Final Offer likely to outclass rivals

Press, 6 October 1987, Page 52

Final Offer likely to outclass rivals

Special correspondent Wellington The classy five-year-old, Final Offer, should prove too smart for his rivals in the Tasman Liquor Free-For-All at the Wellington Harness Racing Club’s meeting at Hutt Park this evening. Final Offer has always looked the makings of a top horse. He raced at Hutt Park last February when he won a heat of the Lion Red Mile series.

The Boyden Hanover gelding won effortlessly on that occasion and recorded Just a tick over two minutes. He was driven by Tony Herlihy, who will drive him again this evening. Final Offer had not raced for several months after that victory but resumed at Timaru on September 12, producing a moderate seventh after Starting, from 20m behind. He has since, A won a trial and should strip much fitter this time. The mobile start will suit him this evening and though he will have to start from the second row, his rivals will be hard pressed to hold him out. Race Time Glenn was a beaten favourite on the first night but on Saturday did not have a lot of luck in the running. After being nicely placed early, he was pushed back to near last and had to cover a lot of extra ground to mount his challenge. He battled away well for third. He has drawn the front line this Jetbet: 3 ' Race 1 TF 6.10 MCWILLIAMS WINES TROT $3500: CO; 2400 m 1 5625 Herbie John 1. . M. Hasler it 2 532 Navy's Pride 2 .... J. Carmichael It 3 907 Spin the Bottle 3. . . M. McKendry it 4 000 Karenero 4 M. Messiter it 5 886 Audrey Hanover 5 C. Hughes it 6 3705 Roseland Evander 6. . .D. Marshall it 7 000 Super Game 7 D. Butcher It 8 008 Drott Moss 8 S. Doody It 9 800 Rhubarb 9 R. Butt It 10 000 Tainul Chip 10 P. Butcher It 11 261 Our Reb 1 A. Herlihy 30 12 799 Cadenza Bay 2 B. Leask 30 13 2048 Command Jon 1 W. Hughes 50 14 474 Earl Evander 2 R. Alfeld 50 15 032 Just a Natural 3 J. Curtin 50 16 150 Saraband Lad 4 R. Sharpe 50 17 117 Major Mark 5 R. McKenzie 50 Emergencies: Command Jon, Earl Evander, Saraband Lad.

evening and his driver, Peter Ferguson, will attempt to keep him handier this time. The horse’s form is certainly hard to fault.

Smart Way justified solid support when he won at Hutt Park on Saturday and must be respected again while Revae is a last-start winner over 2500 m at Claudelands. He has disappointed on a couple of occasions at Hutt Park, but has plenty of ability on his day. Russley Bridge was the only one to test Smart Way at the Wairarapa Harness Racing Club’s meeting on Saturday and he has fared better In the barrier draw this evening. The T.A.B. double will be completed on the Wairarapa Graduation Series Final in which Reba Lord looks the one to beat. He could not have been more impressive when winning his heat on Saturday night, scoring convincingly by a length and a half. Colin Butler has opted to drive him instead of the other heat winner, Columbia James, and the No. 1 draw boosts his chances even further. Antana and Columbia James have to overcome second-row draws, but must still be rated highly. Columbia James beat Antana by a nose on Saturday in the smart time of 3:5.3. Jambo, a good second on Saturday, has drawn well while Knock Wood and Seafield Fran cannot be dismissed. Raco 2 6.40 TENDERKIST MEATS MOBILE PACE $3500; CO; 2400 m 1 955 Morere 1........ J. Carmichael It 2 577 Kayak Gold 2 S. Doody It 3 023 Relocation 3. ... J. Curtin It 4 469 Dark Warrior 4 . . . . M. McKendry It 5 0 Lobell Byrd 5 R. Asquith it 6 4104 Trandate 6 C. Butler It 7 000 Granada 7 R. Butt It 8 000 Holy Oak 8 . . .D. Barnes It 10 08 Iron Duke 10 D. Butcher It 11 2 Gapenatcha 11 P. Butcher It 12 008 Star Doc 12 A. Herlihy It 13 086 Copper Star 13 D. Morrison It Scratched: Merrie Vance. Race 3 7.10 ARMOURGUARD MOBILE PACE $3500; CO; 2400 m 1 0 Finest Moment 1.... M. Stormont It 2 609 Lady Janice 2 P. Ferguson it 3 009 Watch Mercury 3 R. Starr It 4 07 Lochlel 4. . . D. Butcher It

5 000 Valutar 5 R. Asquith it 6 477 Rex Revue 6 S. Pavlovich jit 7 030 Saafield Dream 7 M. Lees It 8 0 Nugent Sands 8 ... J. Carmichael It 9 066 Golden Swartz 9. . . M. McKendry It 10 5577 Adjust It 10 G. Martin If 11 009 Forms! Clem 11 S. Maher It 12 0 Mister Freebie 12 S. Doody It Race 4 TF 7.40 CALTEX MOBILE PACE $4200; C2; 2000 m 1 079 Karumba Dream 1 R. Butt It 2 3006 Scotch on Rocks 2 .. . .M. Nyhan It 3 081 Zeke 3.. v. .... ■J. Carmichael It 4 042 Crestafield 4 A. Herlihy It 5 144 Norm’s Effort 5. ...... C. Butler „ It 6 008 Dark Albatross 6. .. . . .'N; Driver It 7 037 Rising Moon 7 ....... J. Curtin It 8 3001 Innocent Man 8 D. Butcher It 9 093 King’s Way 9 M. McKendry It 10 775 Rue Bromac 10. . C Rose It Race 5 8.10 BAYER RINTAL MOBILE PACE $3800; Cl; 2400 m 1 720 Tar Mate 1’.’,,... ... J. Curtin It 2 097 Ho Chi Mln 2 .P. Butcher It 3 803 Legal Ideal 3 D. Butcher It 4 848 Christina May 4 C. Butler it 5 960 Brat’s Wave 5. .... It 6 827 Soma Partner 6 C. Edmonds It 7 9401 Skip du Jour 7.. . . M. McKendry It 8 369 Happy Hour 8. . C. Hughes It 9 4892 Sure Smile 9 G. Martin It 10 71 Kia Marama 10 S. Doody It 11 553 Sinclair Lord 11 .... P. Ferguson It 12 626 Close Up 12 J. Carmichael It 14 935 Westbury Lass 13 B. Taylor It Race 6 D 8.40 TASMAN LIQUOR MOBILE PACE $5500; C 3; 2400 m 1 001 Rsvae 1 R. Butt It 2 700 Tokyo Boy 2 It 3 2052 Russley Bridge 3..... D. Butcher it 4 966 Plover 4 C. Briskie It 5 378 Our Marc 5 J. Curtin it 6 2113 Race Time Glenn 6 . . P. Ferguson It 71800 Nikandrew 7 P. Butcher It 8 691 Smart Way 8 M. McKendry It 9 2795 Alvarez 9 .J. Carmichael It 10 050 Streets Ahead 10 M. Nyhan It 11 004 Stepdon 11 O. Miller It 12 917 Final Offer 12 A. Herlihy it 13 730 Lear Jet 13 M. Hasler It 14 500 El Vencedor 14 S. Pavlovich it 14 1359 Bobby Bromac 15 Cf Butler It Emergencies: Nikandrew, Tokyo Boy. Race 7 T 9.10 TRANSPAC TROT $3800; Cl; 2900 m 1 000 Chwky Rebel 1. S. Doody It 2 2650 Juste Thought 1 C. Butler 20 3 5406 King Al 2 G. Martin 20 4 150 Saraband Lad 3 R. Sharpe It 5 2048 Command Jon 4 ..... W. Hughes 20 6 032 Just a Natural 5 J. Curtin 20 7 474 Earl Evander 6 R. Alfeld 20 8 1201 Daecedee 7 A. Herlihy 20

9 683. William Gold 8 .... P. Scaife, jun. .20 10 056 Ripper's Fury 9 R. Fraser 20 11 990 Just Way 1 S. Penning 50 12 475 Waimoo 2 C. Edmonds . 50 13 009 Donza Serge 3 ~...;. B. Leask 5° Race 8 D, T ( 8.40 W WAIRARAPA GRAND FINAL ? $7000; mobile; 2400 m 1 01 Robe Lord 1. ........ C. Butler It 2 605 Boston Timos 2. . . .. P. Butcher It 3 672 Jambo 3......... C Edmonds . it 4 094 Judge 4 w. Hughes It 5 705 Radical Agent 5 ..... A. Herlihy It 6 2073 Knock Wood 6 ...... D. Butcher It 7 5694 Kirrlbllll Kate 7 P. Ferguson it 8 276 Youumie Bromac 8. ... . J. Curtin It 9 6 Blossom Lady 9 ...... S. Doody It 10 032 Antana 10 R. Butt It 11 873 SeafieM Fran 11 ... J. Carmichael It 12 7061 Columbia James 12 . M. McKendry It Race 9 10.05 ANDAS MOBILE PACE $3500; CO; 2400 m 1 8 Lotas Fun 1..... ... R. Asquith it 2 2273 Honkman 2 . D. Butcher it 3 5 Scottish Surprise 3.. . P. Butcher it 4 08 Don’s Lad 4 C. Butler it 5 009 Duet Command 5 ..... S. Doody It 6 00 Howie 6 W. Marwick It 7 704 Prince Evander 7. A. Herlihy It 8 346 Our Rocky 8 P. Ferguson It 9 000 Chovannah 9 M. McKendry It 10 882 Edmond Tudor 10 ..... J. Curtin It 11 220 Full Rata 11........ ,R. Nation It 12 979 Golden Ring 12. ... J. Carmichael It. Race 10 T > 1040 CABLE PRICE TOYOTA MOBILE PACE $3800; Cl; 2400 m 1 004 Festive Heir 1 M. McKendry It 2 0872 Kewereu Song 2*... . S. Pavlovich it 3 4323 Naughtty Boy 3. ... .. D. Butcher It 4 988 Direct Hanover 4. .... . C. Butler It 5 874 Smooth Bogart 5. ..... S. Doody it 6 008 Bird Command 6 - It 7 20 DeUa’e FeSa 7 J. Curtin it 8 0055 Fortuno GM 8 G. Martin It 9 0006 Saint Ella 9 M. Stormont ■lt 10 000 Attar Dark 10 A. Herlihy It 11 41 Quick Flash 11 P. Ferguson it 12 899 Banjo Bromac 12. .. . D. Morrison It