O’Sullivan, Davison hope to boost totals today

Press, 24 June 1986, Page 30

O’Sullivan, Davison hope to boost totals today

By

J. J. BOYLE

The leading jockey, Lance O’Sullivan, returns to the South Island to ride at today’s Ashburton meeting hoping to build on an impressive total of 128 for the season.

He is trailing David Walsh’s record for a season by 10 wins and will be looking to his lineup of mounts today to edge closer.

At least he cannot fare worse than David Walsh did when he included last year’s Ashburton winter meeting on his list. Walsh remained scoreless after eight rides, including four on favourites. But when Walsh returned for the Timaru meeting 10 days later he landed a hattrick, on Proud Leigh, Sound Note, and Jonny Alone.

Proud Leigh and Jonny Alone will be in the action at Ashburton today, Proud Leigh as a ’chaser with a chance in the first leg of the T.A.B. treble, and Jonny Alone as one of the stronger chances in the Jim Pankhurst Farewell, first leg of the T.A.B. double and the T.A.B. trifecta event.

Famillion will be the O’Sullivan mount in the Pankhurst Farewell. The four-year-old has a good record on the Ashburton course and represents the strongest threat to the big guns in the top half of the handicap today.

Devery, a stablemate of Famillion, will be the first on O’Sullivan’s list of rides today.

Other O’Sullivan mounts include the Wingatuitrained Hwyl in the Bayer Rintal Handicap, the second leg of the T.A.B. double and third leg of the treble.

Hwyl has shown a fair talent on winter tracks, and shaped as if he is on the path towards winning form when placed at the Eastern Southland Hunt meeting on June 10.

Betting on the Bayer should reflect a wide range of fancies. They include Pantless, Graikos, Young Nick, and the stablemates Beks and Giveaway.

Lance O’Sullivan’s mounts in the last two races on the card are the Riccarton pair, Stylish Living and Gums a Calling.

Their failures to reach the money at the Timaru meeting on June 6 were costly, but O’Sullivan must have thought Stylish Living had shown enough in finishing fifth to extend a partnership with the Star Way filly. The quest of Grant Davison for another win to give him his century for the season will also lend much interest to today’s meeting. Davison has an early form runner in Bijou Lady (Methven Hotel Maiden), will be on Jonny Alone in the Pankhurst Farewell, and will hope to extend a rewarding partnership with Polacca in the Burnetts Handicap. Polacca has won his last two races in the style of a horse capable of making the step up to 1600 m without much trouble.

Jetbet: 6 Race 1 11.5 MEEHANS BRUSH HURDLES $3500; 2800 m 1 1341 Dundas 9 A. Mavor67.o 2 0310 King Henry 1 64.0 3 3009 Sea Fort 5 E. Winsloe 64.0 4 6723 Tiger Bow 6 W. Harnett 63.5 5 0752 Lanaon 11 T. Gibbs 63.0 6 0000 Yours Faithfully 7 B. Pelling 63.0 7 0560 Offan 13 T. Belsham 62.5 8 0004 Applicate 8 C. Edmond 62.0 9 0 For Hire 4 S. Smith 62.0 10 0950 111 Afford 3 R. Harinson62.o 11 0904 Our Guard 2 A. Cowan 62.0 12 7867 Prince Rapido 14. . . . D. Richards62.o 13 5698 Prove Away 12 C. Roberts 62.0 14 8006 Smokey Topaz 10 R. Collett 62.0 Race 2 11.35 METHVEN HOTEL MAIDEN $2400; 1410 m 1 2620 Bev's Pal 16 J. Woledgess.o 2 0033 Bijou Lady 19 G. Davison 55.0 3 2635 Blue Corvette 3 J. Cameron 55.0 4 0 Constantine 15 P. Richards 55.0 5 267 Devery 18 L. O’Sullivan 55.0 6 4207 Epping Valley 11 C. Bain 55.0 7 Fenderlyn Beau 14 55.0 8 4988 Fine Fare 5 J. Dowling 55.0 9 0580 Frosty Heir 6 C. Edmond 55.0 10 Gold Town 13 R. McCann 55.0 12 5509 Noble Brizard 12 . . . . A. Robinson 55.0 13 7807 Noel’s Choice 9 J. Barr 55.0 14 Palatable Prince 20 . . W. Satherley 55.0 15 Proud Warrior 17 L. Dldham 55.0 17 0980 Roonavari 4 C. Robertsss.o 18 3640 Signum 1 55.0 19 0008 Split the Bill 10 .... J. Pankhurst 55.0 20 3662 The Mean Machine 2 . T. Matthews 55.0 Emergencies: Fenderlyn Beau, Noble Brizard. Scratched: King of Light, Raynbird. Race 3 12.5 LYNDHURST MAIDEN $2400; 1200 m 1 3662 Blue Willow 19 L. Cook 55.0 2 7976 Dancing Belle 7 R. Coster 55.0 3 00 Four Figures 14 J. Dowling 55.0 4 Ima Vari 9 55.0 5 Lady Loretta 8 55.0 6 05 La Foiler 17 W. Satherley 55.0 7 Noble Lyric 6 L. Didham 55.0 8 0 So Valid 11 C. Crowe 55.0 9 0 Standonmike 2 55.0 10 0346 Taffy 18 D. Wadley 55.0 11 4477 Tinmate 16 P. Falveyss.o 12 0 Won Fu 20 Z. Mathie 55.0 13 6470 Argite 10 S. Reid 53.0 14 7 Hockey Pokey 12 G. Davison 53.0 15 Knightly Image 15 ... T. Matthews 53.0 16 3000 Lucky Pela 13 53.0 17 73 Rakau Tiffany 4 D. Morel 53.0 18 393 Real Pronto 1 R. McCann 53.0 19 2 Star of Travolta 5 ... J. Pankhurst 53.0 20 0 Yoz 3 L. O’Sullivan 53.0 Emergencies: Yoz, La Foiler, Lady Loretta, Ima Vari. Race 4 12.35 MANIONS HOTEL TRIAL $2400; 1600 m 1 3203 Bareau 6 L. Didham 55.0 2 7880 Belle De La Mer 1. . . .J. Woledge 55.0 3 3744 Britzka 7 M. Ritchie 55.0 4 9925 Busy Bee 16 J. Pankhurst 55.0 5 4235 Count Claudia 13 G. Davison 55.0 6 9940 Ceresia 14 J. Cameron 55.0 7 0680 Coastal King 4 55.0 8 3386 Extra Bright 17 D. Powell 55.0 10 0482 Kokoiass 12 J. Dowling 55.0 11 0009 Linda May 9 C. Edmond 55.0 12 409 Maestri 20 L. O’Sullivan 55.0 13 4387 Maquis 11 R. Bruce 55.0 14 0008 Mitzrana 8 S. Reid 55.0 15 246 Rome 10 T. Matthews 55.0 17 3689 Some Palace 19 55.0 18 0498 Super Sea 15 A. Robinson 55.0 19 0560 Wattle’s Boy 18 C. Bain 55.0 Emergency: Mitzrana. Scratched: Jimmy Clark, Roonavari, Windvale Blue. Race 5 T 1.5 CLAREMONT HUNT STEEPLES $4500; 4000 m 1 6322 Free To Choose 5 .... S. Belcham 66.0 2 0140 Berkeley Clown 7 . . . .T. Belsham 65.0 4 2371 Silver Bayou 12 W. Harnett 65.0 5 4602 Plummet 1 P. Richards 64.5 6 5251 Squadron 2 A. Mavor 64.5 8 0243 Icknield Knight 11 S. Smith 63.5 9 0024 Proud Leigh 6 A. Cowan 63.0 10 4360 Deep Port 3 R. Collett 62.0 11 0485 Go Johnny 13 E. Winsloe 62.0 12 3504 John Speed 10 D. Hutton 62.0 13 9377 Mr Big 8 C. Edmond 62.0 Scratched: Coharken, Seafarer. Race 6 D, TF 1.40 JIM PANKHURST FAREWELL HANDICAP $5500; 1410 m. 1 2346 Noble Note 7 D. Powell 57.5 First start since April 5. Class horse at best but lack of recent racing could weigh against him. 2 6490 Courier Flight 12. . . . A. Robinson 56.5 Was eased after unrewarding Riccarton campaign at Easter. 3 8 Reingard 15 R. McCann 56.0 Was campaigned in Australia last spring and won Canberra Cup. Having his first start since November, but did not look far off peak at Rangiora race trials. 4 7213 Tirana 1 T. Matthews 55.5 Campaigned rewardingly in North Island in May. Won over 1400 m at Trentham, then third in Jarden Mile at Awapuni. 5 5222 Jonny Alone 9 G. Davison 54.0 Last two runs were in 1600 m races at Oamaru. One of obvious chances. 6 5441 Miss March 13 53.5 Attractive winner over 1400 m at Wingatui on June 2. A reward for placed runs earlier. 7 0435 Buffy Beaufort 3 J. Dowling 52.5 Last two runs were in metric miles at Oamaru. Could be still improving and respected on top form. 9 5555 Black Arrow 4 J. Pankhurst 52.0 First start since December, but trials run recently showed he is well forward for this distance. 10 0764 Blarney Fair 6 J. Jamieson 51.5 First start since January. Early-season form was patchy. 11 6070 Donizetti 5 J. Cameron 51.5 Showed nothing at Oamaru last week.

13 4515 Famillion 8 L. O’Sullivan 50.5 Win two starts back was over 1400 m at Wingatui. Fair run over 1600 m on same course later in May and could be better, if anything, for this. 14 0650 Adios King 10 S. Rickerbyso.o Back to sprinting after failing in Amberley Cup. 15 8759 Rusty’s Image 2 . . . . W. Satherley 50.0 Resuming. Others preferred. Scratched: Vrinsk, Pronto King. Race 7 T 2.10 THE LANGDON MACHINERY MASSEY FERGUSON $2800; 1410 m 1 9530 Anzonetta 6 G. Davison 55.0 2 Bartsky 4 55.0 3 7448 Binkie's Pal 8 55.0 4 5371 Don Pedro 11 P. Richards 55.0 5 7281 Follower 9 T. Matthews 55.0 6 4164 Golden Time 19 C. Edmond 55.0 7 0255 Iperial Hagen 16 .... J. Pankhurst 55.0 8 5083 Janse Lee 18 J. Dowling 55.0 9 037 Kelim 1 Z. Mathie 55.0 10 0773 King Of Charm 13 . . . A. Robinson 55.0 11 6581 La Bryra 5 J. Jamieson 55.0 12 6214 Norwester 12 R. McCann 55.0 13 1304 Pavlova’s Beau 10 ... . D. Wadley 55.0 14 3109 Puffasmoke 14 J. Woledge 55.0 15 2210 Rhydahl 2 L. O’Sullivan 55.0 16 0075 Red Mosaic 3 D. Powell 55.0 18 0001 Silver Shadow 7 .... W. Satherley 55.0 19 7332 Skipton Road 17 R. Bruce 55.0 20 0971 Ty Kee 15 J. Cameron 55.0 Emergencies: Puffasmoke, Binkie’s Pal, Bartsky. Scratched: Silver Ika. Race 8 D, T 2.40 BAYER RINTAL HANDICAP $4500; 2220 m. 1 841 Graikos 16 J. Cameron 58.0 Won class 1 over 2200 m with 51kg at Wingatui on June 2. Will be tested for weightcarrying ability here, but should go close in present form. 2 8316 Young Nick 5 K. Prendergast 57.0 Won over 1600 m on first day of Otago winter meeting. Then unplaced over 1400 m on second day. 3 1211 Beks 12 J. Woledge 56.5 Narrow winner last start over 2200 m on heavy track at Wingatui. Strong record from last four starts makes her an obvious prospect. 4 9022 Giveaway 17 J. Dowling 56.0 Close second last start over 2200 m at Wingatui. 5 0617 Magic Eagle 11 P. Richards 55.5 Beat Giveaway and nine others at Wingatui, then failed at Gore on June 10. 6 864 Sandeeno 7 T. Matthews 55.5 Last start fourth was in class 1 over 2000 m at Gore, and race should have improved him. 7 9586 You Rang Sir 20 L. Didham 55.0 Latest runs don’t inspire confidence. 8 5063 Hwyl 19 L. O’Sullivan 54.5 Length from winner when third in class I over 2000 m at Gore. One of the brighter chances on that run. 9 6098 Lady Glenshiel 2 .... J. Pankhurst 54.5 No appeal on latest form. 10 9530 McLean 15 54.5 Weak run over 1600 m at Oamaru last II 0097 Rhubarb 9 J. Barr 54.5 Failed to measure up against class 1 metric milers at Oamaru. 12 9945 Strathnann 4 R. McCann 54.5 Not the worst after her fifth in class 1 2000 m at Gore. 13 0959 Hotu Hui Lad 18 D. Morel 54.0 Hardly likely, on latest form. 14 5690 Macho Man 8 C. Roberts 54.0 Veteran resuming. Others preferred. 15 9432 Pantleas 10 A. Robinson 54.0 Ran Beks close over 2200 m at Wingatui last time, finishing fast from tar back. 16 8067 Palvet 6 R. Bruce 53.5 Last-start failure was as sprinter at Wingatui. 17 0980 Durack 13 52.5 Having a battle to regain earlier form. 18 0999 Our Rob 14 52.5 Showed nothing in corresponding race at Riccarton on May 14. 19 8847 Sangrilton 1 R. McCann 52.5 Weak finisher over 2100 m at Washdyke last time out. 20 3970 Our Speed 3 51.0 Failed over 1600 m at Washdyke on June 6. Emergencies: Durack, Our Grub, Our Speed, Sangrilton. Race 9 3.10 THE STARTIME CATERERS $3000; 1200 m 1 6000 Anglo French 7 57.0 2 7667 Burdite 15 J. Pankhurst 57.0 3 9024 Maxispot 12 R. McCann 57.0 5 0834 Shifnal's Mate 14 J. Dowling 57.0 6 0050 Sweet Sue 10 W. Satherley 57.0 8 1057 Buller 11 L. Didham 54.5 9 4581 Diamond Knight 3 . . . T. Matthews 54.5 10 1278 Gunyah Earl 2 J. Woledge 54.5 11 7520 Keltod 4 P. Richards 54.5 12 Mustard Pot 5 G. Davison 54.5 13 2623 Mount Pleasant 8 R. Bruce 54.5 14 0000 Nickaletfa 13 M. Ritchie 54.5 15 1345 Stylish Living 6 L. O’Sullivan 54.5 Scratched: Nicolai Bay, Sansirmac. Race 10 3,40 THE BURNETTS HANDICAP $3300; 1600 m 1 5710 Fun Run 14 L. Didlam 57.0 2 2111 Pestle 12 C. Crowe 57.0 3 5211 Polacca 9 G. Davison 57.0 4 1093 Kallista 3 J. Dowling 56.5 5 1312 Next Lot 2 J. Cameron 56.0 6 6626 Sweet Chat 5 J. Woledge 56.0 7 0886 Wat O Sue 7 A. Robinson 56.0 8 4178 Red Sovereign 6 55.5 9 9736 Saddleman 13 W. Satherley 55.5 10 7920 Gums A Calling 4 . . . L. O’Sullivan 55.0 11 142 Purple Tone 17 J. Pankhurst 55.0 12 6742 Wentworth Heights 1 .... J. Barr 55.0 13 5314 Windvalo Harbour 11 . T. Matthews 55.0 14 8743 Kyolic 10 R. Bruce 54.5 16 8847 Sangrilton 16 R. McCann 54.5 ' 17 0625 Sandsting 8 P. Richards 54.5 18 8950 Fidel 18 K. Prendergast 54.0 19 800 Moat 15 54.0 20 8108 Tuahiwi Girl 19 D. Morel 54.0 Emergencies: Tuahiwi Girl, Fidel Moat. Scratched: Rock On.