N.Z. Metropolitan fields for tomorrow

Press, 7 April 1987, Page 38

N.Z. Metropolitan fields for tomorrow

A late entry fee of $2OOO has been paid for six of the 14 contenders for honours in the John Brandon Three-Year-Old Championship, the feature race on the first night of the Metropolitan Club’s Easter meeting at Addington Raceway tomorrow. The horses concerned are Arabian Blue, Elmer Gantry, Emcee, Race Ruler, Shapiro and United Blue Chip. A late entry fee has also been made for Noble Fella, which will probably start in the final two legs of the John Brandon Series.

Megatrend has drawn No. 12 and That’s That No. 13 in what is the first leg of the T.A.B. double. This will place them at a big disadvantage in a field of great strength.

Particular interest will centre in the fresh appearances of Bionic Chance and Race Ruler, both of which have been away from racing for some weeks. They were the top two-year-olds of last season and their form earlier this season was outstanding. A handicap event for C 5 and faster trotters, the Guthrey’s Tour Handicap, has been selected as the second leg of the double. The T.A.B. treble will be run on races three, four and five, with race six the T.A.B. trifecta event. An on-course treble will be run on races eight, nine and 10. A jackpot, starting with a pool of $2131, will be run on races five to nine inclusive.

Race 1 5.45 AUTOLODGE PACE $6500; C4 and C5; mobile: 2600m 1 0630 World of Fame 1. . . .G. Thompson It 2 0900 Toris 2 . . .R. Caskey It 3 0000 Wishful 3 ... .A. Robb It 4 4792 Floyd 4 .M. de Filippi It 5 5674 Guard of Honour 5. . ... J. Curtin It 6 5658 Talisman 6 . . .J. Geddes It 7 6800 Motu Jodi 7 . . . . A. Butt It 8 3131 Sossy 8 . . R. Brosnan It 9 0900 Kiss and Coo 9. . . . . . . .P. Jones It 10 3652 Cuddle Mo Doo 10. . . . T. Brosnan It 11 055 Passover 11 . . . P. Shand It 12 1700 Bionic Raider 12 . . P. O'Reilly, iun. It 13 1111 Happy Sunrise 13 . . It Race 2 6.15 COTSWOLD INN HANDICAP $5500; C3; trotters; 2600m 1 0000 That’s II 1 . . . .G. Hope it 2 212 Rebel Timo 2 . . . B. Nyhan it 31067 Soon 3 ■ M. de Filippi it 4 5450 Sloe Lea 4 ... J. Curtin It 5 0190 Lustre Fells 5 It 6 1342 Game Dryden 6. . . . . . R. Geddes It 7 0222 Brother’s Pride 7. . . . . . .D. Jones it 8 1507 Dancing Armbro 1 . . K. McCormick 10 9 1400 Boford 2 . . G. O’Reilly 10 10 5803 Tyron Scottie 3. . . P. O’Reilly, iun. 10 11 7100 Romersz 4 . . . P. Ryder 10 12 21 Highwood 5 13 0150 Milford Ace 6 . . . . R; May . . . .1. Cowie 10 10 Race 3 T 6.45 AIR NX INTER-DOMINION JUNIOR DRIVERS’ CHAMPIONSHIP HEAT 7 $5000; C2; mobile; 2000m 1 3800 False image 1 It 2 3013 Haughty Choice 2 . . . . . J. Caldow It 3 5221 Sir Avon 3 . . . T. Nutley It 5 5400 Consideration 5. . . . . . . R. Austin It 7 0526 Aces Wild 7 ... .7. Niass It 8 7272 Poiita 8 . . G. Norman It 9 8418 Hiawatha 9 . .J. Stormont It 10 9040 Ready to Go 10. . . . it 11 3106 Starlet Hanover 11. . . . . C. Alford It 12 6538 Lu Baker 12 . P. Ferguson it13 4840 Vonnie’s Charm 13. . It 14 0100 Sunday Knight 14 . . It 15 7420 Dashing Del 15... . . . . . S. Ford It 16 6300 Vicky MacFaber 16. . . . . S. Young It Emergencies: Vonnie’s Charm, Sunday Knight, False Image, Ready to Go. Scratched: Overlap, Sarasota. Race 4 T 7.15 WYATT AND WILSON PRINT HANDICAP $7750; C6; 2600m 1 4408 Travel Warrant 1 . . . It 2 2227 Missed Again 2. . . . 3 1151 Imperial Time 3. . . . . D. Kerr, jun. It . . . .P. Jones it 4 7119 Carefree Princess 4 . J. Carmichael It 5 7703 Sure He Can 5 . . . . It 6 3687 Free’s Best 6 . . . E. Cowie It 7 42 Steven John 7 ... . ... J. Rogers It 8 9707 Horizon 1 .M. de Filippi 10 9 0029 Aran Blaze 2 10 10 5348 Roils Hanover 3. . . . . . . . R. Butt 10 11 1406 Microscopic 4 10 12 5536 Lorfay 5 .... A. Butt 10 13 3611 Keystone Surprise 6. . R. Cameron 10 14 1404 Happy Patron 7. . . . . ... R. May 10 15 3629 Soxygen 1 20 16 0800 Coastal Trader 2 . . . 20 Emergency: Coastal Trader. Race 5 T 7.45 ROBBIE BURNS IMPERIAL HOTEL HANDICAP $5500; four-year-olds; 2600m 2 9767 Dainty Dish 2 It 3 7799 Brown Loch 3 . . . . L. May It 4 00 Fella's Honour 4 . . . . . L. Thomas It 51380 Susan Kay 5 . . T. Thomas It 6 0008 Star Loboil 6 J. Carmichael It 7 2301 Direct Credit 7 . . . . . . . . R. Butt It 8 0150 Bests Kara 8 W. Cummings It

9 2403 Submiaaive UR. . . ...... B. Kerr It 10 1099 Furillo 1 . T. Butt 10 11 1810 Dalton Day 2 . . . . . . . L. O'Reilly 10 12 1088 Bonny Step 3. . . . . . . . J. Curtin 10 13 3073 Hurry Home 4. . . . . . . I. Cameron 10 14 4100 Technicality 5. . . . . . . D. Purdon 10 15 2011 Jenny Benny 6 . . . . . . R. Brosnan 10 16 0012 Peta Eyre 7 R. Dunn 10 Scratched: Truso. Race 6 D. TF 8.15 JOHN BRANDON THREE-YEAR-OLD CHAMPIONSHIP $50;000; mobile; 2600m 1 6156 Florlia Fella 1. . . . . . J. Smolensk! It 2 2431 Emcee 2 . .M. de Filippi It 3 0511 Loubeegin 3 G. Hope It 4 1111 Bionic Chance 4 . . 1 P. O’Reilly, jun. It - 5 1111 Race Ruler 5 . . . . . M. McKendry It 6 3856 Speedy Cheval 6 . . It 7 0313 Innocent Guy 7 . . . it 8 6813 Con Brio 8. . . . . . . . . J. Curtin It 10 1455 Arabian Blue 10 . . . . . A. Herlihy It 11 1711 Elmer Gantry 11 . . . .P. Wolfenden It 12 3214 Megatrend 12 ... . . J. Carmichael It 13 1512 That’a That 13 . . . R. Dunn It 14 2433 United Blue Chip 14 A. Butt It Scratched: Shapiro. Race 7 8.50 AIR N.Z. INTER-DOMINION JUNIOR DRIVERS’ CHAMPIONSHIP HEAT 8 $4500; Cl; 2600m 1 3752 Skywalker 1 . ... C. Alford It 2 0808 Field Day 2 It 3 7004 Middle Road 3 . . . . . . . R. Austin It 4 0209 All the Rage 4 . . . . . . G. Norman It 5 7090 Paxton 5 It 6 8583 Carlton Supreme 6. . . .J. Stormont it 7 9637 Princeaa Halaey 7 . . . . . S. Young It 8 3105 Gobo 8 . . . . J. Caldow It 9 0000 Ivory 9 It 10 1737 Admiral Grace 10 . S. Ford It 11 0776 Kotare Platinum 11. It 12 3046 Alabama Expreaa 12 . . P. Ferguson It 13 0633 Nardin’a Blaze 13. . . . . . T. Nutley It 14 60 Calibration 14. . . . T. Niass It 15 8770 Springateel 15 ... It 16 5850 Sir Harmony 16. . . It Emergencies: Sir Harmony, Kotare Platinum, Paxton, Springsteel, Field Day, Ivory. Race 8 D 9.25 GUTHREY’S TOURS HANDICAP $10,000; C5; trotters; 3200m 1 0434 Tobago 1 It 2 1733 Weatham 2 It 3 2505 Soma Event 3. . . . It 4 0050 Roman Guy 4 . . . . . . . . T. Behrns It 5 3367 Joe Junior UR . . . P. Jones It 6 0170 Linda Ellen 1 . . . . . . . M. Howard 10 8 6904 Mendelapride 3 . . . 10 9 3100 Jamie Higgina 4 . . 10 10 4210 Yankee Loch UR. . 10 11 0490 Borrowed Time 1. . R. Butt 20 12 8780 Shylock 2 . . . . M. Woods 20 13 5004 Wedgewood 1. . . . 30 14 0043 Maater Volo 2. . . . . . . . P. Shand 30 15 6858 Simon Katz 1 .R. Prendergast 35 16 9020 Jenner 1 55 Scratched: Light Bay.

Race 9 9.55 LION BROWN PACE $4750; two-year-olds; 2000m 1 3903 Kotare Ransom 1 It 2 00 Unique Away 2 It 3 7208 Quick Away 3 . E. Cowie It 5 5 Mister Innocence It 6 5650 Canasta King 6 . J. Curtin It 7 0 Millburn Lopez 7 It 8 0 Navy Command 8 . . . . M. Rennie It 9 6 Blue Steel 9 . . R. Beck It 10 448 Kotare Jac 10 it 11 8 Willem Vink 11 . .P. Jones It 12 Dixie Tryax 12 It 13 1079 Precious Wave 1 14 1221 Starship 2.'. . 1 . .G. Laing 10 Cameron 10 15 5935 Meadow King 3 I. Schwamm 10 16 5422 Kincaid 4 . . A. Butt 10 Emergencies: Unique Away. Scratched: Lady Carbine.

Race 10 10.25 FIRESTONE HIGH PERFORMANCE PACE $5500: C3; mobile; 2600m 1 2151 Imperial Jack 1 . . P. Shand It 2 0500 Bright Fella 2 it 3 6222 Nat 3 J. Smolensk! It 4 1490 Lorcan 4 . . .P. Jones it 5 2465 Sock Eye 5 It 6 7008 Boyden Royale 6 . . . . . L. O’Reilly it 7 8628 Lordado 7 It 8 1455 Sybil’s Dream 8 . . . . . R. Asquith It 9 6450 Timely Rule 9 . W. Forsyth It 10 3004 Margrave 10 It 11 7777 Sunset Panorama 11. . It 12 2094 Sure Win 12 . . . ,J. Hay It 13 0831 Mythical 13 . R. Brosnan It 14 1116 Tax Credit 14 ... A. Butt It 15 5531 Rob Roy McGregor 15. It 16 3750 Medicine Man 16. . . . . I. Cameron It Emergencies: Bright Fella, Sunset Panorama.