Canterbury Belle on show for Wingatui race crowd tomorrow

Press, 19 December 1986, Page 29

Canterbury Belle on show for Wingatui race crowd tomorrow

By J. J. BOYLE Canterbury Belle will give a Wingatui race crowd its first and probably only opportunity to see a smoothly efficient galloping machine in action in the Otago Racing Club’s James Hazlett Stakes tomorrow.

Two lead-up races this time up and in the meantime a reassuring win at race trials last week-end should have thoroughly fitted the Riccarton-trained speedster for anything that might be demanded of her at 1600 m in the first leg of the Otago Racing Club’s T.A.B. double.

She goes into tomorrow’s race as winner of nine races and over $400,000 and nothing short of ill-luck in the running or an out of character below par effort could defy her effort to give weight all round in a handicap with a range of only 5.5 kg. To assist her cause Canterbury Belle will have the assistance of Grant Davison, who is having a golden summer on South Island courses and returned to the head of the jockeys’ list by landing eight winners over the C.J.C. and Tapanui meetings last week-end. Noble Note, so often Davison’s mount in previous seasons, is closest to Canterbury Belle in the weights and might be closest to her in the finish.

There were encouraging signals from his fifth placing over 1200 m, a distance short of his best, at Riccarton last week. Sea Swift is coming back to 1600 m after a freshener that followed her unplaced run in the New Zealand Cup, but the Gore-trained Chook a Rook has had no such strenuous demands made on him. This will be only his third start for the season, and he has gloss on his form as a last-start winner at the Southland meeting.

Try To Stop Me, like Canterbury Belle, will be making his first appearance at Wingatui tomorrow, and the imported son of Sharpen Up could pose problems for the “colonials” in the Crofters Arms Handicap, second leg of the T.A.B. double.

His English record argued of a middle distance talent, and perhaps the only question mark over his chance tomorrow is whether he has improved enough with his one lead-up run to meet the demands of 2200 m. That run was over 1600 m at Riccarton last Friday, and it yielded a close third. Seasoned runners perhaps best able to capitalise on any shortfall in Try To Stop Me’s level of performance are Sparkling Eyes, Giveaway, and Noble Ella. If it comes up wet Hwyl will also join the list of fancies.

Jetbet: 7 Race 1 12.30 SMITH HIGHWEIGHT $3500; 1600 m 1 0542 Bold Beaufort 4 61.0 2 Native Lad 12 61.0 3 100 Beaufort Star 6 60.5 5 041 Diana Marie 10 ... R. Montgomery 60.5 6 0 My Name’s Good 3 .... M. Brick 60.5 7 1986 Aussie’s Pal 15 A. Robertson 60.0 8 0030 Duisburg 8 P. Richards 60.0 9 Moderation 2 60.0 10 6 Noble Kaura 16 60.0 11 5 Trillium 5 60.0 12 0498 Diamond Blaze 1 W. Harnett 59.5 13 9358 Double Acre 13 S. Anderton 59.5 14 07 Know Angel 7 K. Scott 59.5 15 6539 Melsea 14 59.5 16 9056 Turf Cruiser 11 B. Pellings9.s Scratched: Desperate Lass. Race 2 1.05 BARGAIN MAIDEN $3200; 1600 m 1 0723 Billy Mac 3 A. Robinson 55.0 2 09 Credit Rating 10 55.0 3 052 Deerstalker 5 G. Davison 55.0 4 60 Easy Life 7 S. Anderton 55.0

5 0052 Hypatia 8 T. Matthews 55.0 6 6708 King’s Rumour 4 P. Richards 55.0 7 Line Up 6 K. Prendergast 55.0 8 77 Moorecroft 1 H. Goscomb 55.0 9 970 Run for the Roses 2. . . R. McCann 55.0 10 85 She’s Noble 12 C. Bain 55.0 11 0099 Smart Ace 15 D. Frye 55.0 13 9050 Torchstar 9 J. Oakshott 55.0 14 07 Tyrone Pal 13 B Pellingss.o 15 947 Whiteway 14 . . L. Didham 55.0 Scratched: Talisker. pone FIRST WILSON MAIDEN $3200; 1200 m 1 76 Alarm Flight 8 R. McCann 55.0 2 3002 Allez Era 1 D. Anderton 55.0 3 6568 Benger Valley 5 55.0 4 5 Chernobyl 14 55.0 5 0000 Claudio Satin 12 J. Dowling 55.0 6 4 Elie Rae 6 L. Cameron 55.0 7 Financial Times 2 . . . .S. Anderton 55.0 8 Flurry 16 55.0 10 5082 Mingle 7 A. Tait 55.0 11 Niente Bene 3 55.0 12 0 Noble Ember 13 P. Richards 55.0 13 9 Silver Raider 11 G. Davison 55.0 14 Sneaky Legend 4. . . . A. Robinson 55.0

15 80 White Wine 15 ... R. Montgomery 55.0 Scratched: Katiki Rose, Wild Wind. Race 4 - D, TF 2.15 JAMES HAZLETT STAKES $15,000; 1600 m 1 35 Canterbury Belle 8.... G. Davison 57.5 Class performer of this field, and should now be race fit for this distance. 2 3095 Noble Note 7 J. Dowling 56.5 Made ground late over 1200 m at Riccarton last Friday. This distance closer to his best. 3 2278 Sea Swift 4 R. McCann 56.0 Failed to stay in New Zealand Cup, and this probably too short for her. 4 41 Chook a Rook 2 S. Anderton 55.5 Easy winner this distance at Southland meeting. Looks strongest of southern hopes. 5 2108 Hills Peak 6 H. Goscomb 55.0 Mixes his form, but capable on his day. Win three starts back was over 1200 m at Banks Peninsula. 6 2361 Pokare 10 54.5 Attractive winner over 1200 m at Riccarton last week. Consistency will be respected if he starts here. 7 6012 Nomusa 9 54.0 Easy winner in 1650 m wfa feature at Hokitika two starts back. This harder. 8 5400 Danseuse Royale 11 54.0 Form has slumped in recent starts. 9 5046 Satiny's Pride 3 A. Robinson 53.0 Found 1200 m too short at Riccarton last week. Place chance from her position in weights. 10 8159 White Lip 12 J. Oakeshott 52.5 Failed over 1200 m last week but latest win was at this distance at Riccarton. 11 3016 Kias Me Kate 1 P. Richards 52.0 Win two starts back was in class 21400 m at Riccarton. 12 3727 Polacca 5 J. Cameron 52.0 New to this class. Hard to fancy after failure in class 2 at Riccarton last week. Race 5 2.50 SECOND WILSON MAIDEN $3200; 1200 m 1 4550 Alberjon 6 J. Cameron 55.0 2 5070 Argonaut Ace 16 G. Davison 55.0 3 Bijou Molloy 11 55.0 4 640 Chez Filou 10 55.0 5 Dan 10 55.0 7 Flowing Silver 13. ... T. Matthews 55.0 8 Icy Red 9 55.0 9 0 King Pride 4 A. Robinson 55.0 10 Miltiades 1 R. Montgomery 55.0 11 Native Era 12 P. Richards 55.0 12 4848 Ora Bay 17 R. McCann 55.0 13 97 Red Briar 5 R. Bruce 55.0 14 Springfield Lady 8 55.0 15 0 The Plainsman 14 ... D. Anderton 55.0 16 Vitality Bello 7 L. Didham 55.0 17 Lucky Car 15 L. Cameron 55.0 Scratched: Entangle. Race 6 D, T 3.35 CROFTERS ARMS HANDICAP $5000; 2200 m 1 8837 Noble Ella 3 P. Richards 57.0 Wins have been widely spaced, but has long list of placings at middle distances. Third

two starts back was over 2000 m at N.Z. Cup meeting. Then unplaced in N.Z. Cup. 2 3308 Giveaway 2 T. Matthews 56.0 Thirds in North Canterbury Cup and in CJC Benson and Hedges were runs good enough to give her a winning chance here. 3 8518 Joe Ninety 5 56.0 Win two starts back was over 1600 m at Southland. 4 5274 Sparkling Eyes 9 D. Frye 56.0 Solid finisher for fourth 1600 m last week, and this distance likely to suit better. Runner-up to Asti Bay 2000 m at N.Z. Cup meeting. 5 3 Try To Stop Me 7 .... J. Dowling 56.0 Promising N.Z. debut by this English and French winner for third at Riccarton last week. 6 9274 Don Bruce 12 L. Didham 55.5 Found 2000 m beyond him at Tapanui 7 1658 False Start 6 A. Robinson 55.0 Expensive failure at Beaumont last start. 8 Relay 13 54.5 First start since autumn. More seasoned runners preferred. 9 497 Hwyl 1 54.0 First start for close to two months. 10 8800 Windvale Gae 10 G. Taylor 54.0 Recent form does not hold out much hope. 11 9887 Mister Winks 4 J. Cameron 53.5 Recent sprint runs have been very ordinary. 12 65 Society Light 8 S. Allen 53.0 Weak run in small field at Beaumont. 13 Boron 11 C. Bain 52.0 Resuming. Looking elsewhere. Race 7 T 4.10 THE WILSON $3500; 1200 m 1 7850 Alley Sea 5 P. Richards 55.0 2 1053 Art Banquet 7 J. McQueen 55.0 3 7 Avalanche Peak 1 . . . H. Goscomb 55.0 4 10 Bewildering 11 G. Taylor 55.0 5 520 Blackbird 8 M. Ritchie 55.0 6 Dark Trophy 6 T. Matthews 55.0 7 0 False Economy 10 . . . A. Robinson 55.0 8 02 Fujiyama 3 S. Allen 55.0 9 0 Jazzabelle 9 L. Cameron 55.0 10 789 Jubilee Boy 2. . . . R. Montgomeryss.o 11 0560 Lady Style 4 55.0 12 120 Mitchell Sage 14 R. McCann 55.0 13 900 Nickaletta 12 G. Davison 55;0 14 Queen Consort 13 ... .J. Cameronss.o 15 Silver Ika 15 R. Bruce 55.0 Race 8 T 4.50 VINCENT HANDICAP $4500; 1200 m 1 8900 Wind Break 4 J. McQueen 56.0 2 11 Black Heath 9 R. McCann 55.5 3 4449 Borrisokane 2 G. Davison 55.5 4 00 Green Jacket 7 J. Oakeshott 55.0 6 1107 Sea War 5 L. Didham 55.0 7 0395 Ferndale Lass 3 J. Dowling 54.5 8 2096 No Techie 1 L. Cameron 54.5 9 Co Chime 6 54.0 10 27 Godunov 10 T. Matthews 54.0 11 Bilbah 8 C. Bain 53.5 Scratched: King Dollar.