Borana out for ‘revenge’ at Alexandra Park tomorrow night

Press, 19 December 1986, Page 30

Borana out for ‘revenge’ at Alexandra Park tomorrow night

Special correspondent Auckland Borana could gain some “revenge” when he contests the Henkell Trocken Handicap, first leg of the T.A.B. double on the opening night of the Auckland Trotting Club’s Christmas meeting at Alexandra Park tomorrow evening. The Boyden Hanover seven-year-old defeated Master Mood at Addington on November 22, but two starts previously had been “wiped out” on the home turn in the Toyota New Zealand Cup. Borana was travelling well and mounting a run around the field when Placid Victor broke, causing Borana to be checked, losing all chance. An interrupted run three days later in the Benson and Hedges Free-For-All was not enough to stop Borana from finishing third to Master Mood and Our Mana.

Trained at Templeton by Peter Jones, Borana illustrated just how unlucky he was not to have finished closer to the winner in the Cup and Free-For-All when he narrowly beat Master Mood in the Travelodge Free-For-All at his last start.

Granted, Borana received a perfect run in behind Master Mood, which was taken on in the lead for a good way, but Master Mood had proved at his two previous starts how hard he is to peg back once he gets to the front.

Placid Victor, the co-backmarker, with Borana and Metal Mickey, in the 3200 m event tomorrow, looms as Borana’s main threat. Placid Victor showed his southern form was totally out of character when he scored a tremendous win in the Franklin Cup, over 3200 m, from a standing start, in 4:5.8 at Alexandra Park on November 21. He followed that effort up with a game fourth in Luxury Liner’s record-breaking Thames Cup last Friday. Comedy Lad will receive a 10m start from Borana and Placid Victor but that is not likely to make much difference at the end of a swiftly run 3200 m.

Should either Borana or Placid Victor make a mistake at the start then Comedy Lad, a brilliant beginner from a stand, could take advantage. Peter Jones is likely to have a most successful evening with the New Zealand Messenger candidates, Laser Lad and Imperial Time, engaged in separate heats of the Championship. Laser Lad, last season’s Lion Brown (Great) Northern Derby winner, will be a very warm favourite indeed in the First T.N.T. Messenger heat, while Imperial Time, third to his stablemate and Alba’s Reign in the Derby, will be wellsupported in the second heat, race nine.

Much interest will also centre on the performances of last season’s top fillies, Free’s Best and Kiwi River.

Kiwi River, trained at Clevedon by Roy and Barry Purdon, has been “in the wars” recently. The Knowing Bret mare stumbled in training about three weeks ago and fell, cutting a vein in her near front foot and suffering severe bruising to her off shoulder.

The bruising — a deep-seated haematoma — had to be drained to allow blood out from under the skin. The haematoma was still in evidence at Wednesday’s Pukekohe trials, where

Kiwi River managed a game third to stablemates Revae and Gaines Leigh in the main pacers’ heat. Jetbet: 8 1 TF 5 METROPOLITAN LIFE HANDICAP $6455; C 3; trotters; 2700 m 1 1086 Doona 1 D. Gibbons It 2 0871 Reb’s Star 2. . . E. Cowie It 3 0312 Te Puke Aspires 3 J. Cole It 4 4510 Count Your Blessings UR It 5 3455 Phyliss Hadley 1 0. Purdon 10 6 5410 Waimoe 2 P. Young 10 7 0524 Nato 3 A. Perucich 10 8 0469 Game Martini 4 10 9 0980 Laredo 5 10 10 0700 Tinkering 6 J. Stewart 10 11 3140 Joe 7 10 12 2477 Great Life 8 J. Dickie 10 13 6049 Golden Wings UR 1 G. Jones 10 14 9093 Braidie UR 2 A. Jamieson 10 15 9287 Rayburn Royal 1 E. Wallis 20 16 3802 Our Colleen 2 M. McKendry 20 17 0541 Haoaver. Evander .3 G. Harris 20 Emergencies: Laredo, Tinkering. Race 2 T 7.15 DB DRAUGHT MILE $6000; two-year-olds; mobile; one mile 1 Icarian 1 It 2 New Orleans 2 G. Payne It 3 Lonarro 3 It 4 9 Jayson Del 4 A. Dunsmuir It 5 63 Buckingham 5 M. McKendry It 6 Milson 6 0. Purdon It 7 8 Dance Time 7 It 8 4531 Bowater Man 8 M. Purdon it 9 6 Blitzem 9 F. McMonagle It 10 5334 Wipe Off 10 . . J. Langdon it 11 867 Vanjestic 11 J. Clyde It 12 Body Language 12 J. Cole It 13 Majestic Gipsy 13 It 14 5 I’m On Fire 14 A. Vallender It 15 1777 Regal Reign .15 G. Harris It Emergencies: Dance Time, Body Language. Race 3 T 7.40 EYLURE PACE $6400; C 3 and C 4; mobile; 2700 m 1 0070 Baron’s Fella 1 J. Langdon It 2 1506 Shamrock Prince 2 G. Small It 3 0170 Brydon Duke 3 B. Mangos It 4 90 Doc’s Chapel 4 . . . . M. McKendry It 5 3042 Little Yellow Book 5.... G. Payne It 6 099 Midnight On 6 D. Butcher It 7 0714 The Cornishman 7 . . . G. McMillan It 8 5511 Kylie’s Hero 8 G. Reaks It 9 3305 Romping Home 9 H. Timmins It 10 0865 Bay Count 10 It 11 894 Miss Ayrick 11 G. Martin It 12 4790 Henri Lobell 12 C. Evans It 13 0737 Fleet Rover 13 1. Jamieson It

14 7323 Whata Sharvid 14 M. Close It 15 7020 Sure. Win. L 5 It Emergency: Baron’s Fella. Race 4 T 8.05 RADIO HAURAKI PACE $7000; C 3 and C 4; mobile; 2700 m 1 7122 Waimauku Princess 1. . .F. Cooney It 2 6958 Valunga 2 G. Chilcott It 3 2100 El Vencedor 3 B. Purdon It 4 0460 Dark Victory 4 J. Langdon It 5 6507 Classic Fella 5 0. Purdon It 6 4217 Sycamore 6 It 7 6100 Hanover Gold 7 M. Nicholas It 8 5426 Some Joy 8 P. Wolfenden It 9 4737 Master Vance 9 It 10 2760 Aramiro Lad 10 P. Young It 11 70 Revae 11 A. Herlihy It 12 0801 Starchaser 12 M. McKendry It 13 1548 Blabs 13 H. Timmins It 14 003 Edwin Eden 14 M. Close It 15 8801 Buodles. UR J.. Fraser It Emergency: Waimauku Princess. Race 5 8.35 FIRST TNT MESSENGER PIPEOPENER PACE $7500; four-year-olds; mobile; 2700 m . 1 8 Dobbin Del 1 A. Dunsmuir It 2 0080 Larry Brydon 2 B. Mangos It 3 188 Belle Jane 3 It 4 9 Texas Gold 4 It 5 6988 African Man 5 G. Hillier It 6 1524 Laser Lad 6 P. Jones It 7 8418 Sharlene’s Pride 7 It 8 7433 Clarius 8 M. McKendry It 9 William Alfred 9 M. Close It 10 1907 Master Don 10 It 11 110 Mister Wyborn 11 .... A. Herlihy It 12 7122 Waimauku Princess 12 . .F. Cooney It 13 1292 Rain On 13 It 14 4285 Davron 14 It 15 1391 Blue. Twirl J 5 It Emergency: Dobbin Del. Race 6 D 9.05 HENKELL TROCKEN HANDICAP PACE $30,000; C 8; 3200 m 1 4088 Skipper Vantar 1. .. . M. Nicholas It 22 Robindale Lord 2 It 3 5629 Gaelic Skipper 3 It 4 2277 Pixanover 1 10 5 6913 Te Awa 2 P. Miller 10 6 3535 King Alba 3 J. Langdon 10 7 9432' Comedy Lad 1 A. Herlihy 20 8 0437 Rum Brydon 2 D. Butcher 20 9 1066 Metal Mickey 1 J. Smolensk! 30 10 5031 Borana 2 P. Jones 30 11 8514 Placid. Victor. 3 .... M .McKendry 30 Dapa 7 Q THE ROPE CENTRE HANDICAP $10,500; C 6; trotters; 2200 m 1 0000 Sergion 1 G. Reaks It 2 8906 Maybe Now 2 It 3 Falcon Lord 3 R. Bocker It

4 0462 Prince Topaz 4 J. Smith It 5 3089 Tree 5 C. Evans it 6 5130 Sergaiina 6 D. Alexander It 7 5640 Take It Easy 7 M. Nicholas It 8 0520 Empire Lobell 1 A. Herlihy 10 9 1201 Mairo Sultan 2 . . . . M. McKendry 10 10 094 Dragon’s Pride 3 . . . .P. Wolfenden 10 11 0347 Landora’s Pride 4 .... J. Langdon 10 12 0603 ’Admiral Soanai 5 B. Gleeson 10 13 0009 Andy Brydon 6 B. Mangos 10 14 50 Landon Lad 7 10 15 3878 Global Gee 8 0. Purdon 10 16 1410 Indette 9 B. Purdon 10 17 5625 Jenner UR C.. Hunter 10 Emergency: Andy Byrdon, Sergion. Race 8 D 9.55 LOGAN CAMPBELL CENTRE HANDICAP PACE $7600; C 5; 2700 m 1 Dreaming Neebray 1. ... N. Brady it 2 11 Golden Don 2 B. Mangos it 3 3393 Reggie’s Mate 3 .. . . M. Nicholas It 4 5643 Captain Cavalla 4 it 5 9031 Spinnan 5 G. Evans it 6 50 Simon David UR It 7 431 Dream Drive 1 10 8 7309 Sue He Can 2 D. McGowan 10 9 219 Regional Bromac 3. . . .J. Stormont 10 10 4306 Inspiration 4 10 11 7433 Clarius 5 10 12 6245 Traitor’s Gate 6 T. Milina 10 13 7118 Smooth Jack 7 M. Stormont 10 14 2181 Star of Shanghai 1 F. Kirk 20 15 778 Bogart Command 2 20 16 6609 Scott Baker 1 G. Reaks 30 17 1110 Cinimod Junior 2 30 Emergencies: Simon David, Clarius. ’second TNT MESSENGER PIPEOPENER PACE $7500; four-year-olds; mobile; 2700 m 1 4221 Imperial Time 1 P. Jones It 2 7 Hard to Catch 2 It 3 0816 Free's Best 3 E. Cowie It 4 315 Mullaghmena 4 G. Small It 5 0801 Starchaser 5 M. McKendry It 6 8522 That Fella 6 F. Cooney it 7 7130 Time Lag 7 M. Purdon It 8 8450 Tales of Tabeiia 8 It 9 2414 Sheer Quality 9 P. Young It 10 2412 Dark Albatross 10 It 11 0080 Kala Dale 11 It 12 2056 Suits Me 12 it 13 8060 Consolation 13 H. Timmins It 14 31 Kiwi River 14 A. Herlihy It 15 2212 Lockia Vance J 5 P. Butcher It Emergency: Hard to Catch. Race 10 10.45 TONY’S TRAMBARN MILE $6100; C2; mobile; one mile 1 4052 Miss Ella 1 B. Mangos it 2 418 Jayvee 2 It 3 8980 Danum Lady 3 G. Hillier It 4 Wave Dancer 4 It 5 1506 Tina Bret 5 M. Purdon It 6 6210 Rainman 6 It 7 7651 Koau Victor 7 G. Payne It 8 07 Rocky Tudor 8 C. Cave It 9 0385 Helly Phil 9 J. Cole It 10 1521 Nata Knight 10 .... M. McKendry It 11 Enessgee 11 It 12 7532 Speed Limit 12 It 13 1907 Master Don 13 It 14 Sir Tact 14 P. Davis it 15 William Alfred 15 M. Close it 16 3946 Captain Portentious 16 It 17 3719 Windsor McCoy 17 it 18 9139 City Byrd 18 S. Reid it 19 0360 Giselle 19 It Emergencies: Enessgee, Master Don, Rocky Tudor, Wave Dancer, William Alfred.