Bellam’s win surprises

Press, 24 March 1988, Page 47

Bellam’s win surprises

Bellam finished smartly from .midfield to win the second leg of the, T.A.B. double, the Twiggeirs Sunday Night Smorgasbord Trot, at the, New Zealand ' Metropolitan Trotting Club’s meeting at Addington last evening, i

i I I I ) I I I j ship a week later.... , Bellam, (which has now) won 12 of his 41 starts for.) earnings! of sBo,oso,(was) a! length and) a quarter) clear of the! solid) finishihg) Pitcher) ((handy .outer), at; the finish.! ' il , ; !| Kahupaj Rele, | which made a! big run from the: 7.00 m to be in the third line turning foij home, did well to Hold third, clear,of Westham, j which I was parked fhboughout. | ) The favourite,! j Tyron Scottie, raced keenly back on the fence in th)e early stages ianb finished on for seventh After being wide into'the straight. ) || ');;( , | He .was timed oyer the 3200 m; fpost-to-post) ) in ■1:13.3,1 his last (mile j in 2:3.4 and) should (improve further (for Saturday’s Corporate Catering Trot:, according to trainer, Pat O’Reilly jun. , JJJJ j ) ) i’ i u i i-

Last season’s iThree-Year-Old ’ “Trotter of the Year” was recording his fifth win for the season, and third for the term at Adbington, for his Broadfieid owner-trainer, Dave Cohdick. The diminutive Plat du Joiir ! entire ! mildly surprised his trainer with last evening’s win.| j ‘)‘l thought he was still | a bit. on the fat side but held been working good,” said Cohdick, who will line the four-year-old up again o|n , Saturday, before contest- 1 : ing the $30,000 New Zealand .Trotting Champior-