Native Rose speedy

Press, 26 April 1988, Page 46

Native Rose speedy

Special correspondent ] Dunedin The three-year-old filly, Native Rose, ran the fastest race mile at Forbury Park when she recorded 1:59.12 on Saturday evening. , The previous best elec-tronically-timed mile was 11:59.93 set by Starship as la two-year-old, 12 months ago. Ollie’s Chance held the three-year-old record of 2:00.42. i "I hope to get a start in the DB Final and this might help," said Native Rose’s Templeton trainer. Derek Jones;, who drove the daughter of Smooth j Fella — Snow Rose. | “She has a lot of ability but she doesn’t always put | it all together," said 'Jones. Native Rose has been placed in a heat of the DB series and the defection of heat winners. Private

Dancer and Handee cculd help her chance ofi making the $120,000 Final ati Addington on May 7 - : Native Rose is raced by her Omarama breeders, Bill and Fay McAughtrie], and her dam. Snow Rose.' is] a half-sister, by Nardin’s Byrd to Snow Chick; trie dam of Hands Down, winner of 31 races and $?09,000 for the McAughtrties from the Jones stable. Two races earlier the tt:ree-year-old filly. Beryl Biromac, showed great grimeness to win in 2:00 0 after disputing the pace j She is the filly by Montini Bromac from No a Hanover, by Tempest JJanover, which is trained tjy Ali Malcomson for heir (fhristchurch breeder. Don Ross. She was making her third race appearance. i Defoe, raced bv the 30-

member.i Club Classic Lucky Seven Syndicate led throughout the heat of the Cigna Sires’ Stakes Heat and won decisively in 2:01.2. | . Championship came from' last] for second, shading Watch Me Fella, which t -ailed three back on trie outer. 1 Defoe] which won at Ascot Park in December is trained by Robert Dunn, who , rates him close to his other smart two-year-old. National Glory. “There is not much between them. Defoe has terrific speed and he is a natural ] i two-year-old," said Dunn, who has a share ip Rational Glory. The ] Classic Lucky Seven I Syndicate have seven ] two-year-olds in work. They bought Defoe from the Yonkers Breeding land Racing Partnership. I ' ’