Young Indian makes fifth try for big prize

Press, 9 October 1987, Page 39

Young Indian makes fifth try for big prize

Special correspondent Auckland Young Indian has travelled the 300 km . round trip to Ellerslie four times for around $60,000 In stakes, an amount he could well surpass tomorrow in his fifth try for a big prize at an Auckland Racing Club meeting. From Maungakaramea, (a little way south-west of Whangarei) Young Indian is one of a group of smart three-year-olds which will be competing for the $120,000 Winstone Guineas and he seems a good prospect to win. Young Indian had his very first race at Ellerslie, on March 4, and picked up $lOOO for second. A month later he won and added $3250 to his earnings. Soon afterwards he gathered a further $30,000 from his third start on the course and a second placing in the Radio Pacific Sires’ Produce Stakes. His fourth and latest Ellerslie appearance brought him the Laurent Champagne Stakes and his owner-trainer-breeder, Mr Norm Morgan, $25,000. That makes $59,250, a considerable sum but one that Young Indian could more than double if successful in the Guineas, which is worth $75,000 to the winner. Young Indian was put aside after the Champagne Stakes, made a promising reappearance in a barrier trial at Ruakaka early last month, and has since been third then second in two starts. First up he was alongside Western 1 Lea and just a length from Poetic Prince in the Cambridge Breeders’ Stakes and the next time he beat all except four-year-old Historian, in a 1600 m at Pukekohe on September 26. The three races were nicely spaced, allowing Young Indian to maintain steady improvement and the chance of being right at his best again for this one. The Northland colt has Western Lea to beat again and he faces, as well, first

encounters with Westminster, Mr Tiz, Open Terrain and, among several from the Central Districts, Festal (Woodville), Trouvere (Foxton), and Higgins (Marton). Mr Tiz could well provide Young Indian with most opposition and in fact prove a handful for the other horse. Promising enough in the little asked of last season, Mr Tiz has won his only two races this time in, second of them the Hawke’s Bay Guineas, not by much but very impressively all the same. Taking his gallops at Matamata as an indication he has trained on in great style. Westminster was expensive to the punters who made him such a warm favourite for the Guineas Trial last Saturday. But while unable to hold Pikeson he beat the others very clearly, by upward of three lengths. Even with 1600 m to run as against 1400 m last time, it would be a sharp turnaround in form if Westminster did not again prove too good for those he beat last week-end. And that takes into account Higgins (fifth) and Festal (sixth) being in such trouble with about 500 m to run. From a wide barrier position Westminster had to go hard in the run to the first turn, hopefully this time he will not need to be used up much and so early. Open Terrain will be interesting in his return to racing after an enforced let-up, he looked so good when winning first-up at Ellerslie on August 8. So will Weston Lea, his failure in Sydney last Saturday notwithstanding. Both Weston Lea and Westminster were impressive, easy winners at Te Aroha before their last starts with the footing fairly soft which Weston Lea might always prefer. Guess, even though his best form lately has been the other, left-handed

way around, Lady Tristana and Tommy’s Mate seem to have the best chances in the first leg of the T.A.B. double, the Mltchelson Stakes with Sir Gerald a main prospect for the second leg, the Wilsons Cement Sprint Jetbet: 2 Rae* 1 12.35 ZIP TRADING HANDICAP $10,000; two-year-old fillies; 880 m 1 1 Concerto 2 L. Croppss.o 22 Endearment 1 54.0 3 2 Ivory Mink 10 S. Treweek 53.5 4 Ann Mariae 7 H. MacKinnen 53.0 5 Auckland Star 18 53.0 6 Break Free 3 R. Caddigan 53.0 7 Clear Reason 5 D. Morris 53.0 8 Gertrude 16 D. Peake 53.0 9 Ginty’a Order 17 53.0 10 Grumpy’s Revenge 9. . . . . 53.0 11 Mango Walk 13 53.0 12 Miss Bridget 8 53.0 13 3 Signet Ring 14 D. Lang 53.0 14 Tamahore Mary 12 53.0 15 7 Hamel 4 G. Childs 52.5 16 55 Key Lago 11 52.5 17 9 Gone Fishing 15 52.0 18 9 Misty Jay 6 52.0 Emergencies: Auckland Star, Gone Fishing, Hamel, Misty Jay. Race 2 1.10 FIRST WINSTONE MAIDEN $10,000; 1400 m 1 Burleigh Lad 16 L. Ballantyne 55.0 2 9 High Resource 17 ... . S. Treweek 55.0 3 Trudy’s Folly 8 55.0 4 74 Alette 13 R. McKay 55.0 5 4 Bold Ivory 6 D. Healey 55.0 6 5 Climatic 3 J. Collett 75.0 7 8 Master Raj 19. . 55.0 8 20 Sir Anchor 20 55.0 9 0570 Captain Stubbing 4 . . 55.0 10 Free Tide 1 D. Johnson 55.0 11 358 Just Imagine 18 55.0 12 Mill River 14 L. O’Sullivan 55.0 13 9 Mountain Tan 7 55.0 14 My Tripos 12 G. Childs 55.0 16 0040 Royal Marine 11 K. Smith 55.0 16 687 Blue Lord 10 55.0 17 8 Street Hawk 5 D. Marglson 55.0 18 60 Dream Bay 15 55.0 19 Flash Devil 2 55.0 20 Ramadero 9 55.0 Emergencies: Street Hawk, Dream Bay, Flash Devil, Ramadero.

6 1155 Lord Zirito 14 W. Robinson 52.5 7 472 Tommy’s Mate 2 .... L. O'Sullivan 52.5 8 40 Argonaut Stylo 4 C. COstin 52.0 9 5314 Prince Avila 6 E. Harrison 52.0 10 6537 Beaver Boy 12 R. McKay 51.5 11 121 Tatua Girl 15 R. Caddigan 51.0 12 1922 Dusky Souvran 7 D. Lang 50.0 13 810 Irish Luck 5 T. Lomas 50.0 14 7764 Kwala Mattar 9 50.0 15 Norfolk King 8 50.0 16 3364 Sovereign Stealth 3 50.0 17 1831 Star Count 10 D. Peake Race 9 D, T 5.05 WILSONS CEMENT SPRINT $20,000; 1400 m 1 Eastern Joy 12 L. O'Sullivan 57.0 2 4122 Matthew Ryan 3 55.5 3 Trocane 7 . . ; B. Sargent 54.5 4 1 Sir Gerald 4. ...... W. Robinson 53.0 5 360 Dorriana 5 L. CroppsLs 6 Chickero 11 51.0 7 0 Mighty Vain 14 L. Ballantyne 51.0 8 120 Stylish Lass 13 .D. Healey 51.0 9 9 Panarchie 6 50.5 10 7 Halley’s Comet 2 R. McKay 50.0 11 7 Just Reward 10 D. ling 50.0 12 58 Potty Sessions 1 50.0 13 7 Regal Advocate 9 50.0 14 Top Plate 8 50.0 Race 10 5.35 GIB BOARD 1400 $10,000; 1400 m 1 4 Royal Treat 12 D. Hughes 57.0 2 3110 Milltina 16 D. Peake 56.0 3 Topitu Princess 9 .... B. Sargent 56.0 4 7 Broadway Bill 5 L. Ballantyne 55.5 5 Capital Asset 17 L. Croppss.s 6 70 Mr Statesman 2 ... . L. O'Sullivan 55.5 7 4224 NiptidO 5 55.5 8 40 Bravaro 11 R. McKay 54.5. 9 0 Gunfighter 3 A. Craig 54.5 10 767 Stylo Girl 14 . .E. Harrison 54.5 11 Princess Natasha 10. . R. Caddigans4.o 12 07 Jacks To Open 4 53.5 13 0 Pike’s Flight 13 53.5 14 6 The Minder 1 53.5 15 8438 Donny Brook 15 D. Lang 53.0 16 McGuire 7 S. Treweek 53.0 17 8 Flint Road 8 51.0 Emergency: Flint Road.

Race 3 145 ONEHUNGA STEEPLECHASE $15,000; 4150 m 11132 Pietmarltzburg 6 M. Gillies 63.0 2 791 Zeb 17 E. Lamb 63.0 31111 Desperino 7 P. Hillis 62.0 4 1218 Bruton Muss 11 61.5 5 4412 Dana 2 K. Treweek 61.0 6 9874 Boomakmg 3 59.0 7 70 Bronze Bar 10 59.0 8 9270 Curdu 16 F. Browne 59.0 9 9041 Danny Doever 13 59.0 10 0085 El Solano 4 A. Madden 59.0 113015 Gaye’s Mate 1 M. Douglas 59.0 12 7600 Goodwood Boy 12 59.0 13 690 Hex 8. . T. Autridges9.o 14 5061 High Impact 9 59.0 15 6383 Major 14 J. Collett 59.0 16 158 Marushka 19 . 59.0 17 8729 Nasty Trick 15 B. McDonald 59.0 18 2203 Quevado 5 59.0 19 6154 Summer Mann 18 . . .T. Reddaways9.o Race 4 2.20 WINSTONE TRADING 2200 $10,000; 2200 m 1 5522 Milimlli 2. : 57.0 2 0013 Battle Crocs 15 L. Cropps6.o 3 5034 Vasuki 7. D. Marglson 56.0 4 87 Cougar Rock 16 .... L. O’Sullivan 55.5 5 3141 Special Mission 11. . . R. Caddigan 55.5 6 3 Rieker 4 .... G. Childsss.o 7 6 Rod Cheval 8 L. Ballantyne 54.5 8 4272 Bar the Shouting 3 53.5 9 7003 Bon Alley 5 D. Healey 53.5 10 3 Lanuraa 14 53.5 11 348 Wolverton’s Rage 13 53.0 12 055 Ivorman 10 D. Peake 52.5 13 46 Jacqui’s Choice 1 52.5 14 0461 Royal Cleo 6 J. Collett 52.5 15 7950 Symphonia 12 52.5 16 000 Shameless 9 D. Graham 51.0 17 9 Zena Marie 17 W. Orbellsl.o Emergency: Zena Marie. Race 5 2.55 SECOND WINSTONE MAIDEN $10,000; 1400 m 1 4453 Current 19 L. O’Sullivan 55.0 2 6320 Stylish Glory 15 . . . . W. Robinson 55.0 3 4023 Wren's Pal 12 A. Tweedie 55.0 4 Bold Symphony 6 R. McKay 55.0 5 4 Catmandu 13 55.0 6 3 Fusileer 9 55.0 7 Moley May 20 55.0 8 3 Yudan 10 J. Collett 55.0 9 6 Carlyle Ace 18 S. Treweek 55.0

10 649 Gold Tango 11 ; 55.0 11 6 Madison 16 . . . . 55.0 12 Wee Katinka 5 L. Croppss.o 13 0 My Friend Colin 17 . H. Mackinnon 55.0 14 840 Princeaa Kalab 3 D. Peake 55.0 15 Secret Grey 14 . 55.0 16 0480 Nobte Kauri 7.’ B. Sargentss.o 17 Patches 2 ...... 55.0 18 000 Fast Buck 8. .: 55.0 19 Kern's Giri 4. J 55.0 20 0 Stockatar 1 . 55.0 Emergencies: Patches, Fast Buck, Kern’s Girl, Stockstar. ? . Race 6 T, TF 3.30 WINSTONE GUINEAS $120,000; three-year-olds; 1600 m 13145 Higgins 6 A. Tweedie 55.5 2 215 Weston Lea 7 . T. Allan 55.5 3 12 Westminster 10 . . 55.5 4 11 Mr Tiz 4 . . L. O’Sullivan 55.5 5 32 Young Indian 5 E. Harrison 55.5 6 1 Open Terrain 11 .... R. Caddigan 55.5 7 6326 Festal 16 D. Peake 55.5 8 70 Injustice 2. . . ./ G. Cooksleyss.s 9 1033 Lockins 3 55.5 10 151 Trouvere 12 R. McKay 55,5 11 124 Regal City I.' W. Robinson 55.5 12 4444 Accountant 9 D. Healey 55.5 13 110 Bloodstone 15 55.5 14 18 Doragulatoro; 18. . . . H. Mackinnon 55.5 15 95 Front Row 13 L. Ballantyne 55.5 16 162 Rayner’a Lane 14 55.5 17 30 Beau Bijou I'7 J. Collett 55.5 18 oAutObaeB.; 55.5 Race 7 T 4.05 DIMOND ROOFING 1600 $10,000; 1600 m 1 1232 Clesrisne 13 R. McKay 55.0 2 0 Bold Show 7 D. Johnson 55.0 3 3 Bronze River 19 55.0 4 0193 Winner's Joy 9 L. O’Sullivan 55.0 5 7410 Miss Morrinsvllle 5 55.0 6 0221 Silver Sky 18 T. Allen 55.0 7 81 Ulterietic 4 P. Elvers 55.0 8 7268 Under Cover 11 55.0 9 0 Frantic 2... 55.0 10 10 Mattie Deo 6 55.0 11 0407 Paganini 3 D. Peake 55.0 12 5200 Sandgift 17 55.0 13 597 Summer Time Streak 12 B. Sargent 55.0 14 9 Sungod 15. . 55.0 15 7180 Tomans 1 D. Lang 55.0 16 7 Alloch 8 D. Marglson 55.0 17 0506 Hot Number 14 55.0 18 00 Speedmaster 10 55.0 19 0 Lotus Lord 16 55.0 Emergency: Lotus Lord. Race 8 D. TF 4.35 MITCHELSON STAKES $25,000; 2400 m 1 4016 Great Estate 17 J. Collett 57.0 2 6323 Guess 13 S. Treweek 56.0 3 1484 Lu 1 T. Allan 54.5 4 1248 March Saa 11 54.5 5 691 Lady Triatana 16 . .. .L. Ballantyne 52.5

Selections IMS: Endearment, Cencerte, Ginty’a Order. 1.16: Aletta, atmatech, Trudy’s Folly. 1.45: Desperino, Dana, Major. MS: MllimilL Special Mission, Reiker. MS: Wren’s Pal, Yudan, Fusilier. MS: Young Indian, Mr Tiz, Westminster. 4.W: Clearlane, Bronze River, Winner’s Joy. MS: Tommy’s Mate, Lady Tristana, Guess. 5.65: Sir Gerald, Matthew Ryan, Eastern Joy. 545: Royal Treat, Bravaro, Nlptide.