Horlicks has look of winner at Avondale

Press, 23 September 1988, Page 31

Horlicks has look of winner at Avondale

Special correspondent Auckland Horlicks has a further chance at the Avondale Jockey Club’s meeting this evening, to show her readiness for an Australian campaign. The Matamata mare is within days of being flown to Melbourne where she will race against Bonecrusher, Poetic Prince, and the best gallopers Australia can muster, in the W. S. Cox Plate. Unraced as a two-year-old, Horlicks quickly gained attention as a three-year-old of high promise. This year she has surprised even the closest of her connections with her achievements. Her victory over Bonecrusher at weight-for-age in the TVNZ Stakes at Ellerslie capped a successful summer and autumn and the two good wins she has scored in as many starts since back from the winter suggests she is as good as ever. First-up she took a 1200 metres at Ellerslie, on August 13, and she was all gameness again winning her one race meanwhile, the weight-for-age Tim Rogers Stakes at Wanganui. Standing to Horlicks during a very wet spring has been her ability to cope with very soft and heavy ground just as well as she did with the firm tracks of the summer.

The going for tonight’s Allegra Park Stakes, a weight-for-age 1400 metres, will almost certainly be soft but nothing like as difficult as it was for Wanganui.

Whatever the condition it is difficult, indeed, to envisage Horlicks being beaten. Field Dancer is the only other in the seven-horse field of such class and he has not raced for some four and a half months. He was capable of a second though when he returned to racing in the spring of last season, beaten by Tipit by just half a length, in a 1200 metres at Avondale. He won his very next race, the weight-for-age Byerley Stakes, at Hastings a fortnight later. Field Dancer, now a six-year-old, showed his quality when winning a Group 1 double at Ellerslie in the autumn last year — the Bayleys Easter and TVNZ Stakes. Even if he did not do as well last season he finished on a high note, winning his last two races, a 1600 metres at Tauranga then a 2200 m at Ellerslie. Serestrina, which rated high among the three-year-old fillies last season, is an interesting runner. This will be her second race after a layoff, following a C 3 1200 metres at Hastings on September 10 in which she finished fifth of 10.

A Woodville gelding, King Aussie, seems the one to beat in the first leg of the T.A.B. double, race seven. The second leg, race eight, looks more open with Slice of Heaven, Kitere, Exclusive Wun and Star World among the acceptors in form.

Jetbet: 2 Papa 1 6*25 ALLEGRA PARK JUMPERS FLAT $7000; 2200 m 1 3171 Star Gold 7 T. Autridge 65.0 2 3542 Pawky 8 W. Hillis 64.5 4 5171 Bluemantle 6 C. Thornton 62.0 5 4590 Rue Le Jour 14 R- Cassidy 60.0 6 7308 Zither 3 R. Collett 60.0 7 5766 Brun 5 J. Archer 59.5 9 2640 Vivid 10 A. Madden 59.5 10 0500 Count Your Silver 13 ... . K. Rae 59.0 11 4430 Dexter 2 B. Towers 59.0 12 9630 Didjabackit 12 T. Archer 59.0 14 90 Pasquinelle 9 S. Simon 59.0 Scratched: Upali, Tu Tanga Ta, Major. Rflco 2 6.50 FIRST SHEER BRAVADO MAIDEN $6000; 1400 m 1 7002 Irish Eyes 8 D. Hughes 55.0 2 2403 Worldwide 16 P. Johnson 55.0 3 9446 Itsgo 11 B. Fletcher 55.0 4 2673 Somerset Star 3 T. Archer 55.0 5 4 Beau Zephyr 14 A. Bennett 55.0 7 0849 Renounceable 5 D. Peake 55.0 8 0065 Te Won Ate 4 P. Fearon 55.0

9 7767 Quiz 1 A. Tweedie 55.0 10 King Jim 15 R. Jones 55.0 11 World Party 9 M. Coleman 55.0 12 96 Heaven And Home 6. .. . L. Cropp 55.0 13 3000 Larghetto 10 S. Simon 55.0 14 609 Pecos Tower 7 R. Doyle 55.0 15 4098 Shady Ruler 12 .... D. Weatherley 55.0 16 Star Jack 13 B. Paul 55.0 Emergency: Pecos Tower. Scratched: Kontain. Race 3 TF 7.20 SHEARWALK IMPROVERS $7000; 1400 m 1 7243 Bombay Tin 14 J. Archer 55.0 2 8032 Red Mac 16 T. Allan 55.0 3 9128 Sweet Painted Lady 3. . . .J. Hayesss.o 4 2075 Gollanfield 18 D. Peake 55.0 5 8828 Gypsy Row 15 B. Paul 55.0 6 5194 Huntroyd 1 P. Johnson 55.0 9 3301 Oriental Paradise 19. . . .D. Healeyss.o 11 1709 Hamel 8 G. Childs 55.0 12 0208 Miss Morrinsville 17 R. Jones 55.0 13 0500 Mr Montague 13 ... . M. Coleman 55.0 14 00 Ralt 7 B. Sargent 55.0 15 1606 Trisslero 10 '. . . . L. Cropp 55.0 16 8706 Ivorine 12 D. Skelton 55.0 17 0000 Reiterate 2 P. Den Hartog 55.0 18 9706 Rustrite 11 55.0 Emergency: Rustrite. Scratched: Jokerman, Magic Man, Best Ace, Sugar Row. Race 4 7.50 SECOND SHEER BRAVADO MAIDEN $6000; 1400 m 1 3238 King Crimson 2 J. Collett 55.0 2 3 Courtesan 4 . -R. McKay 55.0 4 0083 Sovereign Estate 7 D. Healey 55.0 5 04 Billante 11 R. Elliot 55.0 6 4455 I’m Jaded 6 P. Johnson 55.0 9 09 Renovator 10 J. Fleming 55.0 10 9070 Telwepe 1 D. Hughes 55.0 11 5000 Black Dandy 15 D. Peake 55.0 12 0700 Jovanka 5 J. Hayes 55.0 13 000 Multigain 9 M. Rotherham 55.0 14 090 Pretty Hot 8 A. Tweedie 55.0 15 98 Ru Veil 12 B. Sargent 55.0 Scratched: Listing, Russet Dawn, Tri Mine.

Race 5 T, TF 8.20 RED TEMPO HANDICAP $10,000; three-year-olds; 1200 m 1 1524 Leiutenant Brooke 2. . . .D. Healey 57.0 2 0060 Strike Oil 12 G. Stewart 56.0 3 6019 Rule Enough 9 J. Collett 54.0 4 3065 Whodunnit 10 D. Hughes 53.5 5 1100 Dramatic Move 3 G. Childs 52.5 6 2211 Open Dancer 1 B. Fletcher 52.5 7 1842 Arabian Dagger 5 . . . M. Coleman 52.0 8 2268 Flying Spray 11 P. Fearon 52.0 9 3741 Bay Boy 13 P. Johnson 51.5 10 00 Courageous Bid 4 . . M. Rotherham 51.0 11 08 Panui’s Order 8 D. Johnson 51.0 13 2402 Windsor Seal 7 S. Simon 51.0 Scratched: Sovereign. Race 6 8.50 ALLEGRA PARK STAKES $30,000; weight-for-age; 1400 m 1 0811 Field Dancer 6 M. Coleman 58.5 2 2608 Matthew Ryan 8 D. Peake 58.5 4 2189 Grey Bo 7 T. Archer 56.0 51411 Horlicks 3 S. Dowling 56.0 6 3353 Norfolk Inn 4 H. Mackinnon 56.0 7 72 Taiaha 1 P. Johnson 56.0 8 5755 Serestrina 2 R. Elliot 54.5 Scratched: Plume D’Or Veille. Race 7 D, T 9.20 STRAIGHT STRIKE HANDICAP $10,000; 2000 m 1 1004 Brooke Road 6 P. Fearon 56.0 2 8258 Bound To Reign 10 . . . S. Dowling 55.0 3 3411 King Aussie 4 D. Peake 55.0 4 2175 Sobeck 11 H. Mackinnon 54.5 5 8551 Belle Romar 15 C. Treymane 54.0 6 6722 Norfolk King 1 B. Sargent 54.0 7 8396 Guardsman 13 R. Jones 52.5 8 0140 Niptide 5 M. Coleman 52.5 10 1892 Hyak 9 G. Childs 52.0 11 6000 Mister Peria 2 M. Barrie 52.0 12 4626 Apollo King 14 R. Elliot 51.5 14 8877 Al’s Mate 7 P. Johnson 51.0 Scratched: Tristeke, Jullene, Zephyr Fantasy. Race 8 O, T 9.45 BLAZING KEEL 1200 $8000; 1200 m I 3122 Slice Of Heaven 12 . D. Weatherley 55.0

2 3327 Spot Le Ball 15 M. Barrie 55.0 5 3691 Norfolk Joy 3 J. Hayes 55.0 6 1163 Schumacher 4 P. Johnson 55.0 7 6096 Highly Regal 13 G. Stewart 55.0 8 9071 Star World 10 A. Tweedie 55.0 9 6032 Sirotka 9 L. Cropp 55.0 10 5581 Exclusive Wun 8 D. Healey 55.0 12 0101 Kitere 1 G. Childs 55.0 16 2700 Shergar’s Niece 14 P. Fearon 55.0 Scratched: Higgins, Zephyr Magic, Kindermann, Marksman, Pagan Spirit, Aurotor. Darn Q 10.10 IVORY HUNTER IMPROVERS $7000; 2200 m 1 1552 Ivor Darling 6 P. Johnson 55.0 2 2141 Wren's Pal 1 D. Peake 55.0 3 5183 Ivory Quest 11 G. Stewart 55.0 4 7175 Land Of Oz 15 B. Sargent 55.0 6 0651 Lismore Lad 5 P. Fearon 55.0 7 1 Maybe Great 9 M. Griffin 55.0 8 1070 Norfolk Rhythm 12 A. Craig 55.0 9 8448 Oliver Sudden 13 G. Childs 55.0 10 8052 Onde Noire 3 J. Collett 55.0 11 0040 Super Jack 8 D. Hughes 55.0 12 2047 Eye Em 4 R. McKay 55.0 13 80 Kinetic 2 M. Coleman 55.0 14 6067 Azrangi 7 J. Fleming 55.0 Scratched: Lisa’s Boy, Local Lad. Race 10 10.35 DEFECTING DANCER MAIDEN $6000; 1400 m 1 002 Phantasy Lover 4 D. Johnson 55.0 2 4830 Gold Mink 11 D. Peake 55.0 3 6573 Replevin 3 J. Collett 55.0 4 0340 Tres Reos 7 D. Hughes 55.0 5 0 Bright Ace 5 J. Hayes 55.0 6 0504 Poteen 12 J. Pope 55.0 7 4056 Tainuia Kid 9 A. Tweedie 55.0 8 85 Vegas Magic 15 P. Johnson 55.0 10 0000 Tomcyn 10 55.0 11 00 Flying Cadiz 1 C. West 55.0 12 0900 Local Lad 13 S. Simon 55.0 13 9007 Palm Valley 6 B. Sargent 55.0 14 0 Renie Paul 8 B. Paul 55.0 15 70 Woodpecker 2 L. Cropp 55.0 Scratched: Gene Paul.