Kanturk likely to reveal true potential today

Press, 17 June 1986, Page 32

Kanturk likely to reveal true potential today

By

G. K. YULE

More than two years ago Kanturk was regarded as one of the top three-year-olds among a crop which included Roydon Glen, Freightman, Lord Louie and Josephine Bret, all of which he beat in races at Addington Raceway.

Since his three-year-old racing, which included victories in the Cross Stakes and the Celebrity Stakes, both run at Addington In February, 1984, Kanturk’s part-owner and trainer, Bruce Francis, has experienced a frustrating time with the speedy son of Lordship and Kiatina.

After competing on New Zealand Cup day, in 1984, he went amiss and had only five starts for four placings before having to be put aside last season.

Kanturk came back to racing at Forbury Park in April where he put in a dismal run after which it was found he was below his peak physically. He looked in need of a race when paraded on the first

day of the Nelson meeting. In spite of that he went an outstanding race when a close fifth to the upset winner, Sure He Can.

If Kanturk has made the improvement expected from Saturday's run, he should go close to victory in the 0. L. Goldsmith Jewellery Handicap on the second day of the meeting at Richmond Park today. Shipmate and Lordic could be the pick of the remainder, but Golden Mann, Thornlea, Embark and Mark Seven went well enough on Saturday to be considered at least as place chances. Hemihana might not be the most perfect-actioned pacer about, but he will have to improve little on

his first-day second to Shipmate to come out on top in the second leg of the main double, the Jones Memorial.

Lady Noodlum and Kotare' Pewter were first-day winners in a slower class and they could be as good as any others in a rather open field. There will also be support for Chummy, Timely Rule, Young Countess and Vonnie’s Charm.

Young Countess, like her stablemate, Lordic, will be driven by Richard Brosnan, who had no luck with either horse on Saturday.

Brosnan made the return trip from Kerrytown to Nelson by road on Saturday and will repeat the experience today.

Jetbet: 6 Race 1 11.05 NELSON MOVING COMPANY PACE $3000: CO; 2200m 1 0080 Friendly Skipper 1 . . . . L. O’Reilly It 2 5008 Lord Christopher 2. . . M. Edmonds It 3 70 Rhinemann 3 L. Bebbington It 5 9000 Rebecca Macfaber 5. it 6 7604 Scotch On Rocks 6 . .M. de Filippi It 7 0462 Farmer’s Pride 7 . . . . . . .G. Hope It 8 5680 Oh Douglas 8 .... R. May It 9 0050 Sidi Trieste 9 . . M. Rennie it 10 6697 Muskie 10 .M. Smolensk! It 11 6000 Vonnie Lea 11 . . . . . I. Schwamm It 12 0200 Always Smile 12 . . . . . . .E. Ryan It 13 9003 Sheasa Bromac 13. . . . M. Nyhanh It 14 0848 Jonray A! 14 . .T. Roughan It 15 9300 Winter Wave 15. . . . . . . .K. Davis It 16 5 Kaek Up JO T. .Butt It Scratched: Black Mariner. Race 2 11.40 DB TURF HOTEL TROT $3000; CO; trotters; 2400m 1 5090 Sweet Melody 1 . . . .W. McCallum It 2 04 Karina Lee 2 . I. Schwamm It 3 3060 Special Day 3 . . I. Cameron It 4 2397 Milford Ace 4 ... .1. Cowie It 5 Good Game 5 . . M. Rennie It 6 5202 Ali 6 . . . R. Nyhan It 7 0968 Going On 7 ... J. Hislop It 9 0800 Smile Over 9 L. Bebbington It 10 03 Major Mark 10 ... . .M. Smolensk! It 11 5000 Scotch Nave 11. . . . .... A. Butt it 12 06 Edisknab 12 . T. McMillan It 13 0 Sasquatch 13 . . N. Berkett It 14 9678 Havaway 14 . . . R. Morris It 15 0 Take Pride 15 T. Butt It 16 7605 Megan’s Pride. L6. . . . . . . R. May It Scratched: High Dam. Race 3 TF 12.15 CUSTOMHOUSE HOTEL PACE $3500; Cl; 2400m 1 2210 Princess Tania 1 . . . . . M. Rennie It 2 891 Rue Bromac 2 . . . . . C. de Filippi It 3 6 Hooligan 3 4 5614 Menorlue 4 . . . . R. May it It 5 891 Lutah 5 .... A. Butt It 6 4900 Lord Riley 6 It 7 0000 Gilston Charm 7 . . . . . . . M. Pash It 8 0087 Blue Fire Countess 8 .M. de Filippi It 9 5475 Some Partner 9. . . . .M. Smolensk] It 12 1 Field Day 12 . . L. O’Reilly It 13 9409 Keytone 13 . . I. Cameron It 14 0988 Dainty. Dish 14 ... . T. Butt It Scratched: Vicky Macfaber, Lady Sovereign. Race 4 12.50 LOWE MEMORIAL $3000; CO; 2200m 1 7000 Miss Falcon 1 . . . R. Morris It 2 7 I’m In Trouble 2 . . . . . . . R. May It 4 Gold Label 4 . . . K. Powell It 5 6 Sargasso 5 . . M. Rennie It 6 04 Lord Drift 6 . C. de Filippi It 7 832 Lady Rana 7 . . . R. Nyhan It 8 9870 Marmbro 8 . . . R. Austin It 9 508 Lucas Royale 9. . . . . . . T. Newell It 10 5 Top Spot 10 T. Butt It 11 4370 Katana 11 .M. de Filippi It 12 689 Bonny Step 12 ... . It 13 0573 Maida Chance 13. . . . M. Edmonds It 14 0059 Joy Patron 14 . . . R. Negus It 15 000 Quiet Skipper 15. . . . . D. Townley it 16 9900 Baynon .UR . J.. Smolensk! It Scratched: Black Mariner. Race 5 T 1.25 WAKEFIELD PACE $3000; CO; 2200m 1 2529 Berkett 1 . . N. Berkett It 2 06 Regal Affair 2 . . . . A. Butt It 3 8734 Stanzaman 3 . . . .J. Noble It 4 05 Smooth Andy 4. . . . . . . R. Nyhan It 6 8092 Counsel Del 6 . . . . R. May It 7 6 Flossy Marie 7 . . . . It 8 0 Mittohs 8 . . .T. Newell It 9 2550 Varinia 9 . ... A. Neal It 10 9307 Haughty Choice 10. . . . . .E. Ryan It 11 0030 Sunday Knight 11 . . . . I. Cameron it 12 7040 Night Bye 12 .D. Isherwood It 13 7603 Nardin’s Blaze 13. . . .M. de Filipp! It 14 0 Patrick Stewart 14. . . . . R. Austin It 15 00 Gurner’s Dream 15. . . T. McMillan It 16 0698 Otapiri Crown. 16. . . . . . .J. Crafts It Scratched: Black Mariner. Jetbet: Race 6 D 2.5 GOLDSMITH PACE $5400; C3; 2400m 1 6266 Lordic 1 . . R. Brosnan It 2 7330 Art Macfaber 2 .... . .M. de Filippi it 3 4803 Golden Mann 3 J. Hay It

4 6008 Thornlea 4 Jill Smolensk! It 5 9412 Embark 5 . . M. Rennie It 6 8977 Radiant King 6 . . . . . . . S. Miller It 7 0000 Nordel King 7 .... A. Butt It 8 5380 Amy Bock 8 . C. de Filippi It 9 7901 Shipmate UR . . D. Townley It 10 05 Kanturk 1 . . L. O’Reilly 10 Il 0924 Mark Seven 1 .M. Smolensk! 20 12 0051 Sure He Can 1 . . . . . . I. Cameron 30 Race 7 T 2.40 KIRBYS TROT $3500; Cl; trotters; 2400m 1 0036 That’s It 1 . . . .G. Hope It 2 0445 Gee Dee 2 . M. Edmonds It 3 3057 William Gold 3 . . . . . J. Smolensk! It 4 4002 Top Girl 4 . . N. Berkett It 5 1070 Bulla Mattari 5 . . . . . . M. Rennie It 6 0000 Rebel Time 6 . . . B. Nyhan It 7 1680 Allister Mark 7 . . . . . . . . T. Boyd It 8 4461 Royal Di 8 . . . .E. Ryan It 9 0050 Jayess 9 . .B. O’Carrol! It 10 0000 Bay Boyden 10 ... . ... A. Cowie It 11 0184 Four Leaf 1 .M. Smolensk! 50 12 4803 Shaba News 1 . . . . . C. de Filippi 40 13 2908 Regal Rebel 2 . . . R. Nyhan 40 14 0059 Game Traveller 1. . . .A. Puklowski 60 15 0001 Auto Craft 2 . .D. Townley 50 16 00 Red Peter UR . . L .Cameron 60 Race 8 D 3.15 JONES MEMORIAL PACE $4000; C2; 2400m 1 9806 Miss Jenalda 1 . . . . . . . . R. May It 2 6903 Chummy 2 .M. de Filippi It 3 0441 Lady Noodlum 3 . . . . . I. Cameron It 4 0104 Vonnie’s Charm 4 . . . C. de Filippi It 5 6030 Polita 5 . . . . W. Hill It 6 0098 Delwyn Lass 6 . . . . . ... A. Neal It 7 1770 Idle Thoughts 7. . . . . M. Edmonds It 8 4610 Young Countess 8 . . . . R. Brosnan It 9 0151 Kotare Pewter 9 . . . . . . R. Negus It 10 0907 Danum Lady 10. . . . T. Butt It 11 7962 Hemihana 11 J. Hay It 13 1709 Friendly Lord 13 . . . . . L. O'Reilly It 14 0040 Swift Hurricane 14. . . . . J. Hislop It 15 700 Sir Arden 15 .G. Thompson It 16 4505 Timely Bule 16 ... . . . W. Forsyth It Scratched: Bronze Tiger. Race 9 3.50 NATIONAL INSURANCE PACE $3000; CO; 2200m 2 4678 La Fleur 2 . ... W. Hill It 3 0766 Gobo 3 .M. de Filippi It 4 0 Quondo Chelle 4 . . . . . . R. Austin It 5 03 Humpty Doo 5 . . . . J. Hay It 6 09 Dark Sabre 6 . T. Craddock It 7 95 Serendity Saga 7. . . . C. de Filippi It 8 0007 Black Mariner 8 . . . . ... A. Neal It 9 000 Real Alba 9 . . . . R. May It 10 6090 Bay Timer 10 . .B. O’Carroll It 11 853 Leander Lad 11. . . . . D. Hamilton It 12 7007 Umpire 12 . . .M. Nyhan It 13 8084 Skywalker 13 .G. Thompson It 14 8090 Tamara Doone 14 . . . . . . K. Daly It 15 7200 Golden Tiffany 15 . . . M. Edmonds It 16 62 Hiker Harry 16 ... . . . L .Cameron It Scratched: Acid Lee. Race 10 T 4.25 ODLINS PACE $3500; Cl; 2400m 2 7656 Daisy Dene 2 T. Fox It 3 0004 Rachael Way 3 . . . . .M. Smolensk! It 4 0508 Papal Gold 4 . J. Smolensk! It 5 931 Maude's Counsel 5. . Jill Smolensk! It 6 4095 Sea World 6 . . K. Vincent It 7 0632 Special Miss 7 . D. Hamilton It 8 7387 Timely Patron 8 . . . . . C. de Filippi It 9 8160 Mister Groom 9 W. McCallum It 10 0059 Joker Jack 10 ... A. Neal It 11 4223 Medicine Man 11... . . I. Cameron It 12 183 Regal Visit 12 . . .A. Robb It 13 6869 Underworld 13 ... A. Butt It 15 6052 Siaron 15 . L. O’Reilly It Scratched: Valtest, Dejeuner.