Elders to Daybreak Lover

Press, 9 June 1986, Page 31

Elders to Daybreak Lover

NZPA Sydney The Namnan stallion, Daybreak Lover, capped a remarkable return to racing from stud duty in winning a second Elders Handicap (1400 m in Australian record time at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Daybreak Lover, whose •half brother, Eye of the ,'Sky, was equal favourite - for the prestige $250,000 sprint, poured on the pace at the top of the straight ; and crossed the line «unthreatened in 1:21.0. ' His delighted connec- ' tions now plan to start ? him in the Tourist Minis- ■ ter’s Cup in a fortnight ) and the Rothmans 100,000 •Jin four weeks before '■ sending him back to Cnfi nnfi nl rl a Vi O

2 Springfield Stud where he ■ served a full book of 59 ‘ mares last spring. - Second home, a length and * a quarter away was Gol- ‘ dorme, which made ground on the winner but was unable ■ to close the gap before the

post. Paris Beau was third and Phoenix Rising fourth. While the Australians were enthusing over the performance of Daybreak Lover the New Zealand trainer, Geoff White, was pondering yet another failure by his star, Courier Bay, which headed the New Zealand contingent home in 13th place. White told reporters later that all he wanted to do now was get the three-year-old gelding home. “I only hope that he can come back to his former style in New Zealand.” Courier Bay, which took Australian racing by storm with a devastating victory in the Black Douglas, which was his Queensland debut, failed in his next two starts, despite being sent out favourite, and while being deserted by the punters for the Elders he was still the subject of a late

stui me suojeci ui <1 iuic betting plunge. He started the way White wanted him to, dropping out to the back of the pack, but in the straight he merely held his own at the back of the faster contingent, beating only tiring horses to the line.

Next home, in 14th place, was Hassendean, which had made the pace to the turn, with fellow New Zealand runners Peat, 17th, and Kinmoss, which had shown early speed, second last. The sAustlso,ooo Queensland Derby was another disaster for the visiting New Zealand horses, but was a triumph for the expatriate New Zealand jockey, Jimmy Cassidy, who won on the raging favourite, Handy Proverb. The win earned Handy Proverb sAust9B,ooo in stakes plus $38,000 in sweepstakes, and with a win in the first race and a fourth in the Eagle Farm Stakes, Cassidy racked up an even $150,000 for the day, taking him to within $lOO,OOO of a record $3 million in a single season. Rising Fear was the pacemaker for much of the jour-

Uiann xvi muvii vx jvm ney while Cassidy settled Handy Proverb at the back of the pack, but he worked him into fifth going into the straight, and 200 m from home he pulled the whip and it was all over. Rising Fear, trained by car- - toonist, Larry Pickering, was second home, two and threequarter lengths away, in a solid workout for the Brisbane Cup today, while Reputed was third. The two New Zealanders in the race, Kelly Boy and Frontiersman, finished ninth and second-last respectively with Kelly Boy racing towards the back of the main bunch all the way and Frontiersman moving up in the middle stages but unable to go on with it. Results, with New Zealand T.A.B. favouritisms and dividends were:— QUEENSLAND DERBY $150,000; three-year-olds; 2400 m 1- HANDY PROVERB (2) 55.5 J. Cassidy . 1 2- RISING FEAR (10) 55.5 N. Williams . . 2 5-6 REPUTED (9) 55.5 G. Willetts 3 Others in finishsing order: 1210 Leonurus, 6-3 Tierra Rist, 8-7 Persian World, 7-8 Jewel Planet, 11-11 Distancia, 3-5 ■ Kelly Boy, 9-9 Hippety Hop, 4-4 My Frontiersman, 10-12 Prince

Solario. 2% len, % len. Time: 2:26.8. Win: $1.40. Places: $1.05, $1.45, $3.45. Quinella: $3.35. ELDERS HANDICAP $250,000; 1400 m 3-2 DAYBREAK LOVER (2) 55 M. Kerr ... 1 16- GOLDORME (19) 48 G. Watson 2 19-19 PARIS BEAU (16) car 50 S. Schofield. 3 Others in finishing order: 8-8 Phoenix Rising, 1-1 Eye Of The Sky, 14-15 Les’ Choice, 12-12 Fixed Flush, 7-7 Castanillia, 1817 Crawford, 13-10 Rass Flyer, 4-3 Satin Sand, 9-9 Dinky Flyer, 2-4 Courier Bay, 6-6 Hassendean, 15-14 Nuclear Dream, 5-5 King Phoenix, 11-13 Red Peat, 17- Blazing Cotton, 10-11 Our Kinmoss, 20-20 Black Charleston. I>A len, 1% len. Time: 1:21 (race record). Win: $6.75. Places: $2.65, $14.40, $25.50. Quinella: $210.20. Trifecta: $15,881.15.