Paeroa loses Flying Luskin in the second leg

Press, 24 August 1988, Page 51

Paeroa loses Flying Luskin in the second leg

Special correspondent Auckland The field for the second leg of the T.A.B. double at Paeroa today had a loss yesterday with the scratching of Flying Luskin, and for a while at Takanini yesterday morning looked likely to suffer another.

Flying Luskin, one of two horses paid-up for in the Penfolds Wine Handicap by the New Plymouth trainers, John Wheeler and lan Adams (the other is Red Comet), is being reserved for Ellerslie on Saturday. Pont Neuf is the Takanini horse in the field which, on pulling up from his pacework yesterday morning, looked a decidedly doubtful runner. Pont Neuf, a winner in two of his last four starts, came back favouring his near hind foot. His trainer, Kevin Hughes, feared the worse but reported later an 80 per cent or better chance the horse would be able to run. It seemed all that worried Pont Neuf was a nail a bit close in the shoeing. With Red Comet and Pont Neuf starters and Regal City in the field as well, Paeroa has cause to be pleased with the qual-

ity of its second-leg field and thoroughly satisfied with the first leg, the Gordons Gin Handicap. Billet Doux, Escalation, and Tour Blade are the first three in the weights for the Gordons Gin Handicap, a class 22100 m and each is in excellent form. Escalation, a Takanini four-year-old, will be going for his third win in a row, Billet Doux, from Pukekohe, for his second on end and Tour Blade a fourth win from five successive starts. Billet Doux took, a 2100 m at Matamata last time, on August 12, Escalation a 2000 m at Ellerslie the next day and Tour Blade 1900 m at Rotorua the previous week. All looked good. Tour Blade has an imposing record — five times first and five times second in 12 starts. Escalation, after seeming quite ordinary until well into the winter, has become, suddenly,

one of the real up-and-comers of his district. Billet Doux and Escalation have shown a mastery of very heavy footing. Tour Blade has not had quite the same experience of really deep ground but the track was certainly very soft when he had his latest win. Red Comet, a five-year-old gelding by Calshot Light, finished last, season with four wins on end, the latest a class 21600 m at Hawera on June 22. This will be . his first race since then. There could be, then, some question of his readiness though he evidently shaped up encouragingly when second in a barrier trial on his home track last week. Pont Neuf was successful two starts back at Ruakaka on July 29 and, in the meantime, ran on for a sixth placing over 1200 m at Matamata. His Ruakaka race was 1400 m and that is the distance he needs to go this time.

Selections

11.10: Farthing, Star Gold, Yes Ma’am. 11.45: Border Fox, Crown Symbol, Versailles. 12.20: Injun Joe, Broadside, Vivid. 12.55: Princess Kalab, Better Tip, Rare Pearl. 1.35: Royal Contestant, Juddson, Chapeau. 2.10: Gypsy Drummer, Singing Hills, Lismore Lad. 2.45: Escalation, Tour Blade, Billet Doux. 3.20: Firestone Way, Shamir, Skateski. 3.55: Regal City, Pont Neuf, Red Comet. 4.30: Silk Royal, Penny’s Flight, Lareta.

Jetbet: 8 Race 1 11.10 TAIRUA MEATS HURDLE $6000; 2900m. 1 8063 Farthing 3 . . .W. Revell 68.5 2 0214 Star Gold 7 . . T. Autridge 65.5 3 0900 Flash Face 5 . . . .W. Hillis 65.0 4 5830 Lazania 6 . . . . P. Hillis 65.0 5 3217 Yes Maam 8 . . . D. Miller 65.0 6 0 Shakatak 11 ... .G. Cave64.5 7 6079 Adonis 1 . . .T.Wheeler 64.0 8 0615 Varo’s Son 4 .... A. Tata 63.5 9 898 Barachei 2 . . S. Douglas 62.0 10 7 Charlie Karl 9 . B. Stanaway62.0 11 0 Kiwi Challenge 10 . . . . K. Browne 62.0 Race 2 1’1.45 GIBSONS PRINTERS SUPPLIES MAIDEN $5000; 1200m. 1 24 Crown Symbol 1 . . . . M. Coleman 55.0 2 8033 Versailles 11 . . . G. Childs 55.0 3 2929 Mr Niblet 4 . W. Robinson 55.0 4 4 War Plan 5 . . L. O’Sullivan 55.0

5 8 Battle Pike 14 G. Stewart 55.0 6 5 Border Fox 6 ,R. McKay 55.0 7 40 Omagh Girl 3 H. Mackinnon 55.0 8 6900 Patches 12 . T. Archer 55.0 9 0064 Tainuia Kid 2 M. Rotherham 55.0 10 7005 Texas Red 15 . D. Peake 55.0 11 0076 The Organist 20 . . T. Allan 55.0 12 0759 Guv’s Vice 7 55.0 13 900 Our Tarrago 18 P. Johnson 55.0 14 9606 Taksino 17 55.0 15 79 Believe It Or Not 13. . . 55.0 17 07 Comedy Act 19 55.0 18 86 Maitreya 9 . .R. Jones 55.0 19 008 Renounceable 8 55.0 20 Bae’s Smile 10 55.0 Emergencies: Comedy Act, Believe It Or Not, Bae’s Smile. Scratched: Checkpoint. Race 3 12.20 GREEN MEMORIAL STEEPLECHASE $5500; 4000m. T. Wheeler 66 0 2 141 Injun Joe 7 K. Browne 65.5

3 055 Natural Choice 9. . 4 887 Broadside 8 P. Hillis 65.0 P. Tims 64.5 5 9 Little Acorn 6. . . . W. Hillis 64.5 6 8350 Ben Hur 10 . . B. Stanaway63.0 7 0026 Vivid 1 . . . S. Douglas 62.5 8 3508 Mr Tutu 5 . . . . D. Miller 62.0 9 Paraphernalia 2. . . . . . M. Douglas 62.0 10 000 Sulpher City 3 . . . . . . . K. Burke 62.0 Race 4 12.55 WAIHI NEW WORLD MAIDEN $5000; 1670m. 1 8002 Better Tip 3 . ... J. Archer 55.0 2 7043 Princess Kalab 2 . . R. Jones 55.0 3 0360 Azrangi 16. .... . . . M. Coleman 55.0 4 00 Chief Ironside 14. . . . L. O’Sullivan 55.0 5 0 Froy 8 ....... . . . . J. Fleming 55.0 6 04 Rare Pearl 18 ... . . . . B. Sargent 55.0 7 9770 Five Bar Beat 15 . . . . . S. Dowling 55.0 8 Gaines 17 . . . . D. Peake 55.0 9 5000 Gai Ring 10 . . C. Treymane 55.0 10 0409 Shady Ruler 7. . . . . . A. Tweedie 55.0 11 0 Break Us 11 55.0 12 0000 Chloe’s Gold 12 . . 55.0 13 000 Evening Star 6 . . . . . . A. Woolgar 55.0 14 Marlborough Sounds 1 . . M. Barrie 55.0 15 00 No Strings 9 . . . . . D. Weatherley 55.0 16 0 Our Ivory 13 . . . . G. Childs 55.0 17 0 Pashaland Prince 5 55.0 18 Tommyhu 4 55.0 Emergencies: Pashaland Prince, Tommyhu, Chloe’s Gold, Break Us. Race 5 T, TF 1.35 BOULEVARD HANDICAP $8000; 1670m. 1 5422 Estwing 4 . P. Den Hertog57.0 2 8663 Royal Contestant 10 D. Otto 55.5 3 2041 Juddson 5 . . . P. Johnson 55.0 4 1387 Make Mine Music 7 . H. Mackinnon 55.0 5 2562 Reilly Ace 11 ... . . .L. Ballantyne 55.0 6 7708 Seriph 9 R. Jones 54.5 71698 Sungod 1 . . L. O’Sullivan 54.5 8 8846 Naquita Star 8 . . . . . C. Treymane 54.0 9 9000 Battle Cross 6 . . . . . . ,T. Archer53.5 10 3293 Nightfox 2 . . M. Coleman 53.5 11 0022 Chapeau 3 D. Lang 53.0 12 8010 Master Ben 12 . . . J. Hayes 52.5 14 00 Harri's Game 13 . . . D. Weatherley 51.0 Scratched: Nameloc’s Gift. Race 6 T 2.10 PAEROA HOTEL MAIDEN $5000; 2100m. 1 393 Singing Hills 4 . . . . . . . J. Archer 55.0 2 8927 Queen Deb 16 . . . . . . . L. Cropp 55.0 3 930 Gypsy Drummer 5 . . . M. Coleman 55.0 4 7704 My Friend Colin 14 . P. Den Hertog55.0 5 9563 Corporate Raider 12 . . C. Treymane 55.0 6 0 Del Fuego 6 . . . P. Johnson 55.0 7 0006 Lismore Lad 15. . . . . . .P. Fearon 55.0 8 Pasquinelle 13 . . . . . W. Robinson 55.0 9 3009 Bashful BOy 9. . . . R. Jones 55.0 10 96 Buoy One 18 ... . . . . B. Sargent 55.0

11 8 Kinetic 3. . .' . . J. Fleming 55.0 12 00 Best Reason 2 . . . . . . G. Pocock 55.0 13 0 Casual Lad 17 . . . . ... .A. Craig55.0 14 90 Courthouse Lane 11 . . . .M. Barrie55.0 15 7700 Realm’s Of Glory 8. . . . D. Johnson 55.0 16 087 Regal Strida 1 . . . . M. Rotherham 55.0 17 0000 Silver Down 7 55.0 18 Syalbi Chief 10 ... . . . A. Woolgar 55.0 19 867 Tom Woolf 19 55.0 Emergencies: Silver Down, , Casual Lad, Tom Woolf. Race 7 O, T, TF 2.45 GORDONS GIN HANDICAP $15,000; 2100m. 1 0231 Billet Doux 5 . . D. Johnson 57.0 2 5611 Escalation 6 . .G. Cooksley56.5 4 1121 Tour Blade 7 . L. O’Sullivan 55.0 5 3677 Ankorette 9 . . .D. Healey 54.0 6 0910 Kobec 2 . . . J. Walker 53.5 7 1217 Te Akau Lad 4 ... . . . P. Johnson 53.0 8 7258 Bound To Reign 11 . . . . . D. Lang 52.5 9 3501 Niptide 8 . . . .R. Jones 5L0 10 0426 Ask Me 1 D. Weatherley 50.0 11 9339 Bee Beep 12 . . . M. Barrie 50.0 12 9090 Fantasy Flight 10. . . . . B. Sargent 50.0 13 0008 Nalokua 13 P. Den Hertog50.0 Scratched: Lunar Trail. Race 8 3.20 BROWNE ELECTRICAL IMPROVERS $5500; 2000m. 1 2362 Skateski 3 H. Mackinnon 55.0 2 4250 Manx 13 . . . . T. Allan 55.0 3 1233 Shamir 8 D. Weatherley 55.0 4 5135 Firestone Way 12. . . . . . . D. Lang 55.0 5 0603 Grande Pere 4 ... . . . . L. Cropp-55.0 6 9525 Sioux’s Pride 2 . . . . . . P. Johnson 55.0 7 0251 Lisa’s Boy 7 . L. O’Sullivan 55.0 9 0518 Turua 5 . . . . . D. Johnson 55.0 10 0617 Woodwind 1 ... .A. Craig55.0 11 8398 Mr Rag 9 . . .R. McKay 55.0 12 0905 Norfolk Lord 11. . . . . M. Coleman 55.0 13 6848 Regal Drum 15 ... . Y. Yokohama 55.0 14 8076 Undercover 6 .L. Ballantyne 55.0 15 009 Mister Grey 10 ... . . . . M. Barrie 55.0 Scratched: Sweet Blue. Race 9 D 3.55 PENFOLDS WINES HANDICAP $10,000; 1400m. 2 1111 Red Comet 10 . . . . . M. Coleman 56.0 2 2131 Regal City 5 . . . .R. Jones 56.0 4 4314 Coldaz 7 ... .J. Hayes 54.5 5 2478 Majoright 11. . . . . ... .A. Craig53.5 61416 Pont Neuf 1 . ,G. Cooksley 52.5 7 5780 Ebony Star 3 .... . .L. Ballantyne 52.0 8 5360 Sea Glow 8 . L. O’Sullivan 51.0 9 9370 Country Miss 9 . . .'. . R. Caddigan 51.0 10 1094 Manorey 6. . . .R. McKay 51.0 11 0050 Pearl's Paul 4 . . .M. Griffin 51.0 Scratched: Flying Luskin. Race 10 TF 4.30 ARGONAUT STUD IMPROVERS $5500; 1400m. 1 0462 Silk Royal 8 . . S. Dowling 56.0 2 8720 Bold Fella 9 . . . L. Cropp55.5 3 381 Captain Baggot 5. . . P. Den Hertog55.5 5 0338 Lareta 10 D. Weatherley 55.5 6 5850 Current 4 . . . .R. Jones 55.0 7 7558 Exclusive Wun 13 . . . .M. Hawkins 55.0 8 506 Ivor Novello 1 . . B. Sargent 55.0 9 6470 Khovanska 7 . . J. Fleming 55.0 10 0107 Paco Disc 6 . . . . D. Lang 55.0 12 8000 Regal Palm 12 ... . .... K. Dye 54.5 13 Avon’s Trie 3 ; . . . 53.5 14 7090 Local Lad 11 . . . . . 58.5 15 9076 Penny’s Flight 2 . . . M. Rotherham 53.5 Scratched: Gollanfield, Red Flash.