Keen Pell first leg fancy for Riccarton tomorrow

Press, 15 May 1987, Page 22

Keen Pell first leg fancy for Riccarton tomorrow

By

J. J. BOYLE

J Keen Pell’s Nelson Cup fourth on - Monday bore the stamp of an improver’s ■ performance and it bodes well for his “chance in the Hawkins Handicap, first « leg of the Hororata Racing Club’s T.A.B. "double at Riccarton tomorrow. « The consistent chestnut from Hokitika 'will again be opposed by the veiy -durable Blyme, the Nelson Cup runner- * up, so there will probably be even ° divisions of opinion. But most will be less hesitant about plumping for Blyme and i Keen Pell as a dead-set quinella. ; Blyme has been one of the South 3 Island’s most-travelled performers this ' season. He has contested each of the big ' two-milers, yet he has bounced back and -bowed out only in the last stride or two to Vendee in the Nelson Cup. The key to the result of his clash with Keen Pell tomorrow is the improvement, if any, effected by their Nelson Cup runs. Keen Pell gave his jockey, Grant Davison, the feeling that he might have been a race short in last Monday’s race, his first since he ran third in the Great Autumn at Riccarton on Anzac Day. - Blyme was also away from racing between the Great Autumn and the Nelson Cup. He wound up fifth in the Riccarton race.

The switch of Morrie Man to a middle distance brings a wider range of interest to the Hawkins Handicap. He has been performing with fair credit against the sprinters, but wound up too late to do better than third over 1400 m on the second day of the Nelson meeting, and the decision to step up to 2000 m seemed a logical one. The alternative was coming back to 1200 m for the Brentwood Handicap, second leg of tomorrow’s T.A.B. double.

Tirana, top weight in the Brentwood Handicap, has had a freshener since a North Island autumn campaign, which yielded a win over 1200 m at Awapuni on March 21 and later a third over 1400 m at Hastings. If he runs anywhere close to his best, Tirana will pose problems for the others. He has the physique and class to give weight all round. Epatante has obvious appeal as a laststart winner at Nelson. Chris Johnson, who won on Epatante at Nelson, will pair up this time with the Garth Jackson-trained Flowing Silver. This four-year-old is also a last-start winner, but he has been away from racing since he won a class 3 1200 m in style on this course in February. Flowing Silver’s stablemate Black Arrow is also in the field, but might drop out unless the track eases.

HAWKINS 2000 HANDICAP $6000; 2000 m 1 6762 Blyme 3 B. Polling 57.0 Ran Vendee close in Nelson Cup on Monday. Strong stayer and in form to reach one of the places again. 2 1834 Keen Pell 6 G. Davison 55.0 Faded slightly when fourth in Nelson Cup and acted as if he would be improved by that run. 3 7173 Been Burgled 4 R. McCann 52.5 Over four lengths from winner, Keen Pell, when third at Rangiora, April 13. 4 4433 Morrie Man 2 C. Johnson 52.5 Making interesting switch from sprinting. Has been running on over shorter trips. Latest run was over 1400 m at tNelson. 5 6538 Taxtele 9 R. Bruce 52.5 Placed run two starts back was on rain-

affected track at Marlborough. Not so good at Nelson. 6 2145 Gum* a Calling 1 .... J. Woledge 52.0 . Win three starts back was over 1400 m at Riccarton at Easter. Ran greenly 2000 m last start at Nelson. 7 6537 Some Bird 5 52.0 Others preferred on Nelson Cup form. 8 0744 Wentworth Height* 8 52.0 First start since Cromwell in March. 9 6607 Puffasmoke 7 ...... .J. Cameron 51.5 Resuming. More seasoned rivals preferred. Race 9 D, T 4.05 BRENTWOOD HANDICAP $5000; 1200 m 1 1530 Tirana 1 G. Davison 57.0 Last-start failure was over 1400 m at weight-for-age at Otaki. Most recent win was at this distance at Awapuni. 2 8051 Epatante 3 S. Reid 53.5 Last-start win was at this distance at Nelson last week. 3 6535 Pronto King 10 J. Dowling 53.5 First start since November. Did most of spring racing on southern courses and won over 1600 m at Winton, October 11. 4 3800 Black Arrow 4 B. Pellings3.o Showed nothing over 1600 m at Riccarton on Anzac Day. Prefers easier footing. 5 7177 Kiwi Alley 6 J. Fallen 52.5 Won this distance at Rangiora before two failures at Riccarton at Easter. 6 3111 Flowing Silver 5 ..... C. Johnson 51.5 Impressive in winning three in a row in lower grades before being eased in February. 7 1213 Tim's Magic 8. J. Woledge 51.5 Last-start third was in field of five over 1400 m on soft track at Riccarton in March. 8 3340 Adio* King 2 J. Jamieson 51.0 First start since November 1. Failed to win in spring, but had useful placed form. 9 0745 Almagelee 9 51.0 Did not quite measure up on Marl-borough-Nelson circuit and others preferred for this. 10 50 Red Sovereign 7 51.0 Did not show much at Wingatui last time out.

Jetbet: 7 Race 1 11.20 BANGOR BRUSH HURDLES $4000; 2600m 1 4402 Applicate 10 . .B. Pelling64.0 2 6050 Sea Fort 11 63.5 3 0509 Our Guard 4 63.0 4 9144 Apprize 9 . E. Winsloe 62.0 5 7350 Doh Pedro 6 H. Pateman 62.0 6 6057 Hayle 12 . W. Harnett 62.0 7 9600 Hotu Hui Lad 1 . C. Roberts 62.0 8 0600 III Afford 3 . C. Johnson 62.0 9 4778 Noel’a Choice 2 62.0 10 0930 Prince Rapido 8 . . R. Bruce 62.0 11 9 Tail Wind 5 . . .S. Smith 62.0 12 6704 The Gun 7 . P. Thomas 62.0 Race 2 11.55 RACECOURSE HILL HANDICAP $4500; 1200m R. McCann 55.0 1 5637 Cappoquin 1 2 300 Flighty Light 5 C. Johnson 55.0 - 3 0 Ambrosia Pal 4 54.5 4 80 Naval Command 6 . . . . . R. Bruce 54.5 ' 5 674 Riverain 7 . B. Peliing54.5 6 St .James 3 G. Davison 54.5 7 Vienna Coup 8 K. Kenyon 54.5 8 Waitikiri 2 J. Cameron 54.5 Race 3 12.30 HOMEBUSH MAIDEN $4000; 1800m - 1 4296 Abracadabra 21 55.0 2 00 Al Bee 18 55.0 3 900 All Signs 11 . K. Kenyon 55.0 4 4250 Baby Brown 20 , J. Woledge55.0 . 5 5894 Black Reign 4 . . B. Pelling55.0

6 0339 Bodie 1 7 6256 Colour Bearer 8 . . . . 55.0 55.0 8 974 Dannick 2 . . . D. Frye 55.0 9 3732 Destemido 3 . R. McCann 55.0 10 5396 Fenderlyn Beau 19. . . . . R. Bruce 55.0 11 9057 Funny Settler 7 . 55.0 12 890 Good Time Girl 9 . . . 55.0 13 0090 Harveat Royal 15 ... . 55.0 14 8 Here’s Lily 17 .J. Cameron55.0 15 5280 Lady Blandford 12 . . . . C. Johnson 55.0 16 0476 Meadow Maid 10 ... . . G. Davison 55.0 17 0007 Moorecroft 14 55.0 18 4593 Noble Lyric 6 . J. Dowling 55.0 19 8080 Nun So Neat 13 ... . .J. Jamieson 55.0 20 83 Shirley’s Pal 22 . . D. Morel 55.0 21 0908 Starshooter 5 . . . . . . . B. Pelling55.0 22 06 Yasda 16 55.0 Emergencies: Good Time Girl, Al Bee, Moorecroft, Funny Settler. Race 4 1.05 MOUNT TORLESSE MAIDEN $4000; 1400M 1 Armont 13 55.0 2 0402 Aruba 16 55.0 3 056 Black Manila 6 55.0 4 000 Curren 18 55.0 5 4557 Ecnahcadah 3 . C. Johnson 55.0 6 9440 Foxlike 17 55.0 7 03 Gem Brito 2 . . R. Bruce 55.0 . 8 0003 Hanlon 1 55.0 9 Harbour Time 9 . G. Davison 55.0 10 0000 Ima Tigress 10 . J. Dowling 55.0 13 0650 Leveldeen 8 . . 55.0 14 9659 Loveable Ace 15 ... . 55.0 15 Modigliani 21 55.0 16 0 Paddy’s Turn 11 .... . R. McCann 55.0

17 00 Prine* Codeene 20. . . 55.0 18 5203 Regal Bay 19 .J. Cameron55.0 19 Timeless Jewel 4. . . . 55.0 20 Tinmate 5 55.0 21 0845 Tiny Tai 7 55.0 22 9 Woombai 12 55.0 Emergencies: Leveldeen, Armont. Scratched: Kanella, King Bobby. Race 5 1.40 WINTER STEEPLECHASE $4000; 4000m 1 4019 Plummet 8 65.5 2 3009 Leading Ridge 3 . . . . . . .S. Smith 65.0 3 60 Yutani 4 64.0 4 709 Crown Ruler 2 63.5 5 03 Cast Iron 5 H. Pateman 62.5 6 0670 Abbeyfeale 1 62.0 7 0806 For Hire 7 . P. Thomas 62.0 8 7040 Lezulea 6 62.0 Race 6 2.15 THE MALVERN $4200; 1200m 1 2317 Blue Willow 4 2 0553 Canape 2 . C. Johnson 55.0 3 2007 Canzak 7 . . D. Morel 55.0 4 7798 Cattle Prince 18 ... . 55.0 5 6186 Claire’s Reason 20. . . . R. McCann 55.0 6 5077 Face the Music 1 . . . . J. Dowling 55.0 7 00 Follower 17 55.0 8 0422 Harto 15 ........ . .J. Jamieson 55.0 9 7007 Lady Style 10 . .B. Pelling55.0 10 1390 Lucky Lady 16 55.0 11 2 Luke 9 55.0 12 4260 Nickalong 5 ...... . 55.0 13 2272 On Appeal 8 55.0 14 1985 Rakau Reefton 6 . . . . 55.0 15 2507 Rar* Chance 19 .... J. Oakeshott 55.0 16 0648 Rad Terne 11 55.0 17 5956 Royal Rosa 14 55.0 18 0939 Silver Ribot 13 55.0 19 2651 Tide Mark 3); . G. Davison 55.0 20 1070 Turi Del 12 .A. Hunsche55.0 Emergencies: Lady Style, Castle Prince. Race 7 T 2.55 NELLAVALE HANDICAP $4500; 1400m 1 1943 Hypatia 8 . C. Johnson 56.5 2 3188 The Mean Machine 1 . 56.5 3 5747 Perazzi 11 . . . . 7 . . . 56.0 4 2030 Rovan Lady 4 . . R. Bruce 56.0 5 1228 Great Zeal 6 .J. Jamieson 55.5 6 0745 Almagelee 3 55.0 7 7720 Borrisokane 7 . G. Davison 54.5 8 8600 Lucky 2 . J. Woledge54.5 9 0708 Aussie Bound 10 ... . . . D. Morel 53.0 10 9069 Maxispot 5 53.0 11 8007 Travanti 9 . . 52.5 Race 8 D 3.30

Race 10 T TF 4.40 WILLIAM DEANS HANDICAP $4500; 1800m 1 1222 Star Knight 4 . . . . ... J. Woledge 57.5 2 6066 Share Offer 6. . . . 54.5 3 1223 Deerstalker 20 . . . . . . C. Johnson 54.0 4 0450 Golden Time 22 . . 54.0 5 0940 Another Look 7. . . . . . K. Kenyon 53.5 6 2803 Frosty Heir 12. . . . 53.5 7 3101 Pericblini 21 . . . R. McCann 53.5 8 0630 Young Wadi 11. . . 53.5 9 0020 No Reason 8 . . . . . . . G. Davison 53.0 10 9090 Ampac 18 52.5 11 097 Free Bijou 17 ... . 52.5 12 1000 Pavlova’s Beau 16 . .K. Prendergast 52.5 13 9300 My Maverick 5 . . . 52.0 14 0244 Southern Style 13 . S. Reid 52.0 15 0700 Sweet King 10 . . . 52.0 16 0203 Bijou Lady 3 . . . . ... J. Dowling 51.5 17 0059 Count Bonelli 14 . . . . .J. Cameron51.5 18 9650 Irish Indian 9 . . . . 51.5 19 6300 Extra Bright 2. . . . 51.0 20 2100 Oarsman 1 51.0 21 789 Palikari 19 51.0 22 0009 Pelion 15 51.0 Emergencies: Pelion, Oarsman, Extra Bright, Palikari.