Richards 53.0 Emergencies: Jack’s Lad, Adios Lad, Annandale. Scratched: Windbreak..

Race 8 T 4.15 THE DALLINGTON $4250; 1400m 1 3145 Another Look 8 . C. Johnson 55.0 2 9339 Anzonetta 14 55.0 3 3220 Auaaie Bound 16... . 55.0 4 2651 Berber 6 . L. Didham55.0 5 5104 Dreams Come True 19 W. Satherley 55.0 6 1385 Elope 17 .G. Cooksley55.0 7 4763 Eureka Lad 20 55.0 8 6805 Giesen 9.... s ... . . . .G. Elliot 55.0 9 6302 Golden Kuda 13 . . . . 55.0 10 8 Half A Carat 1 W. Stevenson 55.0 11 3321 Jet In 12 , J. Woledge55.0 12 91 Kowhai Prince 7 . G. Davison 55.0 13 460 Kyolic 4 55.0 14 670 Pass the Mustard 11. . . 55.0 15 32 Polacca 15 . G. Taylor 55.0 16 127 Sharp Pulse 5 J. Dowling 55.0 17 9 Southern Queen 2 . . J. O’Flanagan 55.0 18 71 Steiger 10 . . D. Frye 55.0 19 2542 Sweet King 3 J. Jamieson 55.0 20 06 Zale 18 55.0 Emergencies: Half A Carat, Pass the Mustard, Southern Queen, Zale. Race 9 D, T 4.50 CRAVEN PLATE

1 2328 Adios King 1 . . . 2 6133 Kitango 4 D. Frye 57.0 G. Elliot 56.0 3 4025 Eggnog 7 . . . .G. Cooksiey55.5 4 8458 Taxtale 8 55.5 5 3911 White Lie 3 ... . ... J. Oakeshott 55.5 6 7890 Gritain 6 . . . W. Satherley 55.0 7 9131 Slick Million 2 . . . . . . G. Davison 54.5 8 3032 Travantl 9 . ... C. Johnson 53.0 9 3064 Ann Bell 5 . . . ,P. Richards 50.5