Top gallopers on show at Awapuni tomorrow

Press, 19 September 1986, Page 19

Top gallopers on show at Awapuni tomorrow

Special correspondent Wellington The recent spell of wet weather in the Awapuni area will do plenty to enhance the prospects of Catering King, Honour Bright and Gatcombe’s Pride in the $50,000 Highview Metric Mile at the Marton Jockey Club’s meeting at Awapuni tomorrow.

This trio of top class gallopers will be joined by one of last season’s stars, Waverley Star, and though he is an acceptor, Bourbon Boy is not expected to run at Awapuni.

With the likes of Koberstein, Mister Lumlee, Barusha and Metro it is, all round, a grand field. Waverley Star will be the drawcard. He has won twice this season, at Ellerslie and Avondale, and he is building up for an attempt on the Cox

Plate at the end of next month. Both of his wins have been on heavy and soft tracks so he should handle the footing competently here. Catering King also has a good record on wet tracks. His Ellerslie loss earlier this term has been followed by wins in the Foxbridge Plate and in the Byerley Thoroughbred Stakes at Hastings last Saturday.

The conditions will also assist Honour Bright which failed last time out at Hastings but began his four-year-old racing with a second behind Gatcombe’s Pride at Wanganui. Gatcombe’s Pride missed last time, in the weight-for-age Tim Rogers Stakes at Wanganui, but had won at his two previous outings. Gatcombe’s Pride’s stablemate, Koberstein, a

winner at Hastings on Wednesday, will also be at ease on the wet track as will Metro, winner of the Lowry Memorial on Wednesday. Major Drive, Kiwi and Norfolk Bard which are entered for big Melbourne races this spring are acceptors for the 2300-metre Motorcorp Handicap, the second leg of the T.A.B. double, but the likely favourite could be Lunar Trail, which is going through a purple patch of form at the moment.

Sophie’s Secret, which is racing well, will also be a chance while Dingle Bay, which failed to flatter at Hastings last Saturday, could be a different proposition this time.

While tomorrow’s test is a class one event, Dingle Bay drops from the 57 he carried in class three last week to 49.5 here.

Jetbet: 7 Race 1 11.40 LAND ROVER HURDLES $5000; 2600m 1 431 Doctor Sam 5 . . .S. Jenkins 67.5 2 155 Vincere 4 . . . . G. Lord 67.5 3 536 Rocking Chair 11. . . . . K. Browne 64.0 4 3424 Ellen’s Soldier 2 . . . . . . J. Albert 63.0 5 200 Life Guard 9 61.5 6 615 Allyn 13 . .K. Treweek60.5 7 454 Brightwater 3 . . S. Dennett 59.5 8 022 Candy Case 10 ... . . . . G. O’Neil 59.5 9 3193 Henry Morgan 7 . . . 59.5 10 887 Court Jester 12. . . . . . G. Andrew 59.0 11 Regal Hunter 6 . . . . . . . M. Gillies 59.0 12 430 Speak Easy 1 . . W. Thomas 59.0 13 009 Sparkling Time 8. . . . . . . F. Pratt 59.0 Race 2 12.15 NEW ZEALAND RACING WRITERS’ MAIDEN $5000; 1600m 1 945 Big Bread 16 54.0 2 300 Coppertan 3 . . .G. Elliot 54.0 3 037 Court Order 8 . . P. Ayres 54.0 4 00 Diamond Jack 10. . . . 54.0 5 0 Frankston Town 2 . . . 54.0 6 023 Fronsita 18 . . A. Brown 54.0 7 049 La Velour 11 54.0 8 000 Moss Tidings 6 . .L. Cassidy 54.0 9 023 Mother Earth 7 . . N. Harris 54.0 10 074 Notram 12 . B. Hibberd 54.0 11 30 Pacific Dawn 19 . . . . 54.0 12 63 Perbager 5 54.0 13 222 Policy 4 . G. Phillips 54.0 14 74 Ponderevo 21 . . P. Taylor 54.0 15 3332 Quizote 1 L. O'Sullivan 54.0 16 9409 Radiata Pine 17 .T. Kennedy 54.0 17 084 Swan Woman 14 ... . 54:0 18 009 Goldare 22 J. Macartney 54.0 19 00 Mighty Token 23 ... . 54.0 20 605 Whetu Marama 3. . . . 54.0 21 50 Oakland Ridge 15 . . . 54.0 22 578 Tele Myth 9 54.0 23 500 Miss Tan 20 54.0 24 Fame's Gift 24 54.0 Emergencies: Mighty Token, Whetu Marama, Oakland Ridge, Tele Myth, Miss Tan, Fame’s Gift. Race 3 12.45 JAMES BULL STEEPLES $5000; 4000m 1 5337 Therapeutic 12 2 109 Mighty River 9 . .S. Jenkins 62.5 3 606 Foaming Henri 2 . . . . . S. Dennett 62.0 4 3110 Glen Aros 1 62.0 5 148 Curdu 17 61.5 6 411 Edge Hill 15 . . T. Gillies 61.0 7 2028 Stiles 18 59.5 8 235 Adaptability 5 J. McGifford 59.0 9 5582 Ardri 6 . K. Browne 59.0 10 7850 Aspro 7 . . . F. Pratt 59.0 11 2349 Ben 11 59.0 12 070 Enzee 16 59.0 13 7868 Leather Boy 3 59.0 14 547 Le Note 13 . W. Thomas 59.0 15 377 Middle Run 4 . . M. Gillies 59.0 16 4039 Nevada 10 .K. Treweek 59.0 17 451 Spring Fortune 14 . . . 59.0 18 358 Storm 8 S. Thompson 59.0

Race 4 1.20 DEN m 54.0 1 UNIPART MAI $5000; 1400 39 Captain Calico 13 . 2 9 County Court 17 . . 54.0 3 Edwina 16 . . . .L. Cassidy 54.0 4 006 Fullarum 7 . . . . M. Gillies 54.0 5 077 Golden Amythest 10 G. Elliot 54.0 6 635 Go Lady 3 . . L. O’Sullivan 54.0 7 5512 Kent’s Mistake 15 . . 54.0 8 4 Latitude 19 . . . . N. Harris 54.0 9 2 Lord Pegasus II . . . ... P. Ayres 54.0 10 060 On Duty 20 ... J. Walker 54.0 11 Rocky May 21 54.0 12 492 Rushini 2 . . . . S. Keen 54.0 13 0 Sandy Creek 9 . . . . . .T. Kennedy 54.0 14 000 Scholar’s Habit 18 . . . . . .R. Elliot 54.0 15 023 Secretive 12 . . B. Hibberd 54.0 16 260 Tactful Lady 24. . . . 54.0 17 208 Tavern Boy 4 54.0 18 020 Teri’s Pride 5 54.0 19 0 Mr Milson 22 . . . B. Griffin 54.0 20 6 Our Big Bird 1 . . . . 54.0 21 Magdelaine 8 54.0 22 Glen Isle 6 54.0 23 605 Danote 14 54.0 24 783 Squatter 23 54.0 Emergencies: Mr Milson, Our Big Bird, Magdelaine, Glen Isle, Danote, Squatter. Race 5 1.55 HONDA CIVIC HANDICAP $6000; 1200m 1 11 Arctic Wolf 4 . L. O'Sullivan 55.5 2 127 Signora 1 55.0 3 110 Standing Ovation 12. . . . P. Ayres 54.0 4 012 Pesaro 8 53.0 5 240 Sister Loo 13 . . ,L. Cassidy 53.0 6 350 Conchelle 3 52.5 7 833 Majica 2 . W. Satherley 52.5 8 250 Rocky Way 9 52.5 9 321 Diamente’s Girl 15. . 52.0 10 514 Kia Karu 11 . . .G. Philips 52.0 11 095 Another Prince 6. . . . . . .R. Elliot 51.5 12 820 Timandra Blaze 5 . . K. Clapperton 51.5 13 668 Dalby 10 . . . P. Taylor 51.0 14 8 Coober’s Day 14 . . . 50.0 15 800 Tavero 7 50.0 Race 6 D, TF 2.35 HIGHVIEW METRIC MILE $50,000; 1600m 1 111 V/averley Star 4 . . . . L. O’Sullivan 56.0 2 Ill Bourbon Boy 6 . . . . 55.0 3 211 Catering King 12. . . . B. McDonald 54.5 4 226 Honour Bright 8 . . . . . . N. Harris 54.0 5 563 Chance For Gold 3 . . . G. Phillips 53.5 6 07 Axeman 16 53.0 7 102 Laud Eulogy 11. . . . . . .R. McKay52.5 8 170 Flying Tui 14 . J. Macartney 52.0 9 118 Gatcombe's Pride 15 . . . P. Taylor 52.0 10 231 Koberstein 19 . . B. Hibberd 53.0 11 9721 Bronze Valley 17 . . . 52.5 12 313 Amythest 18 . . .L. Cassidy 51.0 13 852 Mister Lumlee 5 . . . . . . P. Ayres 50.5 15 3112 Barusha 13 49.5 16 271 Metro 1 . . M. Enright 50.0 17 0426 Allez Pal 10 47.5 18 906 Bidston Hill 9 47.0 19 2 Seadreamer 2 . . . .R. Elliot 47.0

Race 7 T HONDA ACCORD HAI $7000; 2000m 1 912 Classic Bay 10 2 123 Bakht 5 . 3.10 NDICAP L. O’Sullivan 58.0 . . N. Harris 55.0 3 300 Blazing Path 9 54.5 4 1866 Maluta 3 54.5 5 8206 Young Remus 12. . . 54.5 6 311 Al Kara 16 . . B. Griffin 53.5 7 547 Angle Eyes 2 . . P. Taylor 52.5 8 7833 Irish Boe 7 . . .G. Elliot 52.5 9 140 Ark’s Regent 11 . . . . 52.0 10 12 Sir Humphrey 6 . G. Phillips 52.0 11 717 Joe Savoldi 4 K. Clapperton 51.0 12 5216 Kobe 8 51.0 13 0536 Pai Tama 14 . . . P. Riley 51.0 14 561 Sovereign Roo 15 . . . . . ,R. Elliot 51.0 15 870 Border Raider 17. . . . . . P. Ayres 50.0 16 907 Dashing Doll 1 . T. Moseley 50.0 17 979 Tudor Ace 13 50.0 Race 8 D, T 3.45 MOTORCORP HANDICAP $20,000; 2300m 1 508 Kiwi 10 . . N. Harris 55.5 2 134 Major Drive 7 L. O’Sullivan 55.5 3 470 Norfolk Bard 5 54.5 4 995 Prince Of Wales 6 . . . . .J. Walker54.0 5 036 Cornwall King 12. . . . 53.0 6 740 Timandra Bay 3 . . .G. Elliot 53.0 7 1133 Lunar Trail 8 51.0 8 108 Orkahn 11 51.0 9 513 Sophie's Secret 4 . . . . . P. Ayres 50.5 10 5288 Dingle Bay 2 . R. Hannam 49.5 11 165 Kampari 1 49.5 12 0958 Quevado 9 49.0 Race 9 T 4.20 BASSENTHWAITE HANDICAP $10,000; 1600m 1 000 Defend 5 W. Satherley 56.0 2 341 Ice Flake 19 56.0

3 614 Lindo Chaval 15 ... . 55.5 4 8319 Apache Lass 6 .T. Kennedy 55.0 5 3438 Capalaba 21 55.0 6 940 Digby 12 . M. Enright 55.0 7 712 Gusto Boy 13 . G. Phillips 55.0 8 142 Lofty Blomfield 8. . . . L. O’Sullivan 55.0 9 036 Just A Star 10 54.5 10 012 Paparae 17 . B. Hibberd 54.0 11 855 Galaxy Bay 16 53.5 12 500 Logical Miss 2 53.5 13 2362 Reverse Charge 14. . . 53.5 14 346 Salt Spray 24 . . P. Taylor 53.5 15 7032 Warlah 4 53.5 16 0922 Tres Brut 20 . .L. Cassidy 52.5 17 091 Winter Cheer 11 . . . . 52.5 18 126 Oriental Tribute 18. . . . . P. Ayres 51.5 19 2044 Lady Stanley 23 ... . 51.5 20 172 Wink ’N Blink 22... . 51.0 21 5316 Korkasam 3 51.0 22 100 Avic 9 51.0 23 10 Atomic 8 51.0 24 Steprin 7 51.0 Emergencies: Lady Stanley, Wink ’N Blink, Korkasam, Avic, Atomic, Steprin.