Gatcombe’s Pride big chance in Winter Cup Trial tomorrow

Press, 17 July 1987, Page 23

Gatcombe’s Pride big chance in Winter Cup Trial tomorrow

Special correspondent Wellington In a small but even field, the Feilding four-year-old, Gatcombe’s Pride, gets a chance to return to the winning circle when he tackles the Winter Cup Trial, the first leg of the Manawatu Hunt Club’s double at Awapuni tomorrow. While he has won nine times from 17 starts, Gatcombe’s Pride has only been successful once on Awapuni. That was last June in a class 4 event and just before he embarked on his trio of Wellington winter wins. Gatcombe’s Pride’s most recent success was in the Cornwall and since then he has run fifth in the Whyte and third in the Parliamentary, just over a week ago. Hanayome, Kar Dan and Cody appeal as the trio likely to cause most problems. Hanayome, from Trentham was impressive in winning over 1400 m at Trentham last week. A good draw here will help her chances. Kar Dan failed to flatter when eighth

in the Parliamentary, but he rattled home for second in the Whyte. Last year he went on to win the Winter Cup at Ricca rton. Cody has a couple of sprint wins, at Hawera and on Trentham’s first day, while Fairfield Lad and Irish Boe are capable milers. Form in the second leg, the Bainesse Handicap is wide open, but Kamazam, beaten only by Thalia’s late bid on Trentham’s middle day, is the form runner. An improving Park Ash, fourth in one outing at Trentham may take some beating. The day’s feature race will be the Manawatu Hunt Cup and with the expected absence of Rarni, Mighty River is the one to beat. Last time here Mighty River was a moderate third in the Manawatu Steeplechase. He was sixth in the Hawke’s Bay chase and then second, albeit well beaten, in the Riddiford. This will be more to his taste, though Hone Heki, yet to run at Awapuni, may press him hard.

Selections ll.lt: Mystic King, Speak Easy, Professor. 11.40: Black Fury, Bunyarra, Cool Ace. 12.10: Chibuku, Metal Mickey, Cuspidor. 12.45: Tall Texan, Indian Joy, Chimo. 1.29: The Ferns, Adaptability, Freelay. 1.50: Hone Heki, Mighty River, Yorksmith. 2.25: Gatcombe’s Pride, Kar Dan, Hanayome. 2.55: Karnazam, Park Ash, Town Talk. 3.30: Rush in Front, Gold Trek, Audiy. 4.05: Mister Divinsky, Reverse Charge, Bond Street

Jetbet: 3 Race 1 1 11.10 PUKEHOU HURDLES $4500; 2600m 1 1243 Speak Easy 1 M. Thomas 67.5 2 8371 Cocktail* for Two 13 . . A. Shotton 65.0 3 5615 Diamond Raider 5 . . . . G. Andrew 63.5 4 00 Colman 2 J . McGifford 63.0 6 020 Professor 8 . . . L. Ker 62.5 6 6009 Count Reason 14 62.0 7 007 Crestway 6 62.0 8 0090 Delta Tango 15 W. Jeffcoat 62.0 9 90 Gainsborough Lad 17 . . . M. Gillies 62.0 10 2007 Just a Rumour 12 ... . 62.0 11 0094 Lucy Austin 9 62.0 12 0000 Man of Distinction 4. . . . J. Albert 62.0 13 0050 Monte Million 3 . . G. Lord 62.0 14 045 Mystic King 10 . .P. Kauri 62.0 14 808 New Deal 18 . E. Lamb 62.0 16 0653 Royal Token 7 . . F. Pratt 62.0 17 6702 Stormy Knight 16 . . . . .S. Jenkins 62.0 18 8 Tui Fras 11 G. Murray 62.0 19 0 Paveway 19 62.0 Emergency: Paveway. Race 2 11.40 RANGIOTU MAIDEN $3500; 1200m 1 0050 Alovera 10 . M. Woods 53.0 2 Buckle Up 8 . B. Griffin 53.0 3 004 Clay 3 M. Campbell 53.0 4 Coghill 7 53.0 5 549 Cool Ace 22 M. Enright 53.0 6 3967 Denote 4 53.0 7 Le Pulse 12 . ,G. Elliot 53.0 8 0080 Mighty Mist 15 53.0

9 7 Our Vintage 21 . ,E. Tillings 53.0 10 4453 Royal Version 18 ... . .H. Malcolm 53.0 11 Wynvari 5 . . N. Harris 55.0 12 Ambala Way 2 . G. Phillips 53.0 13 5 Black Fury 17 . . . S. Keen 53.0 14 4948 Bunyarra 14 . B. Hibberd 53.0 15 Carson’s Law 19 ... . 53.0 16 Crownthorpe 13 53.0 17 00 Effulgent 1 53.0 18 Just a Whisper 9. . . . . .P. Mercer 53.0 19 08 King Aussie 16 53.0 20 8705 Piper’s Son 20 .T. Kennedy 53.0 21 9 Trier 11 . .J. Walker53.0 22 0 Willybfasta 6 . R. Hannam 53.0 Emergencies: Our Vintage, Willybfasta, Coghill, Carson’s Law, Mighty Mist, Effulgent. Race 3 12.10 COLLINSON BRACELET $4500; 2000m 1 1000 Chibuku 5 . . P. Myers 71.5 2 0097 Cuspidor 8 . .A. Fielder 70.0 3 3290 Bakht 6 S. Thompson 68.5 4 0078 Anywhere I 66.5 5 5006 Ark’s Regent 9 . D. Duncan 65.5 6 0987 Border Raider 2 . . . . T. O’Donnell 66.5 7 Cloudy's Sister 10 . . . 66.5 8 6404 Lieutenant 7 66.5 9 7 Mark Four 13 . L. Dennett 66.5 10 7004 Metal Mickey 3 . M. Buckley 66.5 11 0050 Monte Million 11 ... . . 66.5 12 5006 Notram 14 66.5 13 0000 Proxy 12 . J. Petersen 66.5 14 0064 Tracer Fire 4 66.5

Race 4 12.45 TARARUA PLATE $5500; 2200m 1 6030 Chimo 13 . R. Hannam 55.0 2 9982 Indian Joy 5 54.5 3 583 Bretwalda 10 . . N. Harris 54.0 4 3082 Tall Texan 6 . B. Hibberd 54.0 5 4067 Doc’a Dream 4 . .P. Mercer 53.5 6 8202 Smithy Da 11 . .E. Jillings 53.5 7 6314 Abit Phoenix 2 52.5 8 5543 Herbie’s Dream 1. . . . 52.0 9 7004 Metal Mickey 3 52.0 10 0529 Private Poppy 14 ... . . M. Enright 52.0 11 0064 Tracer Fire 9 . .L. Cassidy 52.0 12 5006 Ark’a Regent 12 .... 51.0 13 1067 Lieroe 8 K. Clapperton 51.0 14 00 Rojiplume 7 . . M. Woods 51.0 Race 5 1.20 MCEWAN STEEPLES $4500; 4000m 1 5932 The Ferns 9 . . . M. Lord 64.5 2 0239 Kiszader 5 . . E. Lamb 64.5 3 5359 Monaghan 3 64.0 4 5274 Adaptability 7 . . . G. Lord 63.5 5 4644 Freelay 1 63.5 6 0064 Duke of Argyll 4 ... ■ . J. Philllips 62.5 7 4388 Equaliser 8 . . E. Lamb 62.5 8 8099 Ben Kotay 2 . K. Browne 62.0 9 8370 Boy Pete 11 . W. Thomas 62.0 10 0 Colossal 13 . . J. Albert 62.0 11 0609 Foxsyn 12 62.0 12 8075 Turbo 6 . G. Murray 62.0 13 3978 Wayion Jennings 10 . . 62.0 Race 6 T 1.50 MANAWATU HUNT CUP $8000; 4000m 1 5362 Mighty River 3 J. McGifford 63.0 2 2140 Rarni 8 61.0 3 0142 Hone Heki 11 . .S. Jenkins 60.5 4 4 The Operator 2 . K. Browne 60.5 5 2440 Yorksmith 5 . . M. Gillies 59.5 6 7085 Heddawin 12 . . .W. Hillis 59.0 7 40 King Lear 6 59.0 8 7078 Le Note 9 59.0 9 5359 Monaghan 1 59.0 10 5102 Pietermaritzburg 4 . . . . . E. Lamb 59.0 11 0097 Rapid Fire 7 . . J. Albert 59.0 12 0565 Tamisar 10 . . . G. Lord 59.0 Race 7 D. TF 2.25 WINTER CUP TRIAL $12,000; 1600m 1 5153 Gatcombe's Pride 6 . . . .J. Walker57.0 2 3328 Kar Dan 11 . .P. Mercer 56.0 3 4451 Ragatan 5 56.0 4 3281 Hanayome 3 . R. Hannam 55.0 6 2014 Sophie’s Secret 12. . . M. Campbell 54.0 7 6711 Cody 7 . M. Enright 53.5 8 0510 Apache Lass 2 ,T. Kennedy 53.0 9 4310 Fairfield Lad 4 . B. Hibberd 52.5 10 3004 Irish Boe 1 K. Clapperton 51.5 11 5013 Caesar’s Reign 10 . . . . M. Heaney 50.5 12 0480 Peaceseeker 13 50.5 13 7117 Queen of Peace 8 . . . . . . S. Keen 50.5 Scratched: Any Pound. Race 8 D. T 2.55 BAINESSE HANDICAP $4000; 1600m 1 6652 Kamazam 3 M. Campbell 57.0 2 5810 Country Walk 10 ... . . G. Phillips 56.5

3 2578 Never Winter 6 . . . . 4 3104 Park Ash 11 . . . J. Walker56.5 . ,T. Kennedy 56.0 5 0004 Dune Boy 1 55.5 6 2679 Poppa’s Pride 9. . . . . . .P. Mercer 55.5 7 0002 Town Talk 8 . . M. Enright 55.5 8 0500 Bonnie Edition 5 . . . . . . M. Gillies 55.0 9 7400 Wardrobe 4 K. Clapperton 55.0 10 0078 Anywhere 7 54.5 110090 Lucky Tango 2 . . . . . . B. Hibberd 54.5 Race 9 3.30 KIMBOLTON MAIDEN $3500; 1600m 1 0023 Audly 16 . . . .G. Elliot 54.0 2 480 Black Booty 12 ... . . .T. Kennedy 54.0 3 3 Carlton Grey 4 ... . . . B. Hibberd 54.0 4 000 Fayre Trial 10 . . .J. Walker54.0 5 2605 Fullarum 6 54.0 6 0900 Gold Foro 21 . . .E. Jillings54.0 7 582 Gold Trek 9 . . . N. Harris 54.0 8 0087 Painted Version 1 . . K. Clapperton 54.0 9 00 Pocky 'N' Papers 13. 54.0 10 7802 Reinvest 3 . M. Campbell 54.0 11 90 Ruby’s Wish 17. . . . . W. Stevenson 54.0 12 034 Rush in Front 19. . . . . D. Skelton 54.0 13 0990 Rustic Charmer 11. . . . . S. Turner 54.0 14 2900 Screwtop 24 . . . . S. Keen 54.0 15 Silver Buckle 8. . . . . . . M. Woods 54.0 17 Stature 7 . . G. Phillips 54.0 18 0707 Wellick 14 . . M. Heaney 54.0 19 0 Windwalker 20 ... . . . . . M. Lord 54.0 20 0707 Pacific Dawn 2 ... . . . R. Hannam 54.0 21 8 Purple Acre 5 . . .P. Mercer 54.0 22 00 Jess 18 54.0 23 4000 Randy Stone 22. . . . 54.0 24 90 Token’s Image 15 . . 54.0 Emergencies: Windwalker, Pacific Dawn, Purple Acre, Jess, Randy Stone, Token’s Image. Scratched: Silver Mystery. Race 10 T 4.05 CARNARVON HANDICAP $4500; 1400n 1 1 3050 Miss Challenge 11 . . . M. Campbell 54.5 2 8081 Reverse Charge 4 . . . . . . S. Keen 54.5 3 5105 Trisota 8 . ,T. Kennedy 54.5 4 7207 Bond Street 6 . . .P. Mercer 54.0 5 0060 Buster O'Riley 5 . . . K. Clapperton 53.5 6 55 Rojiman 1 53.0 7 8521 Kuridala 7 52.5 8 4843 Mister Divinsky 3. . . . . G. Phillips 52.5 9 3768 Hush Up 10 . . . S. Turner 51.5 10 0000 Diamante's Girl 9. . . 51.0 11 0004 Duneboy 2 . . .L. Cassidy 51.0 12 7 Shodan 12 51.0