Titan Chip sold

Press, 27 November 1986, Page 40

Titan Chip sold

Special correspondent Invercargill Titan Chip, one of Southland’s most tightlyassessed pacers, is the latest purchase by the Cambridge-based Kenwood Stud, Limited, formerly the Central Standardbred Agency. Mr Brian Meale, a codirector of the company, said Titan Chip would be transported to Charlie Hunter’s Cambridge stables tomorrow. From there the gelding would be flown to North America in a few weeks.

An exceptionally big son of the successful Most Happy Fella sire, Transport Chip, and the Scottish Command mare, Joker’s Command, Titan Chip started six times as a

three-year-old, for the fine score of two wins, two seconds and a third, for $5420 in stakes.

All told, Titan Chip started 14 times last season for five wins, two seconds, a third and two fourths, being unplaced only four times. George Bennett, his Winton owner-trainer, produced Titan Chip to win his first three starts last season. His next four races produced a first, a second, a third and a fourth.

Bennett produced him later for another win and a fourth. After three unsuccessful efforts, he was switched to Richard Brosnan’s Kerrytown stable, having one race from his new quarters for a second. Bennett was thwarted in his efforts to fit Titan Chip for the Southland Times-Invercargill Cup in October, but Brosnan, when he took charge of him again, produced him Jo finish third to Trident and Andronicus in the Guthreys Tours Mobile Mile at Addington last month.

Trident clocked a sizzling 1:56.88 on that occasion and won by six and a quarter lengths. Titan Chip gave another splendid account of himself when he finished second to Horizon in the Shipley’s Vision and Sound Handicap at Addington on Cup Day earlier this month.