Winning trend expected to continue

Press, 16 September 1987, Page 33

Winning trend expected to continue

Special correspondent Wellington The 1987-88 racing season has been one filled with reward for the Palmerston North rider, Noel Harris. With the season barely a month old, Harris has won three major three-year-old races and one weight-for-age event and the trend could continue two-fold at the Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club’s meeting at Hastings today when he rides Higgins in the $45,000 Okawa-Paramount Hawke’s Bay Guineas (1400 m and Secret Seal in the $45,000 Ormond Stakes (2000 m In a day that promises to be full of quality racing, the $45,000 Cavanagh Stakes for fillies, the first of 10 in the Wrightson “Filly of the Year” series, and the $9OOO Hastings Two-Year-Old are other major drawcards. Higgins has given Harris one of his three three-year-old events, the Taranaki-Wanganui Guineas, a race he won with style from Reception and Satisfy, both among his opponents today.

Jetbet: 4 Race 1 11.45 PARKVALE HURDLES $7000; 2400 m 1 075 Chuckka Khan 2 S. Cave 66.5 2 122 Rolls 4 . . . .S. Jenkins 66.5 3 045 Yamani 1 K. Treweek 66.0 4 313 On the March 9 . . . .T. Reddaway6s.s 5 210 Sea Praise 12 65.5 6 8463 Mark Four 3 E. Lamb 64.5 7 6105 Nevada Prince 7 . . 64.5 8 023 Orkhan 14 G. Lord 64.0 9 3280 Count Reason 19. ... J. McGlfford 63.5 11 354 Lucky’s Last 20 S. Dennett 63.0 12 3442 Reverse Charge 8 ..... M. Gillies 63.0 13 898 Varo’e Son 10 62.5 14 900 Acupuncture 6 . J. Albert 62.0 15 900 Crystalco 17 W. Jeffcoat 62.0 16 780 Delta Tango 5 62.0 17 900 Dimple Bay 18 62.0 18 707 Don Romano 15 62.0 19 055 Monte. Million J 3 62.0 Emergencies: Don Romano, Monte Million. Scratched: Diamond Raider, Peace Seeker. Race 2 12-20 HASTINGS WINES AND SPIRITS $9000; two-year-olds; 800 m 1 Abrasive 4 C. Tremayne 52.0 2 Blizzard 12 p. Mercer 52.0 3 9 Den Will 6 52.0 4 Dizzy Heights 3. .... M. Campbell 52.0 5 Sheer Crystal 5 . J. Collett 52.0 6 Straight Order 11 . . . . M. Heaney 52.0 7 31 Strike OU 9 L. O’Sullivan 52.0 8 Vince Martin 1 52.0 9 Bell Grey 2 J. Fleming 52.0 10 Diamond Fair 14 T. Kennedy 52.0 11 Fratenlze 10 52.0 12 Gone Fishing 7.... , . 52.0 13 0 Palace Jewel 13 . . . .L Ballantyne 52.0 14 Racing Away. 8 52.0 Emergencies: Abrasive, Den Will. Race 3 12.55 AZTEC TACO HANDICAP $9000; 1609 m 1 211 Westgate 4 N. Harris 58.0 2 010 Pagan Gold 7 K. Clapperton 55.5 3 112 Avocation 8 R. Hannam 55.0 4 182 Bride 28., Hibberd 54.5 5 580 Abit Matey 6 M. Campbell 54.5 6 11 Dorn Domingo 5 54.0 7 010 Busy Boe 1 L. O’Sullivan 53.5 8 717 Daybreaker 9 T. Kennedy 53.0 9 846 Thalia 3 M. Coleman 52.0 10 00 Oh. Well 10. 50.0 Race 4 1.30 PROSPECT MAIDEN $7000; 1400 m 1 404 Caribana 13 . 55.0 2 353 Carlton Grey 6 B. Hibberd 55.0 3 920 Count Godhram 12. . . ,T. Kennedy 55.0 4 020 Dunstan Road 5 ..... .J. Walkerss.o 5 002 Flying Rani 22 L. Ballantyne 55.0 6 4 Foreman 14 . M. Coleman 55.0 7 694 Governess 18 55.0 8 026 Happy Prince 3 R. Hannam 55.0 10 3 Resounding 19 . . . . . N. Harris 55.0 11 022 Silver Sky 1. . G. Childs 55.0 12 492 Tyro 7 ; 55.0 13 030 Amlc Ledy 9 53.0 14 738 Baker's Magic 10. . . . L. O'Sullivan 53.0 15 057 Captain Stubbing 21. . . S. Treweek 53.0 16 830 Gonrong 4 53.0 17 833 Justice for All 15. . . . M. Coleman 53.0 18 306 Smart Boots 8 C. Johnson 53.0 19 038 Sonchella 20 L. Cassidy 53.0 21 702 Star Ice 16 . .' J. Hayes 53.0 22 338 Unaided 17. 53.0 Emergency: Amlc Lady. Scratched: Moving On, Special Knight. Race 5 2.10 LEOPARD BREWERY HANDICAP $8000; 2000 m 1 312 Palko 1 L. O’Sullivan 56.5 2 013 Stature 16 N. Harris 56.0 3 591 Titled 13 J. Walker 56.0 4 019 Reinvest 12 . M. Campbell 55.5 5 10 Finn Bear 5 B. Hibberd 55.5 6 803 Ethelred 15 K. Clapperton 55.0 7 4688 Kwik Lea 10 55.0 8 7236 Anywhere 4 . S. Nicholls 54.5 9 700 Major Inquiry 2 L. Cassidy 54.0 10 366 Sovereign Glen 11 54.0 11 087 Hiltman 3 E. Jillings 53.5 12 Maungahlna 8 M. Gillies 53.5 13 596 Prince Pepo 6. .... . . D. Skelton 53.5 14 0565 Spencer Lad 9 .T. Kennedy 53.5 15 526 Star Raider 14 53.5 16 000 Trail. Balzac 7 M. Woods 53.5 Race 6 D, TF 2.45 ORMOND STAKES $45,000; weight-for-age; 2000 m 1 070 Lacks Reason 3 G. Phillips 59.0

The other two both came on Poetic Prince, at Foxton and, last Saturday, at Te Rapa. * : With his two big wins Poetic Prince has established himself as the eariy two-' year-old star, but Higgins, on his Wanganui run, is not much inferior. He has only won twice, the other success was at Trentham 11 months ago, but even an outside draw here should not prevent him from showing his best Reception has not raced since his Wanganui second. He was to have appeared oh~Saturday, but he has still managed to get the work in. Satisfy contested the Tim Rogers Stakes and finished well back. He might be better placed among his own class. Silver Leopard, a maiden winner at Wanganui 10 days ago, Festal, Dalpic, Chad and Sound Belt have all indicated talent in previous runs. Sound Belt failed to flatter in the Wanganui Guineas, but with a fifth at Levin in open class, he, at least, deserves another chance. .

Selections 11.45: Rolls, Reverse Charge, Orkahn. IX2S: Strike OU, Dizzy Heights, Palace JeweL 1245: Westgate, Pagan Gold, Don Dsmlago. IJt: Resounding, silver Sky, Happy Prince. 2.19: Palko, Stature, Ethelred. 2.45: Secret Seal, Bourbon Boy, Royal Grit. 129: Jennifer Rush, Heavenly View, Zephyrmint 345: Higgins, Reception, Mr Tiz. 449: Miss Jay beejay, If Ever, Micala. 5.95: Latitude, Bond Street Star Pride.

2 508 Our Boyfriend 2 . . . K. Clapperton 59.0 4 014 Lu 6 T. Allan 59.0 5 664 Royal Grit 7 C. Tremayne 59.0 6 151 Secret Seal 1 N. Harris 59.0 7 223 Bourbon Boy 12 . . . . L. O'Sullivan 59.0 8 117 Fairfield Lad 14 P. Mercer 59.0 9 039 Tunaeke 13 ........ D. Johnson 59.0 10 0263 Guess 10 S. Treweek 59.0 11 000 Red Hawk 11 C. Johnson 59.0 12 119 Chlbuku 8 59.0 14 7212 Hanayome-9 ,R. Hannam 56.5 15 154 Work ot Ari J 5 M. Campbell 56.5 Scratched: Great Estate, Strike Regal. Race 7 T , 3.20 ' ANTHONY G. CAVANAGH STAKES „ $45,000; three-year-olds fillies; 1200 m 1 104 Jennifer Rush 4. . ..'. L. O'Sullivan 54.0 3 583 Star World 2 S. Treweek 54.0 4 273 Heavenly View 15 . . . . G. Phillips 54.0 5 126 Sapale 7., M. Enrights4.o 6 2524 Sereelrina-'l4 54.0 7 281 Flint Seal 10 ...... M. Coleman 54.0 8 141 Queen High Noon .5 . . M. Campbell 54.0 9 110 Grey Lady Gray 12. . .P. Fitzgerald 54.0 11 061 Make Mino Music 3 . K. Clapperton 54.0 12 071 Zephyrmint 8 C. Johnson 54.0 13 700 Honest Reward 1. .... .E. Jillings 54.0 15 Silver .Down JI .....54.0 Scratched: Tasman Dancer, Radiant Dawn, Pleasure Zone.

Race 8 O 3.55 OKAWA PARAMOUNT HAWKE’S BAY GUINEAS $45,000; three-year-olds; 1400 m 1 530 Satisfy 13 J. Walker 55.0 2 331 Higgins 4 N. Harris 55.0 3 102 Reception 3 B. Hibberd 55.0 4 415 Briliant Invasion 17 . .C. Tremayne 55.0 5 050 Sound Bott 4 G. Phillips 55.0 6 128 Chad . 5 G. Cooksley 55.0 7 243 Daplic 11 G. Childs 55.0 8 509 Flying Gemini 7 E. Jillings 55.0 10 163 Festal 1 M. Campbell 55.0 11 431 Silver Leopard 9.. .. M. Coleman 55.0 12 105 Ivor Novollo 12 D. Hughes 55.0 13 331 Mr Tiz 15 .......; L. O'Sullivan 55.0 15 0 The Hippogriff 2... . . S. Treweek 55.0 16 5 Shaun Og 10 . . .T. Allan 55,0 17 172 Country. Touch 8. ’. . .L. -Ballantyne 53.0 Scratched: Lockins, Trouvere. Race 9 T 4.30 FLAXMERE HANDICAP $7700; 1400 m 1 235 Doodwell 8 ....... L. O'Sullivan 55.0 2 172 Mteala 4 M. Coleman 54.5 3 12 Mist JaytMoiay 5. . ... G. Childs 54.5 4 183 Desert Knight 11. . 54.0 5 137 If Ever 1. . G. Phillips 54.0 6 01 Inflexible 3. M. Campbell 54.0 7 3651 Pleasure Zone 14. . . .L. Ballantyne 54.0 8 824 Thrift 2 T. 54.0 10 021 Uncle Seymour 12 M. Woods 54.0 11 304 Country Walk 10 R. Hannam 53.5 12 605 Nut Brown 6 .P. Mercer 53.5 13 867 Rocky Way 15 53.5 14 575 Argon Belle 19 53.0 16 806 Alloch 9 D. Johnson 52.0 19 906 Lega Ahead 7 M. Enright 51.5 Scratched: Trouvere, Regal Realm, Amorina, Everything Goes. Race 10 T. TF 5.05 ANGUS INN HANDICAP $12,000; 1400 m 1 234 Star Pride 11 C. Johnson 56.5 2 411 Latitude 5 N. Harris 56.0 3 114 Horilicks 12 L. O'Sullivan 55.5 4 122 Haig 6 B. Hibberd 55.0 5 115 CoftM Pot 1 M. Heaney 54.5 6 097 Apache Lass 10 L. Cassidy 54.0 7 360 Avant 4 M. Campbell 54.0 8 642 Fortuno Road 9 L. Ballantyne 54.0 9 112 Bond Street 2 E. Jillings 53.5 . 10 730 Benodlre 3 G. Childs 53.0 11 110 Trisota 8 T. Kennedy 52.5 13 771 Beaufort Light 13 M. Woods 51.5 14 104 Blazing Path. 14. ... K. Clapperton 51.5 Scratched: Kartola. •