Stamina test for Rostriever Hanover at Addington

Press, 19 February 1988, Page 24

Stamina test for Rostriever Hanover at Addington

By

JEFF SCOTT

Rostriever Hanover’s endless reserves of stamina will be put to the test once more from a wide draw in the $90,000 Motorcorp Honda 2000 at the New Brighton Trotting Club’s meeting at Addington tomorrow evening, but he looks equal to defeating a top line-up for the third time this month.

The Ashburton pacer, an athlete in the Gammalite-Lightning Blue mould, handed out superb beatings to New Zealand’s top Inter-Dominion hope, Luxury Liner and race rival, Lord Lenny, at Auckland a fortnight ago, then gave just enough to bag the 5150,000 New Zealand Messenger from a second-row draw there last Saturday.

If he can produce the goods again in the first leg of the Addington T.A.B. double tomorrow, the .Plat du Jour gelding will more than triple his career earnings for the month. He went north with a $72,155 bankroll from nine wins and if he picks up his twelfth victory tomorrow, his earnings will skyrocket to $241,280.

Rostriever Hanover, whose season’s record reads 10 starts for seven wins, two seconds and a fourth, was a winner over tomorrow’s distance of 2000 m mobile at Addington Raceway last year in 2:30.41, a class record for the track when only a C2 pacer and shoule be able to improve several seconds on that tomorrow.

Lord Lenny bounced back to his peak with a sizzling win in a 2:1.8 mile rate from the 2200 m (stand) at Alexandra Park last Saturday, finishing best from a handy spot with the leaders running 57.5 s for their last 800-metres. The Pukekohe-trained pacer will start from the handy number three slot (allowing for the withdrawals of emergencies) in the all front-line 2000-metre

despatch and should be in the firing line throughout.

Master Mood has drawn wide at barrier nine but showed with a dashing finish at the Addington trials last'week he has trained on since his narrow defeat by Frangelico on the course last month.

Last season’s star would only need to reproduce a performance such as his third run at the Inter-Dominions last March when he paced his opening mile in 1:55.8 in the open, then was just beaten by Paleface Bubble in 2:26.65 for the mobile 2000 m, to give the others a shake.

Frangelico has drawn handily but is inclined to race fiercely from the mobile if rushed along early, making her a

problem horse of the field. She is capable of winning and went down narrowly to Luxury Liner and Lightning Blue in the thrilling Air New Zealand Free-For-All over this trip at the N.Z. Cup meeting in November. Sir Alba and Frangelico’s stablemate, Sossy, will be on trial for Inter-Dominion campaigns and both are capable of getting into the finish with runs to suit. Kahuna Pele, unable to work clear over the closing stages in his latest race at Addington on February 5, is favoured to win the second leg of the T.A.B. double, the Blenheim Road Motor Hotel Trot.

Bellam, another with traffic problems last time, Wedgewood, Firm Offer and Westham are other trifecta chances.

Jetbet: 6 Race 1 5.45 CLARKSON SIGN STUDIO HANDICAP TROT $5750; C 3; trotters; 2600 m 1 8080 Dark Image 1 G. D. Shand It 2 2114 Ton Four 2 J. W. Smolensk! It 3 6856 Earl Evander 3 R. Alfeld It 4 1972 Iseult 4 M. de Filippi It 5 0000 Lord Crest 5 It 6 1658 Going On 6 C. de Filippi It 7 7431 Great Ovation 7 R. Williams It 8 7401 Kylie’s Pride 1 M. Edmonds 10 9 8128 Daph’s Pride 2 F. Bennett 10 10 3345 Bulla Mattari 3 M. Rennie 10 11 1317 Karina Lee 4 R. May 10 12 2162 Game Nian 5 M. Butt 10 13 1110 Avion De Combat 1 .L. Mosely, jun. 20 14 8760 Some Event 2 K. W. O'Reilly 20 15 5528 Lustre Fella 3 R. Cameron 20 Race 2 6.15 KEIGHLEYS TIMBER PACE $4500; Cl; junior drivers; 2600 m 1 5869 Always Smile 1 D. Hopping It 2 0000 Hoosemedad 2 It 4 9600 Rio Fillae 4 D. Leitch It 5 0080 Amuri Rose 5 D. Earnshaw It 6 6057 Sterlo 6 It 7 3030 Alba Scott 7 V. Keen It 8 0438 Gilston Charm 8 D. Blair It 9 3097 Seafield Fran 9 R. Wise It 10 3700 Bartz 10 L. Mathieson It 12 106 Royal Flier 12 G. Crofts It 13 2309 Delta Flight 13 T. Trathen It 14 0674 Boyden’s Whip 14 B. White It 15 5443 Gittique 15 R. Austin It 16 1263 Mystic Bromac 16 A. Scott It Scratched: Nardins Blaze, Trebba. Race 3 T 6.45 IMPERIAL BOTTLE STORE HANDICAP PACE $5000; Cl-C3; fillies and mares; 2600 m. 1 7271 Lickety Split 1 J. Hay It Finished best from trail to win in useful 2:54.3 (2200 m at Motukarara last Saturday. Must be tough. 2 2104 Margaret Brandon 2..C. de Filippi It Ran on for distant fourth behind Private Dancer and company in DB heat, February 5. Promising and should go close. 3 10 Issa Viska 3 P. Yeatman It Rangiora (grass) winner in 3:30.2 this distance in December. Resuming here and worthy of respect. 4 0084 Sandra Patron 4 J. Curtin It Fought on from trail last time at Blenheim, her best effort for some time. 6 0310 Artimus 6 D. Butt It Front-running mobile winner at Blenheim in sprint home, then stopped first night of this meeting after setting smart clip. 7 60 Quondo Chslle 7 R. Austin It Should be held on two outings this campaign. 8 2480 Bay Timer 8 R. May It Disqualified from second on February 5 after solid finish behind Cool Charm Girl. Definite chance on that run. 9 7600 Princess Halsey 9 B. Court It Resuming and take on trust. Won 2000 m (stand) pace at Addington in November.

10 7043 Moody Miss 10 K. Williams It Solid finish to place behind Noble Eden, Mister Nat, in Cl mobile on first night of this meeting. One of the better chances. 11 3408 Mecca Queen 11 ... .M. de Filippi It Never clear on first night of this meeting. Capable of placing at false odds.

12 1800 Sheasa Bromac 12. .. R. Anderson It Reefton winner four starts back, not likely to worry here. 13 323 Debbie’s Chance 13 . . R. Cameron It Good third behind Private Dancer, Innocent Heather, in DB heat on Februry 5. Genuine filly likely to go close. 14 5000 Neet Feat UR. . . .J. W. Smolensk! It Failing to recapture form of last season. 15 6440 Clare Lobell 15 .... K. W. O’Reilly It Well beaten on Wednesday after getting good run on outer. Earlier form sound. 16 0553 Nat’s Girl UR L. O'Reilly 10 Winner of three races, this term. Laststart placing was behind Cool Charm Girl at Addington (3200 m on February 5. Chance. Scratched: Tinka’s Best. Race 4 T, TF 7.15 THE BARCLAYS BANK 2000 $15,000; all classes; mobile: 2000 m. 1 0869 Master Vance 2 (C 7 ... J. Curtin It Back inner throughout on Wednesday. Others preferred. 3 0470 Freightman 3 (OC) It Battling to recapture best but will not get many better opportunities than this. Second to Master Mood at Addington trials nine days ago, fourth Ashburton Cup (December). 4 0444 Carefree Princess 4 (C7)J. Carmichael It Could not quicken from third line inner on Wednesday. Place chances look brightest. 5 9763 Citation 5 (C 5 J. Noble It Good late finish for third to Shot, Noble Fella, in 2000 m mobile on first night of this meeting, clocking 2:30.62. 6 2705 Beau Peer 6 (C 4 It Dual acceptor likely to start in Race five. 7 5676 Loveridge 7 (C 9 It Paced closing 800 m in 57s to win mobile 2600 m at Addington trials nine days ago. On trial for Inter-Dominion trip and shouldn’t disappoint. 8 7837 Happy Patron 8 (C 7 .. . . R. May It No dash first night, but won a corresponding consolation this night last year in 1:59.61 for mile. Capable but seems to mix his efforts these days. 9 3221 Dream Lustre 9 (C 7 .... D. Butt It Led last 1900 m to win C 6 and faster pace on Wednesday, coming last 800 m in 58.65. Racing well but this tougher. 10 4132 Noble Fella 10 (C 5 .. B. Buchanan It Big finish to place in 2:30.38 behind Shot over this distance on Wednesday. Goes well but draw a problem. 11 7760 Ruling Skipper 11 . . ,M. de Filippi It Held up home turn on first night of this meeting but not racing well enough to trouble here. 12 2321 Shot 12 A. Milne It Capped ultra-consistent background with dashing 2000 m mobile win in 2:00.9 rate on Wednesday. This is tougher but cannot be underestimated.

13 8585 False Image .13 (C 6 It Wilted after trailing Dream Lustre on Wednesday. Improvement needed. 14 5296 Lord Kara (C 7 R. Brosnan It Battled on late behind Dream Lustre and company on first night of this meeting. Should be held from this draw. 15 2122 Ankorman (C 7 R. Cameron It Ran home nicely late to beat all but Dream Lustre on Wednesday. Model of consistency but will. need big performance from this draw. 16 9080 Aran Blaze (C 8 I. Cameron It Rangiora trials mobile 2600 m winner in moderate time on Monday first glimpse of form for some time. Others preferred. Emergency: Beau Peer. Scratched: Speedy Cheval. Rac@ 5 T 7.45 CHRISTCHURCH MARINE MERCURY OUTBOARD HANDICAP PACE $5750; C 3; 3200 m. 1 4582 Cleff Le Van 1 It Reefton Cup winner (3200 m in December and last-start placing was behind Special Miss on slushy track at Blenheim. 2 9000 Handy Andy 2 It No luck on first night of this meeting when debuting from May stable. 3 0906 Aces Wild 3 It Last win was over 2600 m at Greymouth, in December. 4 6927 Little River 3 B. Court It Failed to flatter on first night of this meeting but just beaten mobile 2000 m at Addington the time before. 5 8670 Lorcan 5 P. Jones It Resuming. Not pushed for fifth behind stablemate, Laser Lad, at Rangiora trails last Monday. 6 4365 Princess Jilaire 2 It Fought on fairly on first night over 2000 m mobile. Wins this season have come at Oamaru (2600 m and Timaru (2700 m 7 0460 Le Marais 1 10 ■ Useful stayer with 3:20.25 (mobile 2600 m) win at Addington back in September but no luck lately. One for odds. 8 6864 Blythbank Del 2 .... G. D. Shand 10 Game fourth on first night of meeting behind Shot and company after being wide in open throughout. 9 1640 Flashdance 3 10 No impression on first night, but earlier form sound. Upset chance. 10 3705 Beau Peer 4 J. Carmichael 10 Battled on after being handy throughout on Wednesday. Chance. 11 3121 Noble Alm 5 M. de Filippi 10 Unlucky second in Nelson Cup (3100 m behind Floyd, before game 2400 m stand win on second day after being in open throughout. Stays well. 12 3625 Kotare Pewter 6 R. Negus 10 Placings were both in the Nelson Cup (3100 m and Marlborough Cup (3200 m Place chance again. 14 4132 Noble Fella 2 B. Buchanan 20 Third to Starwin Boy, Ankorman, in Forbury Four-Year-Old Final two starts back and fine placing here on Wednesday. Leading chance. 15 6900 Precipitate 3 D. Nyhan 20 Hard to like on efforts this term. Scratched: Ruling Skipper. Race 6 D, TF 8.15 MOTORCORP HONDA 2000 $90,000; all classes; mobile; 2000 m. 1 2122 Ankorman 1 (C 7 It Dual acceptor likely to start in race four. 2 2537 Gina Rosa 2 (C 9 .J. W. Smolensk! It Third two starts back behind Bionic Chance and Victoria Star, this trip, at Addington. Usually thereabouts. 3 9080 Aran Blaze 3 (C 8 It Dual acceptor likely to start in race four. 4 4341 Frangelico 4 (OC) D. Nyhan It Model of consistency in top grade this term. Should go close to repeating her win here last month. 6 6231 Lord Lenny 6 (OC). . M. McKendry It Returned to best with 2200 m (stand) win in outstanding 2:46.5 over Metal Mickey and Luxury Liner at Auckland last Saturday. Big chance. 7 4730 Laser Lad 7 (C 9 P. Jones It Rangiora trials winner on Monday, pacing last mile in 2:00.6. Has found it difficult in this grade, though, this season. 8 0503 Sir Alba 8 (OC) ... .M. de Filippi it Good third behind Frangelico, Master Mood, at Addington last month and Ashburton trials winner last week in 3:7.2 (2400 m stand), last 800 m in 58s. 9 3230 Gaelic Skipper 9 (OC) .D. Butcher It Auckland Cup runner-up, in December, which has overcome slight setback over the last fortnight. 10 0470 Freightman 10 (OC) It Dual acceptor likely to start in race four. 11 1306 Sossy 11 (OC) R. Brosnan It Never far away and on trial for trip to Sydney next month. Clear late here on course last month. 12 1411 Rostriever Hanover 12 (OOP. O’Reilly it Outstanding four-year-old with NZ Messenger win and victory the time before over Luxury Liner among credentials. Tough and should go close.

13 2922 Master Mood 13 (OC). .K. Williams It Last season’s star yet to reproduce the same brilliance this term. Just nabbed by Frangelico last month but just about unbeatable if he strikes his peak. 14 6951 Rolls Hanover 14 (OC) . R. D. Butt It Resumed with slick 3200 m win in 4:6.93 at Addington on February 5. Looks back to his best but will need luck from draw. Emergencies: Freightman, Ankorman, Aran Blaze. Scratched: Speedy Cheval. Race 7 8.50 FRENCH BAKERY HANDICAP PACE $5250; three-year-olds; 2600 m 1 5780 Distinctive 1 D. Nyhan It 2 5342 Living Luxury 2 P. Jones it 3 7060 Hot Oil 3 L. O’Reilly It 4 026 Skip Mac 4 P. Shand It 5 4125 Kawatiri 1 10 6 3212 Kiwi Supreme 2 . .J. W. Smolensk! 10 7 2876 Mood Maker 3 K. Williams 10. 8 0552 Quick Away 4 E. Cowie 10 9 3360 Worthy Andy 5 J. Hay 10 10 1378 Watbro Lucky 6 R. D. Butt 10 11 0489 Canasta King 7 I. Cameron 10 12 1176 Mistabell 1 G. Court 20 13 1227 Wait a Moment 2 J. Curtin 20 14 0186 Meadow King 3 I. Schwamm 20 15 8032 Kincaid 4 C. de Filippi 20 Race 8 ©, TF 9.20 BLENHEIM ROAD MOTOR HOTEL HANDICAP TROT $12,000; OC (C 5 and C 5 eligible); 2000 m. 1 0690 Spangled Pride 1. . , t .. F. Fletcher It Nine-year-old finding the going tough these days. 2 4138 Bellam 2 It Smart four-year-old which was never clear in latest run at Addington February 5. Keep on side. 3 0847 Thats It 3 G. Hope It Big run from 60m behind in lower grade two starts back when resuming over 3200 m at Blenheim, but this is harder. 4 7749 Dancing Armbro 4.. K. McCormick It Has lacked same dash since Banks Peninsula Cup success in December. Trials winner in moderate time last Monday. 5 6017 Flameaway 4 It Solid finisher to win in weaker grade at Addington two starts back in 3:26.8 (2600 m 6 7906 Pitcher 6 It Latest racing in north where he failed to win. Others appeal more. 7 7600 Golden Blue 7 R. Jenkins it Has not measured up in this company to date. 8 2084 Wedgewood 8 C. de Filippi It Battled on from third line at Addington 14 nights ago. Place chance. 9 0551 Westham 9 S. Miller it Fought on best over 3200 m at Addington, February 5, after being wide in open last mile. Sticks well and has prospects again. 10 4503 Firm Offer 10 B. Clark It Solid finish from third line at Addington 14 nights ago. Continues to race soundly. 11 5950 Jamie Higgins 11. . . .M. de Filippi It Capable front-runner suited by this distance. Draw against though. 12 0116 Kahuna Pele 12 E. Cowie It Never clear in latest race on February 5. As good as any but draw a disadvantage. 13 2202 Yankee Loch UR. .. J. Carmichael It Due to win one but preferred over more ground. Race 9 9-50 SID WILSON STANDARDBRED AGENCY HANDICAP PACE $5000; two-year-olds; 2000 m 1 24 Montini Royal 1 P. Yeatman It 2 National Glory 2 R. Dunn It 3 6857 Grampian 3 I. Sutherland It 4 Local Jiffy 4 It 5 34 Russley Lord 5 E. Cowie It 6 65 MacGyver 6 J. W. Smolensk! It 7 766 Spring Harcourt 7 ..... R. Alfeld It 8 0 Native Flight 8 L. Wigzell It 9 Maree Adios 9 . . . It 10 34 Lady Balarney 10 R. Jenkins It 11 69 Re Arma Tia 11 P. Wilson It 12 8132 Grobbelaar 1 C. de Filippi 10 13 4138 Star Kingdom 2 I. Cameron 10 Race 10 10.20 PAINT ’N’ POLISH MOBILE PACE $5000; C2; 2600 m 1 0074 Kea Rio 1 M. Edmonds It 2 4210 Scottish Sailor 2 J. Hay It 3 8006 Smirk Jones 3 It 4 0941 Noble Eden 4 R. Cameron It 5 1870 Lucas Royale 5 It 6 0135 Lord Raja 6 It 7 6970 Dainty Dish 7 It 8 0524 Wood Chip 8 R. D. Butt It 9 2040 Ripple’s Pace 9 A. Milne It 10 1100 Granada 10 It 11 4367 Spitfire 11 R. Brosnan It 12 0440 Module Boy 12 It 13 0201 Ngatimoti Boy 13 P. O’Reilly It 14 9170 Last Song 14 It 15 0523 Mayhem 15 P. Shand It 16 5238 Ivory 16 L. May It Emergencies: Smirk Jones, Lucas Royale.