Paleface Bubble out of N.Z. Cup

Press, 20 October 1987, Page 38

Paleface Bubble out of N.Z. Cup

By JEFF SCOTT The New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club’s racing secretary, Mr Tony Lye, was advised yesterday by Paleface Bubble’s Sydney trainer, Michael Ilsley, that the horse would not be in Christchurch for next month’s $300,000 Toyota New Zealand Cup. "A decision was made between Ilsley and the horse’s owner, Mr Greg Brodie, on Saturday night not to come,” said Mr Lye. “He has given Paleface Bubble standing starts at home and he doesn’t have much idea as to how to begin. He said it’s a long

way to come to take no part In the race and will now be racing the horse in minor mobile races at Harold Park as a lead-up to the Sydney Miracle Mile later next month,” said Mr Lye. Lightning Blue, Sunset Candios and Hyperstat still give the Australians a three-sided attack on the famous New Zealand race. This year’s Cup will provide a quality field, full of form runners. New Zealand pacers with form, qualified, and likely to run are: Frangelico, Gaelic Skipper, Happy Sunrise, Levendi,

Luxury Liner, Master Mood, Metal Mickey, Rolls Hanover, Skipper Dale and Sossy. Question marks hang over the Northerners, Ben, which is in form but is not confirmed as a definite New Zealand Cup starter, Present Laughter, which will need to run a placing in Saturday’s $50,000 feature at Alexandra Park to be considered, Placid Victor, which has been racing below par in his last few outings, Trident, which has yet to race this season, and the Ellesmere-trained, Freightman, which has had a "minor setback”

and will miss Friday’s Transpac Pace at Addington. “We are still hopeful of making the cup field. He’s still in at Oamaru on Monday at this stage, but if he doesn’t race there we will have to lump all our eggs in one basket for some form in the Kaikoura Cup,” said Kevin Chapman, the son of Freightman’s trainer, Ken Chapman, yesterday. “At seven, he’s taken longer to come up but we were pleased with his run at Ashburton in his third run back before this leg problem surfaced,” added Chapman.