Our Boyfriend keen

Press, 8 October 1987, Page 38

Our Boyfriend keen

Special correspondent Hastings The Hastings trainer, Marlene Todd, says Our Boyfriend has never been better and the big Rol Lear gelding confirmed that with his work at Hastings on Tuesday morning - ■ Our Boyfriend ran a solo 1200 m on the plough in 1:18.98, hitting cut keenly down the back-straight before running home his last 600 m in 40.55. Todd had Merv Clarke, a Palmerston North . animal manipulator, check Our Boyfriend out on Monday and he could not fault the horse. ' “I had his blood done the other day and it’s perfect," said Todd. Our Boyfriend, au. impressive all-the-way winner over 2000 m at Otaki 10 days ago, will now go to Trent ham on Saturday week for the $15,000 Watkins Handicap. Another good race there could see the gelding have a tilt at the New Zealand Cup in November. The nlne-year-old won the Cup three years ago. Fast work was carried out on the plough and wide out on the No. 1 grass. Both tracks were firm. Reception (Outram), renowned as a lazy trackworker, finished behind Count Godhram (Ackland) after 1000 m on the plough in Imin 2.85, the last 600 in 38.55. Reception lines up tar the Sound Reason Mile, a weight-for-age 1500 m race at the •Masterton Racing Club’s meeting on Saturday. David Walsh has been booked for the ride and will probably, have to ride the colt a kilogram overweight at 51kg. Dorn Domingo (Ackland), another entered for the Sound Reason Mile, took 39.1 s and 38s for two easy 600 m sprints on the plough. The big Pag Asa gelding looks to have come through his race at ofeki last week wdlL