Pixanover deserves success at Alexandra Park tonight

Press, 21 November 1986, Page 22

Pixanover deserves success at Alexandra Park tonight

Special correspondent Auckland Pixanover will not have an easy time endeavouring to win the $50,000 Franklin Trotting Cup at Alexandra Park this evening but one thing is for certain — he does deserve to succeed. The presence of Luxury Liner, Placid Victor and Comedy Lad — the best pacers in the north — could see Pixanover start at good odds in the BASFsponsored Cup, which will be run over 3200 m from a standing start. Trained at Drury by Peter Wolfenden, with regular driver, Glen Wolfenden, Pixanover continued a frustrating sequence of placed performances last Saturday. Often, with a little luck in the running, Pixanover may have emerged the winner but good fortune has not been on his side. Pixanover will start from the inside of the

10m mark and, after a fine effort, when second to Metal Mickey at Alexandra Park last Saturday, should be handy to the pace soon after the start. Placid Victor failed to fire on his southern trip after looking back to his best in his last three northern performances. He was a disappointing eighth in the New Zealand Cup, after having every show, and a useful fifth in the Benson and Hedges Free-For-All last Friday. Placid Victor looked bright in training at Pukekohe on Thursday and looked to have taken no harm from the trip. He is such a good stayer he must be respected. Luxury Liner put on an uncharacteristic display in the Free-For-All at Addington last Friday, breaking when in front with 1400 m to go and finishing second-to-last.

His previous effort for second to the brilliant Master Mood in the New

Zealand Cup was a game one and it would not be wise to drop him after just one bad performance. Comedy Lad, as usual, could win if he is saved for a last run. at the leaders and his ability to begin well from a standing start should see him handily placed at the outset Smooth Jack looks certain to start favourite in the third leg of the T.A.B. treble, the BASF Video Mobile Mile. He won more easily than the margin of a neck suggests, when beating Star of Shanghai last Saturday, and from the handy No. 3 barrier draw will be hard to beat. Clarius has not had much luck in his recent racing and he is sure to make his presence felt, while the veteran, Cinimod Junior, which won over a mile in 1:59 at Alexandra Park recently, seems certain to give a lot of cheek from No. 1.

Jetbet: 4 Race 1 TF 6.45 FRANKLIN SPRINGS PACE $5000; CO; mobile; 2200m 1 0740 Silver Lord 1 . . . . . . . .W. Larsen it 2 22 Hanover George 2 . . M. McKendry It 3 40 Little Brother 3 . . . . . . . C. Butler It 4 5322 Lockie Vance 4. . . . . . P. Butcher It 5 265 Stone Sober 5 . . . It 6 20 Danny Bromac 6 . . . . M. Nicholas it 7 3 Slave Driver 7 . . . It 8 4536 Port Royal 8 It 9 9064 Kala Silk 9 It 10 7520 Royal Armada 10. . . . . A. Herlihy it 11 0023 Nureyev 11 It 12 4350 Top Gear 12 . . . . T. Fraser It 13 4647 Jolly Whiskers 13. . F. Kirk It 14 4630 Extra Chips 14 . . . It 15 00 Robert Globe 15 . . . . . . G. Harris It 16 258 Casio 16 J. Shaw It 17 224 Pretty Smooth 17. . it 18 Hard To Catch 18 . It 19 9028 Tainui Princess 19 . . . . . P. Miller it Emergencies: Top Gear, Robert Globe, Little Brother, Silver Lord, Port Royal. Race 2 7.15 ALBY BROWNSON HANDICAP $5600; Cl; trotters; 2700m 1 227 Bunderbay 1 J. Clyde it 2 3200 Spry Advice 2. . . . . M. McKendry It 3 Narrah’s Pride 3 . . . . . . D. Seeney it 4 3699 Broomfield Ann 4 . . . M. Halloran it 5 8006 Single Tan 5 . . . . It 6 7916 Dark Beauty 6 . . . T. Shaw It 7 9332 Maybe When 7 . . . It 8 10 Scotch Knave 8. . . . . . . A. Cooryl It 9 60 Stan’s Dream 9. . . . . . . E. Wallis It 10 7873 Nui Countess 10 . . . . . A. Herlihy It 11 8524 Doona 1 20 12 6000 Cadenza Hanover 1 . . P. McMillan 40 13 4102 Your Honour 2 . . . 40 14 0 Just Way 3 . . . . C. Butler 40 Race 3 7.45 FRANKLIN LIQUORLAND FUTURITY STAKES $6000; two-year-olds; mobile; one mile 1 5 Dilion Dean 1 . . . . . . . . D. Dwyer It 2 52 Via Valentino 2 . . . C. Leek It 3 11 Jokerman 3 . . . . C. Butler It 4 4222 Fancy Robert 4 . . . . . . B. Mangos It 5 7545 Bowater Man 5 . . . . . . M. Purdon It 6 72 Jonard 6 It 7 2411 Adios Matt 1 ... . . . . A. Herlihy It 8 3 Comacho 8 It 9 Mystery Toff 9 . . . . . . . P. Baker It Race 4 8.10 POWELL TRANSPORT PACE $5900; C2; mobile; 2200m 1 4046 Bushfire 1 . . . .W Larsen It 2 3 Western Fella 2. . . ■ • • J. .'Langdon It 3 394 Captain Portentious 3 G. Wolfenden It 4 0903 Kelly Phil 4 J. Cole it 5 0038 Kelvin’s Boy 5 ... F. Kirk It 6 8017 Time Lag 6 . . . M. Purdon It 7 1621 Rainman 7 ... A. Herlihy It 8 9013 Litigate 8 . . M. Stormont It 9 0372 Flying Ace 9 . . . . It 10 8082 Uncle Eddie 10 . . . . . D. Alexander It 11 3672 Skateover 11 .... . . . . T. Naylor It 12 131 Vance Neebray 12 . . . • . N. Brady It 13 1719 Willy Run 13 . . B. Mangos It 14 2226 David MacFaber 14 M. McKendry It 15 6150 Tina Bret 15 It 16 8160 The Cornishman 16 . G. McMillan It 17 0210 Electrolyte 17 ... . It 18 03 Takitimu Vance 18. It 19 0742 Bonnie Anne 19 . . . . . P. Youne it Emergencies: Western Fella, Hellv Phil. Kelvins Boy, Bushfire, Uncle Eddie. Race 5 D. T 8.40 BASF FRANKLIN TROTTING CUP $50,000; C8: 3200m 1 288 Gaelic Skipper 1 . . . . D. Butcher It 2 4786 Te Awa 2 . . . P. Miller it 3 6874 Skipper Vantar 3. . . M. Nicholas It 4 2522 Pixanover 1 . . G. Wolfenden 10 5 735 Gene Evander 2 . . . . . D. Dwyer 10 6 735 King Alba 3 . . J. Langdon 10 7 3294 Comedy Lad 1 . . . . . A. Herlihy 20 8 1385 Placid Victor 2 . . . M. McKendry 20 9 1410 Rum Brydon 3 . . . . . P. Butcher 20 10 1120 Luxury Liner I . . . . B. Mangos 30 11 7841 Metal Mickey 2 . . . 30 Race 6 T 9.05 ALEX GORYL PANELBEATERS PACE $6400; C3; mobile; 2700m 1 5406 Hanover Gold 1. . . M. Nicholas It 2 9 Pay Day 2 . . . N. Brady It 3 5150 El Vencedor 3 . . .B. Purdon It 4 2000 Shamrock Prince 4. . it 5 4476 Gay Patrina 5 . . D. Butcher It 6 97 Whata Sharvid 6 . . . it 7 8540 Revonah Lord 7. . . . . . . G. Martin it 8 640 Rebel Prince 8 . . . . . M. Stormont it . 9 1008 Starchaser 9. . . . M. McKendry It 10 383 Little Yellow Book 10 it 11 0750 Fleet Rover 11 .... • .1. Jamieson it 12 9841 Shariene's Pride 12 . it 13 800 Baron's Fella 13 . . . • . J. Langdon It 14 3701 Brydon Duke 14 . . . - . B. Mangos It

15 2333 Romping Home 15 . . 16 0 Bundle* UR . .H. Timmins It It Emergencies: Whata Sharvid, Bundies. Race 7 T 1 .30 BASF VIDEO FREE-FOR-ALL $8000; C6-C7; mobile; one mile 1 7611 Cinimod Junior 1. . . It ft tfe 2 6764 Precious Dina 2. . . . It 3 4711 Smooth Jack 3 . . . . . M. Stormont It 4 Bogart Command 4 . .P. Wolfenden it 5 3347 Cterius 5 M. McKendry It 6 219 Regional Bromac 6. . . .J. Stormont It 7 4526 Traitor's Gate 7. . . . . . J. Langdon It 8 5010 Levendt 8 G. Wolfenden it A 9 2430 Inspiration 9 It 10 1158 That Fella 10 . . .F. Cooney It Race 8 D 9.55 DB COUNTIES INN HANDICAP ■■ eg $7500; C4; trotters; 3200m 1 6124 Great Life 1 It 2 1523 Phyllis Hadley 2 . . . it 3 6090 Nato 3 . .A. Perucich it 4 0100 Braidie UR 1 . A. Jamieson It 5 076 Golden Wings UR 2. . . . .G. Jones It 6 9038 Our Colleen 1 M. McKendry 10 7 2647 Moon Belie 2 . . . G. Martin 10 8 0405 Sergalina 3 . D. Alexander 10 9 8589 Rayburn Royal 4 . . . . . . E. Wallis 10 10 3316 Sergio Bandit 1. . . . . .H. Timmins 20 * ■ 11 915 Take It Easy 2 ... . • 20 12 32 Rick Evander 3 . . . . . . . C. Butler 20 13 5457 Tree 4 . . . C. Evans 20 14 6 Sergion 5 . . . G. Reaks 20 15 00 Lord Seaton 6 . . . . 20 16 8003 Global Gee 1 30 17 8 Caledonian Pride 2. . 30 18 0700 Peddler 3 . .J. Stormont 30 19 0141 Indatte 1 45 Emergencies: Braidie, Rayburn Royal, Peddler, Caledonian Pride. Race 9 10.20 TYPEWRITER SERVICE PACE $5300; Cl; junior drivers; mobile; 2700m 1 9 Kale Wave 1 . . . . C. Cave It 2 5049 City Byrd 2 . . . . S. Reid It 3 5190 Mister Rhythm 3 . . . it 4 0 Raving Ruby 4 ... . . . M. Purdon It 5 40 Admiral Tudor 5 . . . . . B. Marshall It 6 10 Perfectus 6 .J. Stormont It 7 80 Movie Star 7 G. Wolfenden It 8 8316 Suits Me 8 It 9 201 Nats Knight 9 It 10 4307 Far Advance 10. . . . . . P. Marks It 11 47 Kimburra 11 . P. Butcher It 12 865 Miss Hotshot 12 . . . It 13 0637 Parisian President 13 It 14 9738 Sir Robert 14 . . . . It 15 5168 National Tabella 15 . . . . K. Hall It 16 9451 Kata Date 16 It 17 4423 Parisian Maid 17 . . . It 18 0402 Terrific Pacific 18 . . It 19 62 City Link 19 . . . D. Balle It Emergencies: Movie Star, Raving Ruby. Parisian President, Kala Wave, Admiral Tudor. Race 10 1045 HADLOW AND BOYLE FREE-FOR-ALL $7500; C4-C5; mobile 2200m 1 71 Waimauku Princess 1 . .F. Cooney It 2 7212 Star Of Shanghai 2 . . . . F. Kirk It 3 Bacchus 3 . . G. Harris It 4 5885 Otama Lass 4 . B. Mangos It 5 1232 Sheer Quality 5. . . . . . P. Young It 6 2300 Four Jacks 6 . . C. Butler It 7 03 Reggio's Mate 7 . . . M. Nicholas It 8 4215 Blabs 8 .H. Timmins It 9 6570 Gdden Nero 9 . . . . It 10 8000 Cheap Transport 10 . M. McKendry It 11 9866 Classic Fella 11. . . . It 12 9737 Sheraton Way 12. . . .J. Stormont It 13 4 Lyn’s Song 13 it