Smooth Jack favoured again tonight

Press, 30 September 1986, Page 23

Smooth Jack favoured again tonight

Special correspondent Wellington

Smooth Jack should have little trouble completing a double when he contests the Andas Mobile pace at the Wellington Harness Racing Club’s meeting at Hutt Park this evening. The Smooth Fella four-year-old proved a class above his rivals at the Masterton Trotting Club’s meeting on Saturday when he cruised home and won by a length, a margin that flattered the second-placed horse My Locality. Smooth Jack was doing his work easily and trainer-driver Michael Stormont had an armchair drive. The horse has now won four of his nine starts and a good draw this evening should see him prominently placed throughout. The only question mark about Smooth Jack is his racing manners. He has proved a little erratic pre-

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viously though he certainly showed no signs of this on Saturday. My Locality looks the most likely to test him again. He finished second in each of his three starts on the track this season and looks destined for a similar placing again. Certainly, Smooth Jack and My Locality had the finish to themselves on Saturday with a gap of 15 lengths back to the third-placed horse, Vicki McQuade.

Festive Heir should take some heading off in the second leg of the T.A.B. double the Hutt Park Graduation Series Final.

The Shicker three-year-old looked smart when finishing second in two starts at Hutt Park earlier in the season and he confirmed those placings with a convincing win in his heat on Saturday.

He cut out the 2400 metres in a smart time of 3:9.4 after leading throughout and driver Maurice McKendry will

probably try for an all-the-way win again.

His task has been made easier with the other heat winner, Reilly, being ineligible and his toughest opposition could come from Full Alert and Dark Albatross. Full Alert turned in a fine effort to run a close fifth on Saturday after breaking at the start and then sitting parked out for much of the race. He has a second row draw to overcome but looks to have the ability to play a part in the finish.

Dark Albatross ran fourth in his heat after being locked up in the trail throughout. He appeared to be full of running at the finish and has again been favoured by the No. 1 draw.

Wibahe El and Rosewood Smooth both went kindly on Saturday at the Masterton meeting while Graff Spee could be an improver. He lost his chance after breaking on Saturday.

Race 1 1 6.10 MCWILLIAMS WINES HANDICAP $2800; CO; TROTTERS; 2400M 1 00 Star Shooter 1 . . B. Leask It 2 0709 Made in Heaven 2 . . . . . O. Miller It 3 352 Copped 3 . . S. Doody It 4 094 Full Regalia 4 . . . L. Pratt It 5 000 Shining Lady 5 C. Edmonds It

6 408 Stylish Way It . . , . . . D. Morrison 30 7 4233 Johnny Box 2. . . . . . . . W. Hughes 30 8 060 Justa Thought 3 . . R. Norton 30 9 445 Danny Gee 4 . . . . . . . D. Butcher 30 10 507 Command Jon 1 . . L. Clarke 50 11 185 Game Yank 2. . . . , . . R. McKenzie 50 12 991 William Gold 3 . . . . . J. Carmichael 50 13 408 Teetotal 4 A. Fraser 50 14 8170 St Pauli Girl 5 . . . . . . . A. Herlihy 50

Race 2 6.40 LEES LIQUORLAND MOBILE PACE $2800; CO; 2400m 1 043 Wings of Song 1. . . ... J. Curtin It 2 748 Full Rate 2 . . . R. Nation It 3 446 Copper Star 3 . . . . J. Carmichael It 4 970 Seafield Dream 4. . . . . . . M. Lees It 5 Ho Chi Min 5 . . P. Butcher It 6 00 Royal Appointment 6 R. Clapperton It 7 000 Lucky Call 7 . D. Morrison It 8 9856 Irish Byrd 8 . . D. Butcher It 9 6 Lord Vannin 9 . . . . . . . S. Doody It 10 0009 Courtesy Pays 10. . . M. McKendry It 11 998 Howe 11 . . A. Herlihy It 12 9 Golden Ring 12. . . . . . . C. Evans It 13 272 Miss Chips 13 . . . . ... O. Miller It Race 3 7.10 ARMOURGUARD MOBILE PACE $2800; CO; 2400m 1 99 Frosty Mike 1 . W. Marwick It 2 008 Rising Moon 2 . . . . M. McKendry It 3 892 Roydon Gold 3 . . . . J. Carmichael It 4 040 Indian Doll 4 . . B. Hackett It 5 8 Our Rocky 5 . . . . D. Balle It 6 629 Vol Au Vent 6 . . . . . . .S. Enright It 7 030 Christina May 7. . . . . . P. Butcher It 8 7 Arthurton Julie 8. . . . . D. Butcher It 9 608 Avalon to Win 9 . . . R. Clapperton It 10 0778 Sole Mate 10 . . A. Herlihy It 11 405 Saldonna 11 . . . C. Evans it 12 Come On Eileen 12 . . . . S. Doody It 13 8233 Happy Hour 13 ... . . . .C. Hughes It Race 4 TF 7.40 WAIWHETU SERVICE STATION MOBILE PACE $3600; C2; 2000M 1 704 Doc’s Daughter 1. . . . . P. Butcher It 2 863 Easter Rush 2 M. McKendry It 3 006 Storm Command 3. . . . .R. Norton It 4 700 Full Of Beans 4. . . . . . . C. Miller It 5 000 Fellazan 5 . . . C. Evans it 6 038 Judah Benhur 6 . . . . . . R. Nation It 7 3911 Reilly 7 It 8 2891 Markover 8 . . . S. Doody It 9 009 Marvin Skipper 9. . . J. Carmichael It 10 311 Russley Bridge 10 . . . . D. Butcher It 11 087 Highway Prince 11.. . D. Morrison It 12 1475 Deinina 12 ... J. Curtin It 13 002 Kitty Lobell 13 ... . . M. Stormont It 14 4120 Olympian 14 . . A. Herlihy It Emergency: Full Of Beans. Race 5 8.10 DULUX PAINTS MOBILE PACE $3200; Cl; 2400M 1 597 Moulin Rouge 1. . . . . . . C. Evans It 2 306 Toey 2 . . .E. Phelan It 3 300 Happy Hooker 3 . . . M. McKendry It 4 0862 Local Mini 4 R. Clapperton It 5 021 Tar Mate 5 ... J. Curtin It 6 8675 Princess Tania 6 . . . J. Carmichael It 7 0039 Serpico 7 . . . S. Doody It 8 000 Meridian Star 8. . . . . . ,J. Rohloff It 9 103 Three Ones 9 . . A. Herlihy It 10 4000 Mud Fever ur . . D. Butcher It Race 6 D 8.40 ANDAS MOBILE PACE $4800; C4 AND C5; 2400M 1 2119 Spinnan 1 . . . C. Evans It 2 954 Go Duke 2 J. Carmichael It 3 473 Vicki McQuade 3. . . . . P. Butcher It 4 0101 Smooth Jack 4 . . . . . M. Stormont It' 5 2202 My Locality 5 ... J. Curtin It 6 5556 Four Jacks 6 . . A. Herlihy It 7 000 Harvest Moon 7. . . . . . . B. Leask It 8 0095 Plover 6 . . . S. Doody It 9 687 Cinimod Junior 9. . . M. McKendry It 10 9581 Criolla 10 . . D. Butcher It

Race 7 T 9.10 AGC FINANCE HANDICAP $3200; Cl; trotters; 2900m 1 6852 Genius 1 . . . S. Doody It 2 2423 Johnny Box 2. ,. . . . . W. Hughes it 3 060 Justa Thought 3 . . . . . . R. Norton It 4 8170 St Pauli Girl I . . . . . . A. Herlihy 20 5 185 Game Yank 2 . R. McKenzie 20 6 507 Command Jon 3 . . . . . . L. Clarke 20 7 610 Denza Serge 1 . . . . . . . B. Leask 40 8 464 Galvin’s Pride 2. . . . J. Carmichael 40 9 409 Waimoo3 . C. Edmonds 40 10 850 Surging Talent 1 . . . . . . C. Evans 50 11 306 Another Mini 2 . . . . . . . .D. Jones 50 12 0961 Paul Tuft 1 ...... . . . . P. Leek 60 Race 8 D, T 9.40 HUTT PARK GRADUATION SERIES MOBILE PACE FINAL $6000; three-and-four-year-olds, 2400m 1 54 Dark Albatross 1. . . . . . C. Driver It 2 2 Rosewood Smooth 2. . . P. Butcher It 3 773 Gay Prowler 3 . . . S. Doody It 4 007 Meddle Maid 4 . . . . . . . M. Gibbs It 5 2 Wibahe El 5 . . . . M. Lees It 6 300 Graff Spee 6 . . M. Rennie It 7 221 Festive Heir 7 M. McKendry It 8 0176 Audrey Hanover 8 . . . . .C. Hughes It 9 5 Robindale Boy 9 . . . . . A. Herlihy It 10 605 Full Alert 10 . . . . D. Balle It 11 1403 El Nino 11 . . D. Butcher It 12 04 Passing Guest 12. . . ... J. Curtin It Race 9 10.5 ANSWER SERVICE MOBILE PACE $2800; CO; 2400m 1 Placidium 1 . . . S. Doody It 2 804 Twinkle King 2 . . . . M. McKendry It 3 7 Tokyo Boy 3 J. Carmichael It 4 340 Dundee Coon 4. . . . . . . R. Nation It 5 0 Mister Fleck 5 . . . . . . D. Butcher It 6 007 Noble Nat 6 . . . . D. Balle It 7 000 Laskari 7 . . . M. Gibbs It 8 675 Little Starlet 8 . . . . . . P. Butcher It 9 804 Haylin Again 9 . . . . . D. Morrison It 10 Baton Charge 10. . . . W. Marwick It 11 000 Lyall Bay 11 . . A. Herlihy It 12 609 Formal Clem 12 . . . . . . S. Maher it Race 10 T 10.30 TENDERKIST MEATS MOBILE PACE $3200; Cl; 2400m 1 904 Star King 1 ... J. Curtin It 2 251 Bilwyn 3 . . .J. Rohloff It 3 0955 Magic Dragon 3 . . . . . . S. Doody It 4 806 Lauder Bogart 4 . . . . . .S. Enright It 5 Aran Lodge 5 It 6 809 Our Neil Raymond 6. . M. Messitter It 7 002 Sinclair Lord 7 . . . . M. McKendry It 8 504 Finder 8 . . P. Butcher It 9 710 Del Patron 9 . . A. Herlihy • It 10 008 Stargait 10 . . . C. Evans It 11 033 Close Up 11 J. Carmichael It