Waverley Star short priced favourite

Press, 5 September 1986, Page 22

Waverley Star short priced favourite

Special correspondent Auckland Waverley Star win be the shortest-priced favourite at the Avondale Jockey Club’s meeting at Avondale tomorrow and under the weight-for-age conditions of his 1400 metre event it is hard, indeed, to visualise his defeat In 10 starts, Waverley Star has been beaten only .twice, at his first race day appearance when third then, by Cosmetique in the Castlemaine Easter at Ellerslie. The first time he went under by three-quarters of a length, and a length and a half, the second time and by general agreement more than a little unluckily, by a neck. The way Waverley Star returned to racing after his winter layoff, with a

sprint win at Ellerslie three weeks ago, suggested that as a four-year-old he is going to be as good as ever. The pity is that Avondale’s West End Stakes is not going to provide a much-anticipated second clash of Waverley Star and Bonecrusher, which is racing at Wanganui. Their next race together will be in Australia when they run in the W. S. Cox Plate at Moonee Valley or, perhaps, in one of the leadup races in Melbourne. Bonecrusher’s trainer, Frank Ritchie, thought hard over the choice of Avondale or Wanganui before deciding to take the horse south. The prospect of a firmer track helped him decide on Wanganui though he also liked the chance for Bonecrusher to run over the longer distance of 1600 metres.

Tristram’s Belle and Cool Deal, both four-year-old mares from Alan Jones’ stable at Cambridge, seem to be the only horses in the West End Stakes with anything like Waverley Star’s class. In their best form they could almost be guaranteed to get something of the stake. Cool Deal, cleverly placed, has a wonderfully consistent record. He won seven races last season and was further back than fifth only twice in 16 starts. Tristram’s Belle, after being taken to Melbourne last spring, made a name for herself by winning the V.R.C. Oaks. In just her second race after a spell, and short of her best distance, she showed her quality last week with a sprint win at Te Awamutu.

Jetbet: 2 Race 1 10.20 ELM MAIDEN HURDLES $5000; 3000 m 1 322 Cattleman 7 T. Gillies 65.0 2 700 Zamarino 3 P. Hillis 63.5 3 254 Saumur 12 W. Hillis 63.0 4 009 Barovani 1 62.5 5 745 Melvin 15 K. Browne 62.5 6 027 Royal Conclusion 5 62.5 7 000 Daisy Fresh 11 62.0 8 007 Droll 10 62.0 9 034 Glory Streak 13 D. Keates62.o 10 830 Major Blue 6 C. Thornton 62.0 11 0 Our Annatess 8 62.0 12 080 Ruble Cube 9 M. Faber 62.0 13 086 Secret Grey 14 R. Cassidy 62.0 14 0553 Sly Wolf 2 T. Autridge 62.0 15 890 Talpa 4 62.0 Emergency: Daisy Fresh. Race 2 10.55 THE PLUNKET $5000; two-year-old fillies; 800 m 1 Crowning Glory 8 . . . . D. Johnson 55.0 2 Flying Angel 12 55.0 3 Gentle Miss 1 55.0

4 Golden Shears 6 55.0 5 Jennifer Rush 5 L. O’Sullivan 55.0 6 Kehua 4 55.0 7 Our Bella 7 55.0 8 Plume of Kingston 10 . . C. Brierley 55.0 9 Sheer Grit 3 J. Archer 55.0 10 Simmering 2 55.0 11 . Spi Glaes 11 L. Massey 55.0 12 Tango Affair 9 G. Grylisss.o 13 The Tadpole 13 55.0 Emergency: Simmering. Race 3 11.25 NEW LYNN MOTORS PROGRESSIVE $6500; 1600 m 1 667 Hinemoa 7 D. Healey 55.0 2 314 Lofty Blomfield 5. . . . L. O’Sullivanss.o 3 662 Lorna’s Effort 8 G. Gryllsss.o 4 235 Gypsy Dancer 6 55.0 5 979 Irish Luck 2 G. Anderton 55.0 6 000 Mandamus 4 B. McDonald 55.0 7 375 Quadros 3 D. Peake 55.0 8 060 Avon's Punch 1 55.0 Race 4 11.55 ALBANY MAIDEN $5000; 1200 m 1 038 Bold Talent 15 L. O’Sullivan 55.0

2 200 Bold Tango 5 55.0 3 853 Royal Tam 19 55.0 4 07 Andymore 13 55.0 5 0 Fort Belvedere 3 J. Collett 55.0 6 Forward March 14 P. Fearon 55.0 7 306 Fosfire 4 D. Healey 55.0 8 0 Frances Belle 11 M. Hawkins 55.0 9 Lunavaro 12 55.0 10 440 Mr Sheen 21 55.0 11 208 Proud Guest 10 D. Johnson 55.0 12 Riana 6 D. Peake 55.0 13 0 Show Boat 9 55.0 14 060 Vestige 17 55.0 15 0 La Star 1 55.0 16 8 Mindy’s Memory 20 55.0 17 7 Navy Lark 16 . . 55.0 18 56 Pikes Last 8 55.0 19 500 Turncoat 18 55.0 20 99 Sarcherie 2 55.0 21 Smiley's Mistake 7. . . . B. Dowlingss.o Emergencies: Navy Lark, Pikes Last, La Star, Mindy’s Memory, Sarcherie, Smiley’s Mistake. Race 5 T 12.25 DU COURDRAY TRONSON CUP HIGHWEIGHT $6000; 2200 m 1 782 November Gold 2 65.0 2 408 Macloud 3 63.5 3 540 William Hudson 13 P. Hillis 61.0 4 380 Annapolis 14 . .’ M. Douglas 60.5 5 272 Pal O’Mine 11 T. Reddaway6o.s 6 211 Wont Be Easy 9 60.5 7 6319 Deino’s Ruler 5 60.0 8 083 Sansong 8 T. Gillies 60.0 9 111 Crown Star 7 K. Browne 59.0 10 700 Dust N Gold 4 M. Faber 59.0 11 211 Lazania 1 B. McDonald 59.0 12 579 Nalokua 10 A. Shotton 59.0 13 600 Nui Gold 12 C. Thornton 59.0 14 070 The Man 6 59.0 Race 6 D 12.50 BOROUGH HANDICAP $8000; 2200 m 1 088 Mr Mako 6 D. Healey 57.0 2 5928 Norfolk King 10 ?.\ 55.0 3 351 Waggle 7 L. O’Sullivan 55.0 4 205 Crown and Anchor 2 . . .R. McKay 54.5 5 782 November Gold 9 54.5 6 096 Lu 4 53.5 7 4211 Lunar Trial 3 . D. Peake 53.5 8 790 Quevado 8 53.5 9 354 Grey Bo 5 T. Archer 53.0 10 900 Marwini 1 W. Robinson 53.0 Race 7 T 1.20 WEST END STAKES $15,000; weight-for-age; 1400 m 1 053 Another Phenomenon 8. . J. Collett 58.5 2 377 Malcomem 5 58.5 3 211 Waverley Star 9 . . . . L. O’Sullivan 57.0 4 324 Balanchine 7 D. Johnson 56.0 5 339 Kinmoss 2 56.0 6 348 Michelle Leanne 1 56.0 7 141 Cool Deal 3 54.5 8 071 Tristram’a Belie 4 54.5 9 156 Silver Devil 6 47.5 Race 8 D 1.50 SHORTS HANDICAP $7000; 1200 m 1 122 Chickero 3 L. O’Sullivan 57.0

2 227 Silver Rhapsody 7 . . .L. Ballantyne 56.0 3 387 Arensky 6 p. Fearon 55.0 4 134 Country Lover 2 54.0 5 718 Announce 4 J. Collett 53.0 6 000 Warrior Bold 5 S. Treweek 52.5 7 977 Bold Daniella 8 L. Massey 52.0 8 529 Diamond Danssur 1 .... D. Peake 52.0 9 Thylacine 9 H. Malcolm 49.0 Race 9 T 2.20 EMPIRE INTERMEDIATE $6250; 2000 m 1 211 Bless ’Em All 2 G. Grvllsss.o 2 286 Bar the Shouting 8 55.0 3 245 Courting 3 55.0 4 738 Rue Le Jour 1 B. Sargent 55.0 5 121 Von Anthony 6 L. O’Sullivan 55.0 6 711 Freeman 5 55.0 7 117 Noble Heritage 4 55.0 8 009 Ash Street Blues 9 55.0 9 670 Rhapsody Rose 7 55.0 Race 10 TF 2.50 TRUST INTERMEDIATE $6250; 1400 m 1 223 Field Dancer 9 L. O’Sullivan 55.0 2 25 Dusky Legend 13 J. Hayes 55.0 3 241 Regimental March 5 .... G. Gryllsss.o 4 239 Rieker 19 55.0 5 534 Zarancy 17 55.0 6 982 Marcel Maria 6 p. Fearon 55.0 7 612 Zakpen 1 55.0 8 155 Anharon 20 E. Stubbington 55.0 9 401 Modra Rua 11 55.0 10 116 Pallas Anne 8 S. Treweek 55.0 11 4607 Chicago Peace 21 R. Booth 55.0 12 Bold Tierra 12 B. Sargent 55.0 13 000 Kiowa 16 55.0 14 217 Bronze River 2 55.0 15 908 El Doon 22 55.0 16 1 Ivory Bow 7 55.0 17 01 Milimili 10 55.0 18 009 Speodmaster 4 55.0 19 148 Top Story 15 55.0 20 079 Oliver Sudden 18 55.0 21 886 Axe Boy 14 55.0 22 0 Lupin Lover 3 55.0 Emergencies: Top Story, Speedmaster, E! Doon, Oliver Sudden, Axe Boy, Lupin Lover.