Purdah’s Pride will have to pull all stops for Guineas success

Press, 14 September 1988, Page 51

Purdah’s Pride will have to pull all stops for Guineas success

Special correspondent Wellington The excellent Manakau colt, Purdah’s Pride, gets a chance to extend his record even further when he tackles the $45,000 Okawa Paramount Hawke’s Bay Guineas at the Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club’s meeting at Hastings this afternoon. Purdah’s Pride has already won the Wanganui Guineas this season and today he faces not only the three runners which finished immediately behind him, but also talented fresh blood in the form of Regal Echo, French Icing and Solaris Star.

Given the expected improvement from Come Racing and the appearance of Regal Echo, Purdah’s Pride is going to have to pull out all the stops. For all that he has impressed as a galloper of genuine class. His last three wins include the Shifnal Prince at Foxton and the Ryder Stakes late season before his Guineas triumph. Purdah’s Pride has won four times from just five races. Today he will strike a track that is likely to be firm. His first two runs were both on top of the ground and they brought a debut win at Trentham and then a fourth on the same course.

Come Racing was fourth in the Wanganui Guineas, behind Krona and Zebadee, but he was running out at the finish of the 1320 metres, which should stand to him as he tackles the 1400 metres this afternoon. The run was his first since a Brisbane success last season and he will be ridden by Grant Cooksley, who will attempt to complete the Cavan-agh-Guineas double. A son of Prince Echo, Regal Echo won three times from five starts last season, winning his first two at Ellerslie and then Trentham. He missed out. in the Sires’ Produce at Awapuni then third favourite, but then won at Paeroa, before chasing Espiare home in the Laurent at Ellerslie last May. He resumed with a second at Dargaville just on a month ago and with Greg Childs up he can be expected to improve. Krona ran a big race when second at Wanganui and there will be strong support for French Icing, the only filly in the field. She was second at Dargaville 10 days ago and won at Te Rapa last season.

Sir Jugular and Solaris Star were rivals here last Saturday in the Scannell 1200, finishing fourth and sixth respectively. Both have been winners this season, Sir Jugular at Gisborne and Solaris Star at Riccarton. Zebadee is the only maiden in the field, but he does have the Wanganui placing to back his chances. Flying Spray was sixth in the Wanganui Guineas, while The Phantom was a maiden winner here last month. Crown Symbol was the beaten favourite when fifth behind Monarch Prince in the

three-year-old feature at New Plymouth earlier in the month. The Guineas is the first leg of the T.A.B. double. The second will be run on the $lO,OOO Wishart Sprint (1200 m which features new campaigns for the likes of Lady Aloof, Auto Air, Sandboy, Amorous and Lucky Dip. Beach Tango, won here last season and Sound Belt, a last-start winner at Wanganui, is pretty seasoned, as are Rojimin and Fortune Road. Stylish Lass, back from weight-for-age racing, and Honour Bright, which faded after showing pace- early at Wanganui, could also play some role in the finish.

The $20,000 Herald Tribune (2000 m gives the Matamata galloper Tour Blade a chance to confirm a trip to Australia for next month’s Caulfield Cup. He was second at Wanganui 10 days ago and today he gets the chance to show his true worth on top of the ground. Exocet, Fairfield Lad, back to handicap conditions, Kimberley Road, a winner at Wanganui, and. Tilbury Docks are among the opposition which should keep Tour Blade right up to the mark this afternoon.

Jetbet: 4 Race 1 11.45 METRO RENT-A-CAR HURDLES $7000; 2400 m 1 3421 Farthing 10 K. Treweek 66.5 2 2510 Arak Attack 12 C. Thornton 63.5 3 9156 Chibuku 8 J. Philips 62.0 4 1203 Lieutenant 11 P. McKay 62.0 . 5 2100 Casscity 3 G. Cave 63.5 6 3421 My Ring 15 B. Revell 62.0 7 4227 Raynor Bay 5 R. Burton 62.0 8 9030 Wexford King 9 S. Gillies 62.0 9 9802 Waterman 13 K. Rae 62.0 10 0808 Alcoran 14 T. O’Donnell 62.0 11 7999 Fearless Lad 1 62.0 12 6700 Paveway 4 S. Douglas 62.0 13 60 Gold Amour 2 62.0 14 0508 Border Raider 7 62.0 15 La Foiler 6 62.0 16 09 Chicken Hunter 16 62.0 Emergencies: Fearless Lad, Paveway, Gold Amour, Border Raider, La Foiler, Chicken' Hunter. Race 2 12.20 TURF DIGEST JUVENILE $8000; two-year-olds; 800 m 1 Critic’s Choice 4 D. Walsh 55.0 2 3 His Lordship 2 R. Elliot 55.0 3 Not A Lot 3 R. Hannam 55.0 5 Rocada 6 G. Phillips 55.0 7 5 Beveal 1 G. Childs 53.0 8 She’ll Be There 14.... B. Fletcher 53.0 9 Striking Light 10 L. Cassidy 53.0 10 4 Yankee Zephyr 5. . . . L. O’Sullivan 53.0 11 7 Legacy Lady 11 T. Moseley 53.0 12 0 Stargig 9 L. Bailantyne 53.0 14 Pumpernickle 7 55.0 15 Debutante 15 53.0 16 Impo 12 53.0 Emergencies: Mr Walker, Pumpernickle, Debutante, Impo. Scratched: Receiver, Ruapai. Race 3 12.55 WATTIES MAIDEN $7000; 1400 m 1 0504 Regal Grit 13 J. Walker 55.0 2 0603 Seyton Street 8 K. Oliver 55.0 3 5390 Carlton Grey 11 P. Mercer 55.0 4 4027 Call The Coin 16 G. Childs 55.0

5 5772 Dizzy Heights 1 L. Cassidy 55.0 6 945 Dudelsack 2 N. Harris 55.0 7 6407 Golden Rule 3 E. fillings 55.0 8 9094 Harlow Gold 7 L. Bailantyne 55.0 9 8392 High Equity 5 B. Hibberd 55.0 10 2 Majestic Wolf 10 D. Walsh 55.0 11 4400 Roja Dash 6 R. Elliot 55.0 12 4409 Tandrio 17 G. Cooksley 55.0 13 0530 Sir Daniel 4 K. Clapperton 55.0 14 56 Agent’s Blood 18 B. Griffin 55.0 15 Lady Rustington 14 55.0 16 867 Touch Of Purple 12 55.0 17 0908 Fullarum 9 55.0 18 0009 Western Lord 15 55.0 Emergencies: Sir Daniel, Agent’s Blood, Lady Rustington, Touch Of Purple, Western Lord. Race 4 1.30 PETER CARVER 2000 $7500; 2000 m 1 5322 Inflexible 9 M. Campbell 55.0 2 2062 Happy Prince 15 P. Ayres 55.0 3 4521 Beula Bea 1 J. Walker 55.0 4 6901 Irish Dow 6 L. O’Sullivan 55.0 5 4900 Pararoa 12 M. Lord 55.0 6 8006 Stature 4 G. Phillips 55.0 7 0309 Gonrong 7 G. Childs 55.0 8 4852 Ashanti Gold 10 55.0 9 0009 Finn Bear 3 B. Hibberd 55.0 10 8635 Tintz 18 N. Harris 55.0 11 0755 Mercury's Mark 13 55.0 12 3000 Puniho Star 5 B. Fletcher 55.0 13 7600 Gold Trek 16 M. Heaney 55.0 14 3444 Bold Sika 2 E. Jillings 55.0 15 90 Kikoman 8 55.0 16 940 Chanting Flute 17 55.0 17 06 Kitt 11 55.0 18 0000 Silver Down 14 55.0 Emergencies: Gold Trek, Bold Sika, Kikoman, Chanting Flute, Kitt, Silver Down. Race 5 O, TF 2.05 OKAWA PARAMOUNT GUINEAS $45,000; three-year-olds; 1400 m 1 4111 Purdah’s Pride 7 P. Mercer 55.0 2 0814 Come Racing 6 G. Cooksley 55.0 3 0122 Regal Echo 5 G. Childs 55.0 4 1302 Krona 1 T. Archer 55.0 5 8314 Sir Jugular 13 M. Campbell 55.0 6 3126 Solaris Star 2 D. Walsh 55.0 8 6233 Zebadee 4 R. Elliot 55.0 9 1 The Phantom 11 . ... . . . N. Harrisss.o 10 1226 Flying Spray 9 P. Fearon 55.0 11 2415 Crown Symbol 14 .... G. Phillips 55.0 12 1302 French Icing 16 L. Bailantyne 53.0 13 7021 Majestic Piper 10 N. Waddell 55.0 14 4049 Stylish Taime 8 53.0 15 8292 High Equity 3 53.0 16 4409 Tandrio 15 55.0 Emergencies: Stylish Taime, High Equity, Tandrio. Scratched: Govemer’s Fling. Race 6 D 2.50 WISHART SPRINT $10,000; 1200 m 1 7011 Lady Aloof 12 P. Ayres 56.5 2 1327 Beach Tango 2 L. O’Sullivan 55.5 3 1461 Sound Belt 14 D. Smith 55.0 4 5110 Auto Air 1. L. Cropp 55.0 5 9777 Honour Bright 11 N. Harris 54.5 6 2105 Grand Gaffe 15 L. Isherwood 54.0

7 7325 Amorous 7 R. Elliot 53.5 8 Lucky Dick 10 . . . . K. Clapperton 53.0 9 3885 Benedire 3 G. Cooksley 52.5 10 1112 Sandboy 9 D. Walsh 52.5 11 3488 Stylish Lass 6 H. Mackinnon 52.0 12 3750 Noggin 4 51.5 13 0080 Sandford 8 51.5 14 3922 Rojiman 13 51.0 15 5492 Fortune Road 5 C. Bothwell 51.0 16 0760 Any Pound 16 50.5 Emergencies: Stylish Lass, Noggin, Sandford, Rojiman, Fortune Road, Any Pound. Race 7 T, TF 3.15 MAJESTIC HORSE FLOATS $8500; 1400 m 1 2011 King Kenora 4 T. Allan 55.5 2 3106 Incredible 7 L. O’Sullivan 55.5 3 0216 Gladstone Lass 3 G. Childs 55.5 4 6267 Pagan Gold 11 R. Hannam 55.5 5 6003 Sea Prince 12 L. Cassidy 55.5 6 1047 Coconut Ice 2. ..... . N. Waddell 54.0 7 3211 Bouillon 1 B. Hibberd 54.0 8 3116 Mr Fletcher 6 D. Walsh 54.0 9 2017 Special Knight 8 E. Jillings 54.0 10 5791 Beau Bijou 5 G. Cooksley 54.0 11 5476 Touch of Silver 9 G. Phillips 54.0 12 9067 Blue’s Mate 10 P. Ayres 54.0 Race 8 T 3.50 HERALD TRIBUNE 2000 $20,000; 2000 m 1 0355 Exocet 4 P. Ayres 57.0 2 7910 Fairfield Lad 13 D. Walsh 56.5 3 0019 Jimmy Te Cobai 12 .... L. Cropp 56.5 4 2610 Tilbury Docks 14 N. Harris 55.0 5 5076 Tatua Girl 8 R. Caddigan 52.5 6 0920 Lord Sutac 6 ........ .R. Craig 53.5 7 5240 Del’s Delight 11 G. Cooksley 53.0 8 1212 Tour Blade 2 L. O’Sullivan 52.5 9 7186 McAdam 5 B. Hibberd 52.5 10 0004 Timandra Bay 1 R. Elliot 53.5 11 0667 El Kara 9 P. Taylor 51.0 12 7171 Kimberley Road 3 J. Walker 51.0 13 2320 Abit Matey 7 51.0 14 0808 Spritzig 10 K. Clapperton 51.0 Emergencies: Abit Matey, Spritzig. Race S T 4.25 BEST TRAVEL IMPROVERS $7500; 1400 m 1 4851 Diamantine 14 L. Cassidy 56.5 2 0 Ralt 10 L O’Sullivan 55.0 3 4337 Device 3 N. Harris 55.0 4 172 Seagers 16 M. Campbell 55.0 5 1303 Mister Brooker 11 .... B. Hibberd 55.0 6 1 Boomerdoll 13 D. Walsh 55.0 7 2261 Ripples 5 G. Childs 55.0 9 0216 Play A Tune 8 N. Waddell 55.0 10 0971 Master Bard 7 D. Smith 55.0 11 3310 Folkstone 15 M. Enright 55.0 12 7519 Rage Up 4 P. Mercer 55.0 13 2059 Debes Lady 17 P. Ayres 55.0 14 3563 Influx 9. . . K. Clapperton 55.0 16 0770 Hire Purchase 6 55.0 17 0106 Fortez 18 55.0 18 0167 Long Time 1 55.0 Emergencies: Influx, Hire Purchase, Fortez, Long Time. Scratched: Majestic Piper, River Mill. Race 10 TF 4.55 SASANOF 1600 $9000; 1600 m 1 1153 Atishu 2 L. O'Sullivan 55.5 2 6109 Podgoran 3 G. Cooksley 55.5 3 3780 She'll Pass 8 B. Griffin 55.5 4 7070 Blazing Path 4 N. Harris 55.5 5 3434 Candide 12 R. Elliot 54.0 6 4295 Mr Miison 10 B. Hibberd 54.0 7 9465 Shuzohra 1 E. Jillings 54.0 8 1697 Lady Bronte 11.... K. Clapperton 54.0 9 1462 Kings Road 5 D. Smith 54.0 11 8408 Teawa Lad 13 54.0 12 0054 Mighty Glenn 14 . . . .L. Bailantyne 52.5 13 1857 Dundee Road 7. . . . H. Mackinnons2.s 14 4554 Tele Myth 15 K. Oliver 52.5 15 0956 Swan Woman 6 52.5 Emergencies: Teawa Lad, Dundee Road, Tele Myth, Swan Woman. Scratched: Pont Neuf.