Lord Lenny chasing two wins

Press, 12 September 1987, Page 36

Lord Lenny chasing two wins

Special correspondent Auckland

Lord Lenny has a great chance to gain one of the two wins needed to quality for the New Zealand Cup in November when he contests the feature event at Alexandra Park this evening. His trainer, Owen Purdon, has said that a trip south to Addington for the Toyota-sponsored cup is “on” should the brilliant gelding achieve the necessary wins to quality. Lord Lenny advanced to a C 8 assessment last season, winning eight of his 12 starts — the first seven while trained by Alan Scobie at Winton.

Away from racing since May 1, when he finished a gallant third to Keystone Surprise and Stirling Counsel in the Cambridge Gold Cup, Lord Lenny will begin from the inside on the front this evening. Lord Lenny has looked impressive in training recently and a bold effort can be expected, in spite of some difficulties with colic earlier this week.

The gelding will receive a 30-metre start from Placid Victor, which looks his main rival in the Gentry Lodge-Wata Baron Handicap, over 2700 m. Placid Victor could hardly have been more impressive when a close third to Takitimu Vance and Master Vance in the Epiglass Cup last Friday, after starting from the backmark of 50m.

To get within a neck of the winner, in what was his first race for almost seven months, was a fine achievement. Sandy Purdon, who trains Placid Victor at Pukekohe and regular attendant, Steven Reid, have been pleased with the horse this week and expect an even better effort.

Such a rugged campaigner as Placid Victor should never be under-estimated and Lord Lenny will have to be on his best behaviour to win.

Takitimu Vance responded well for Tony Herlihy last Friday and sneaked through to score narrowly but well. Peter Wolfenden, back driving after a bout of influenza, will drive Takitimu Vance this evening. Michele Bromac broke badly and lost all chance at Alexandra Park last Friday and did well to finish as close as she did (ninth). Haybumer and Levendi, fourth and fifth respectively last Friday, can also be relied upon to perform ably, but Lord Lenny’s undoubted class could be the telling factor. Jetbet: 6 Race 1 TF 6.10 L. W. TWIST MOBILE PACE $7000; C2; 2200 m. 1 016 Sir Robert 1 B. Mangos It 2 7001 Kennedy Rood 2 P. Young It 3 083 Scotch on Rocke 3 . . . .M. Nyhan It 4 9893 Dancer Doir 4 P. Cave It 5 502 Super Max 5 R. Wigg it 6 416 Formula Ono 6 J. Langdon It 7 062 Smooth Rowan 7 G. Smith It 8 302 Maurie’a Boy 8 D. Butcher It 9 323 Rain On 9 G. Chilcott It 10 661 Vance Tryax 10. . . . M. McKendry It 11 210 Creetafield 11 P. Wolfenden It 12 674 Kata Maid 12 It 13 237 Sure Smooth 13 S. Reid It 14 504 Chorie’e Fella 14 D. Blair It

15 491 Groden 15 M. Purdon It 16 114 Norm’s Effort 16 C. Butler It 17 693 Skip Hick 17 It 18 311 Gypeey Vance 18 F. Cooney It Emergencies: Cherie’s Fella, Scotch on Rocks, Kala Maid, Sir Robert Race 2 T 6.40 THE ROPE CENTRE HANDICAP TROT $7455; C 3; 2700 m. 1 211 Armadale Cloud 1 G. Bruton It 2 100 Konnique 2 J. Stewart It 3 800 Special Poplar 3 F. Cooney It 4 006 Young Spike 4 C. Bradley It 5 0258 McClintock 5 R. Smith it 6 009 Tigerland 6 G. Goryl It 7 010 Andrew 7 R. Bowker it 8 3789 Geniue 8 P. Ferguson it 9 083 Tuarangi Guy 1 D. Hayes 10 10 307 Richard Craig 2 D. Mangos 10 11 000 Ta Puke Aspires 1 J. Cole 20 12 698 Nato 2 20 13 0337 Midnight Special 3. . .P. Wolfenden 20 14 575 Silver Wheels 4 A. Jamieson 20 15 0600 Braidie UR 20 Race 3 T 7.10 MEADOWSET GRAPHICS MOBILE PACE $7700; C 3 and C 4; 2200 m. 1 611 Prince of Kara 1 0. Purdon It 2 075 Dundee Dell 2 J. Langdon It 3 713 Willy Run 3 B. Purdon It 4 051 Fencourt 4 P. Ferguson It 5 6791 National Tabella 5 F. Cooney It 6 9504 Brief Flight 6 J. Gray It 7 065 Kelvin’s Boy 7 G. Harris it 8 000 Harvest Moon 8. .. . R. Wolfenden It 9 550 El Vencedor 9 It 10 932 Running Hot 10 G. Reaks it 117104 Tyrant 11 M. McKendry It 12 8909 Nickafemma 12... . G. Wolfenden It 13 726 Mullaghmena 13 G. Small It 14 986 Some Joy 14 R. Green It 15 360 The Cornishman 15 .. G. McMillan it 16 8327 Stirling Counsel 16 P. Young It 17 7192 Abbeyson 17 It 18 118 Nikandrew 18 It The Cornishman, Some Joy, Nickafemma, Harvest Moon. Race 4 T 7.40 GREENLANE WINES AND SPIRITS MOBILE PACE $6500; Cl; 2700 m. 1 341 Sampson’s Lady 1 P. Young It 2 403 Brunswick 2 J. Robinson it 3 157 Sir Ivanhoe 3 A. Robb It 4 9604 Tony Brydon 4 G. Mangos it 5 1 Norvic Arms 5 .... M. McKendry It 6 534 Admiral Tudor 6. . . G. Wolfenden it 7 464 Irresistible 7 it 8 714 Model Mover 8 B. Mangos It 9 0243 Casio 9 P. Ferguson it 10 329 Ima Precious 10 R. Green It 11 102 The Snip 11 C. de Filippi it 12 613 Innocent Man 12 D. Butcher it 13 042 Viv’s Count 13 L. Barnes It 14 431 Donaghadee 14 S. Hayes It 15 9321 Andrelita 15 G. Harris It 16 426 Hitchin 16 J. Fraser it 17 240 Star Bridge 17 J. Langdon it 18 914 Storm King 18 W. Larsen It Emergencies: Model Mover, Irresistible, Tony Brydon, Sir Ivanhoe. Race 5 TF 8.10 FIRST MOTORCORP BROADWAY HONDALULU GRADUATION $7000; three and four-year-olds; mobile; 2700 m. 1 408 Bourbon Chief 1 K. Barnes It 2 1 Denali 2 T. Knowles It 3 380 Sonny Vance 3 D. Butcher It 4 706 Tartan's Lad 4 S. Starr It 5 6 Super Breve 5 F. Cooney It 6 048 Makit Gnu 6 J. Cole It 7 205 Young Jayex 7 M. Purdon It 8 060 Lady Janice 8 It 9 1 Break the Ice 9. .. . G. Wolfenden It 10 6247 Thai Dara Liline 10 ... B. Mangos It 11 6 Tuck Shop 11 C. de Filippi It 12 103 Tudor Kelly 12 S. Reid It 13 008 Savings Bank 13 G. Hodges it 14 721 Striking Star 14 .... P. Ferguson It 15 765 In Clover 15 M. McKendry It 16 9 Lord Ladbrooke 16 It 17 07 Fur Elise 17 G. Harris It 18 00 Leo 18 It Emergencies: Fur Elise, Lady Janice, Tartan's Lad, Leo.

Race 6 0 8.40 GENTRY LODGE WHATA BARON HANDICAP PACE $13,000; C 8; 2700 m. 1 213 Lord Lenny 1 M. McKendry it 2 171 Late Lustre 2 R. Mitchell It 3 781 Dreaming Noobray 3 It 4 394 Haybumer 4 G. Harris It 5 141 Takitimu Vance 5 It 6 209 Michele Bromac 6 ... C. de Filippi It 7 819 Robindale Lord 1. . . .P. Wolfenden 10 8 165 Levendi 2 G. Wolfenden 10 9 805 Te Awa 3 P. Miller 10 10 540 Gaelic Skipper 1 D. Butcher 20 11 673 Placid Victor 1 S. Reid 30 12 027 Rum Brydon UR G. Mangos 30 13 568 Ben 1 G. Reaks 35 Race 7 9.05 SECOND MOTORCORP BROADWAY HONDALULU GRADUATION $7000; three and four-year-olds; 2200 m. 1 825 Advance Phee 1 D. Butcher It 2 173 Bold Sharvid 2 A. Robb It 3 093 Bickerstaff 3 J. Hilliard it 4 Reba Lord 4. ........ C. Butler it 5 49 Bobby Dazzler 5 B. Mangos it 6 33 National Image 6 M. Purdon It 7 900 Glen's Row 7 J. Cole It 8 Lochiel 8 It 9 9 Tainui Angel 9 R. Norton It 10 2 Lusty Bridge 10 J. Stewart It 11 Mermeen 11 It 12 000 Friendly Guy 12 D. McGowan It 13 010 Elisatross 13 It 14 077 Calypso Clyde 14 J. Robinson It 15 016 Sumwyn 15 J. Langdon It 16 898 Jendy 16 It 17 312 Star Glory 17 M. McKendry It 18 148 Rock Star 18 D. Butcher It Emergencies: Lochiel, Mermeen, Tainui Angel, Glen’s Row. Race 8 D 9.30 SHOES AND THINGS MOBILE PACE $8900; C 5 and C 7; 2200 m. 1 1508 Brandy Row 1 P. Ferguson It 2 080 Winning Rose 2 B. Purdon It 3 497 Little Yellow Book 3. . . . G. Smith it 4 274 Sheer Quality 4 P. Young It 5 28 Camberley Albatross 5 . . G. Reaks It 6 667 Reggie’s Mate 6 .... M. Nicholas It 7 000 Macbutt 7 T. Knowles It 8 530 African Man 8 It

9 3350 Starchaser 9 A. Purdon It 10 400 Peter Baker 10 S. Reid It 11 686 Kathy’e Cobber 11... C. de Filippi It Race 9 9.55 JOHN F. JONES HANDICAP TROT $8655; C 5; 2700 m. 1 400 Great Life 1 It 2 698 Nato 2 It 3 575 Silver Wheels 3 G. Bruton It 4 0600 Braidie UR A. Jamieson It 5 000 Prince Topaz 1....... .J. Smith 10 6 42 Zebec 2 P. Wolfenden 10 7 009 Game Greg 3 10 8 011 Your Honour 4 C. de Filippi 10 9 083 Raybum Royal 5 E. Wallis 10 .10 090 Hanover Evander 6 10 11 406 Sergalina 7 10 12 039 Fergy'e Rocket 8 10 13 431 Laredo 9 C. Butler 10 14 456 Peddler 1 B. Hackett 20 15 252 Global Gee 2 S. Reid 20 16 603 Silver Spot UR 20 17 800 Andy Brydon 1 G. Mangos 30 18 107 Sergio Bandit 2 H. Timmins 30 19 144 Our Colleen 3 M. Purdon 30 Emergencies: Game Greg, Silver Wheels, Nato, Braidie. Race 10 10.20 BEAUMONT SHIPBROKERS MOBILE PACE $6000; CO; 2700 m. 1 95 Mazeppa 1 G. Bruton It 2 025 Red Tempo 2 ....... D. Gibbons It 3 4260 London Gossip 3. . . G. Wolfenden It 4 781 Lord Listening 4 It 5 32 Storm Force 5 ...... M. Purdon it 6 92 By George 6 It 7 404 Tanners Lane 7 it 8 486 Sheryl’s Hanover 8 J. Cole It 9 441 Trandate 9 It 10 470 Columbia James 10 .... C. Butler it 11 532 Ginabella 11 It 12 0406 The Pygmy 12 B. Purdon It 13 27 Regal Emperor 13 F. Cooney It 14 04 Rich Paul 14 E. Wallis It 15 377 Blitzen 15 It 16 2503 Bella’s Gamble 16 It 17 30 Kauri Gum 17 G. Reaks It 18 82 Ceswill Driveit 18 . . M. McKendry It Emergencies: The Pygmy, Blitzen, Columbia James, Mazeppa.