Durable colt should prove best in St Leger

Press, 25 January 1988, Page 30

Durable colt should prove best in St Leger

From

J. J. BOYLE

Wellington

Satisfy, the busiest of New Zealand’s three-year-olds in the top grade this season, should also be the best in the New Zealand St Leger at the Wellington Racing Club’s meeting at Trentham today. The bargain colt from Wanganui, which won the New Zealand Derby in the inquiry room at Ellerslie on December 26, will be going out for his thirtysixth race today, but he is very durable material. When he paraded for the Wellington Stakes on the first day of the Wellington Racing Club’s meeting on Saturday he had the robust appearance of a young athlete in the early stages of a campaign and his run for seventh over 1600 m should have fitted him for a step up to 2500 m in today’s $125,000 classic.

Waikato stables should have a strong presence in the Leger through Na Botto and Street Hawk. Na Botto did not have all the luck going on his way to finishing third in the Derby.

Street Hawk was a disappointing favourite in the Derby but has reemerged as a Leger prospect after a big run for fourth in the Wellington Stakes.

As winner of his' last three races, in a field lacking over-all quality, Takanini’s Padre rates as one of the prospects. He had to struggle for his narrow win in the highweight on Saturday, but his trainer “Baggy” Hillis believes that run could have effected some improvement in a Church Parade colt he rates highly.

Empire Rose and Dark Moments are expected to quinella the Summer Handicap, first leg of today’s T.A.B. double, for Waikato stables and for the record-breaking stallion Sir Tristram.

Empire Rose’s position as favourite should not be threatened if Trentham again comes up with a firm track. She will be giving weight all round but 57kg should not make heavy demands on her.

Dark Moments, a four-

year-old from the powerful Gibbs stable at Matamata, was a useful third in the Qantas Handicap, her only engagement at the Auckland Cup meeting. She was five lengths from the winner, Sounds Like Fun, but there was something to like about her run from well down the field. The Manawatu Cup winner, Sir Zeus, is another . interesting fresh runner and Riccarton’s Dig In will be out to show that his nine years do not eliminate him as a threat to his juniors.

Maestri, a second runner for Riccarton, did not show quite enough on Saturday to place him high on the fancied list. But he, like the Takaniriitrained Guess, usually manages to get close to the heavy action, and could battle into one of the dividend-bearing places. The City of Sydney Handicap, a class one 1400 m sprint, has a disappointing line-up of form for the second leg of the T.A.B. double and first leg of the treble. The weight range from top to bottom is only 2.5 kg

and Self Help, one of those at the bottom, on 52.5 kg might wind up favourite, if only for a third and a fourth at her last two starts, each of them at class two level. The Evergreen Lodge Stakes, the $60,000 feature race for two-year-olds, could offer more interesting fare. Greenback, a swift son of McGinty, has won twice from three starts for the Tilling stable, and if he triumphs again today he will almost certainly go to Sydney for rich autumn races.

Jetbet: 4 Race 1 12.10 MUNGAROA HIGHWEIGHT $10,000; 2200m 1 1522 Ngawi Bay 2 . . S. Dennett 64.0 2 2706 Gold Stream 7 . . . . ... J. Albert 62.5 3 3122 Sugar Raine 5 . . . .P. Hillis62.0 4 0400 Blazing Voodoo 1 . . 61.5 5 8755 Deeds Gift 6 . . . . G. Lord 61.5 6 4323 Old Pirate 3 . . .S. Jenkins 61.5 7 7038 Doc 11 . J. McGifford 60.0 8 4240 Aly Bahritas 4. ... . . . . E. Lamb 59.0 9 8043 Darling One 10 ... . . . . . G. Ellia 59.0 10 555 King Arthur 9 . P. Fitzgerald 59.0 11 87 King’s Heritage 8. . . . . C. Johnson 59.0 Race 2 12.50 DANIEL LE BRUN HANDICAP $10,000; 2025m 1 1661 Hand Me Down 1. . . . . . . T. Allan 54.5 2 2514 Touch of Gold 3 . . . . M. Campbell 54.5 3 2668 Daybreaker 7 . L. O’Sullivan 54.0 4 0872 Winter Cheer 9 . . . . 54.0 5 3444 Lord Pegasus 6. . . . . .G. Cooksley53.0 6 1030 That’s For Sure 2 . . . . .P. Mercer 53.0 7 0257 Jo Mellay 5 . .T. Kennedy 52.5 8 0008 Olympic Sword 8. . . . . D. Skelton 52.5 9 8510 Mel’s Jubilee 4 . . . . . . .L. Cassidy 52.0 10 5459 Hot Beat 10 K. Clapperton 51.0 Race 3 1.30 EVERGREEN LODGE STAKES $60,000; two-year-olds; 1200m 1 132 Arcado 2 . . .P. Mercer 55.0 2 411 Greenback 5 . .G. Cooksley55.0 3 61 Mr Brooker 6 55.0 4 3179 Pacelli 3 . . . N. Harris 55.0 5 9634 Vince Martin 7 ... . . . .T. Archer55.0 6 21 Cidermite 9 K. Clapperton 53.5 7 7 Gold Curls 1 . . G. Phillips 53.5 9 342 Star Dream 4 . M. Campbell 53.5 10 21 Stylish Taime 10 . . . . . . K. Oliver 53.5 Scratched: Golden Rule. Race 4 2.10 K1RKCALDIES HANDICAP $10,000; 2000m 1 4282 Canescent 1 . . . N. Harris 55.5 2 0050 Go With The Flow 18 . .T. Kennedy 55.0 3 0212 Port View 16 . L. O’Sullivan 55.0 4 2063 Ima Tiger 8 54.5 5 2713 Logistical 2 . M. Campbell 54.5 6 6903 Walkaway 15 54.5 7 7502 Evergreen Bay 12 . . . W. Stevenson 54.0 8 0791 Jealous Dancer 11 . . 54.0 9 71 Lord Lisbon 7 . . G. Phillips 54.0 10 0313 Santorini 13 . . .P. Mercer 54.0 12 2537 Scholars Habit 6 . . . . . D. Skelton 53.5 14 6480 Favoursome 14 ... . . . . . T. Allan 52.5 15 8050 Kotahi Jim 17 52.5 16 044 Victory Royale 5 . . . . . . G. Childs 52.5 17 509 Bonnie Edition 4 . . . . 52.0 18 59 Count Sian 9 52.0 19 06 Regal Kingdom 20 . . 52.0 Scratched: Yorkshire Rose, Rainbow Reason, Royal Exchange. Race 5 TF 2.50 NZ ST LEGER STAKES $125,000; three-year-olds; 2500m 1 4218 Canterbury Star 10. . 55.5 2 1008 Flying Lusking 3 . . . . . G. Phillips 55.5 3 2089 Glennalby 2 55.5

4 5181 Mr Bunnythorpe 8 . . . . B. Griffin 55.5 5 1231 Na Botto 9 . . ,R. McKay 55.5 6 3111 Padre 4 . . . N. Harris 55.5 7 4317 Satisfy 5 . M. Campbell 55.5 8 0118 Shaun Og 11 . . . . . . D. Skelton 55.5 9 2284 Street Hawk 1 . . . . .G. Cooksley55.5 10 1130 Tamati 6 . L. O’Sullivan 55.5 11 1346 Traffic Dancer 7 . . . . . C. Johnson 55.5 Race 6 D, TF 3.30 SUMMER HANDICAP $25,000: 2200m 1 0401 Empire Rose 3 . . . . . . . T. Allan 57.0 2 1817 Sir Zeus 7. . . . > . . . . G. Phillips 53.5 3 4454 Guess 4 . . . N. Harris 53.0 4 35 Dig In 9 . . . G. Childs 51.0 5 0119 Regal Advocate 2 . . . . . L. Cropp 50.5 6 0210 Palastone 6 ..... . 49.5 7 5436 Maestri 5 . .J. Jamieson 49.0 8 2113 Dark Moments 1 . . . 48.5 10 3237 Mr Milsom 10 . . .L. Cassidy 47.5 11 3911 Nympho Noire 11. . . 47.5 Scratched: Chance For Gold. Race 7 D. T 4.10 CITY OF SYDNEY HANDICAP $15,000: 1400m 1 6220 Benedire 6 55.0 2 009 Blazing Fury 8 . . . . 54.0 3 0070 Any Pound 5 53.0 4 0618 Fortune Road 3. . . . . . . G. Childs 53.0 5 4108 Conchelle 1 52.5 6 3630 Flowing Silver 7 . . . . . C. Johnson 52.5 7 4704 Mister York 4 . W. Stevenson 52.5 8 6834 Self Help 2 52.5 Race 8 T 4.50 GEMINI HANDICAP $10,000; 1600m 1 9521 Bashful Lad 2 . . .L. Cassidy 54.5 2 1388 Hire Purchase 3 . . . . . ,M. Wildey 53.0 3 7026 Gee Cee 16 . .G. Cooksley52.5 4 3421 Masha 9 . M. Campbell 52.5 5 01 Old Glory 11 . . B. Fletcher 52.5 6 4001 Regal Dr'un 7 . . D. Skelton 52.5 7 4072 Steal A Glance 17 . . W. Stevenson 52.5 8 01 Zariba 5 . . N. Harris 52.5 9 7329 Veda 13 K. Clapperton 52.0 10 07 Apello 8 . . G. Childs 51.5 11 0000 Diahard 1 51.5 12 408 Nuclear Ann 14. . . . L. O’Sullivan 51.5 13 463 Hurricane Lucy 4. . . . C. Johnson 51.0 14 0037 Kingscrest 18 51.0 15 44 Sir Daley 10 50.5 16 6980 Steiny Lass 6 • T. Kennedy 50.5 18 00 Ken Glor 19 50.0 19 06 Regal Kingdom 15 . . 50.0 Scratched: Count Sian. Race 9 T, TF 5.30 DUORO CUP $15,000; 1600m 1 1431 Lady Zephyr 8 . . . . . G. Phillips 57.0 2 1361 Garter Star 7 W. Stevenson 56.5 3 4324 Flight Queen 9 . . . . M. Campbell 55.5 4 3216 Midas Queen 6 . . . . . . G. Childs 54.0 5 1229 Dancer’s Rythym 10 . 53.5 6 11 McCallum 5 53.5 7 2329 Princess Cheval 1 . . 53.0 8 6200 So Proceed (Aua) 2 . 52.5 9 6154 Sindabay 4 .G. Cooksley52.0 10 3546 Chanson d'Amour 3 . . ,P. Mercer 51.0