Straight Order poised to give trainer Bayer record

Press, 23 November 1988, Page 56

Straight Order poised to give trainer Bayer record

Special correspondent Wellington Patrick Campbell is poised to become the first trainer to win a brace of Bayer Classics when he saddles up Straight Order in the $195,000 one mile feature at the Levin Racing Club’s meeting this evening.

The race, which began as the Levin Turf Classic, is having its seventh renewal. Campbell, who trains at Awapuni, won his first in 1983 with the excellent filly, Burletta, and there seems no reason why Straight Order can not turn the tables on Krona, which beat him in the Two Thousand Guineas at Riccarton earlier this month. The second of the classic races, in which Testament ran second and Straight Order third, was a rough race. No galloper suffered more than Straight Order when checked on the turn. At the finish he was just over three lengths from the winner, but the trainer has no doubt that with a clear run, the final stages would have developed into a three-way contest rather than just the battle between Krona and Testament. Straight Order has come through his Riccarton trip in good shape. “I am more than happy with him,” Campbell said yesterday. “His condition could not be better.” The Bayer seems certain to be Straight Order’s last race for a couple of months. Campbell didn’t enter him in either the Avondale Guineas or the New Zealand Derby and safely through today’s test, he might be freshened and then come back for the Wellington Cup meeting at Trentham.

Straight Order has had four races this season. After wins against his own age group at Waverley and New Plymouth, he outclassed his rivals by five lengths in the Wellington Thoroughbred Breeders’ Guineas before going to Riccarton. Straight Order has drawn No. 11, but he should come in four places before starting time. Already Lord Tonic and Raie Lunaire have been scratched from the field, which lets Teleretta and Fast Draw back into the field, while Whodunnit, an emergency is also out. Two of the three remaining ballots, which include Fernoon, also a Campbell runner, have drawn inside the Straight Strike gelding, which seems likely to start the favourite.

While Campbell will be trying for his second training win, a couple of the riders engaged are also attempting to win the race for a second time. They are Peter Tims and Maurice Campbell. Tims, who rode Krona at Riccarton, is back up today. Last year he won the Bayer on Young Indian. Campbell won the 1982 running on the filly, Our Flight. He will ride Sir Jugular, a colt he trains himself. Krona is trained by Roger McGlade and in 12 starts, he has yet to finish further back than fifth. Before going on to Riccarton, he won at Rotorua and he chased Testament home in the Winstone Guineas at Ellerslie and before that was second behind Secret Indian in the Guineas Trial. Krona will start from the outside of the mile field, which isn’t the best

barrier at Levin. Maurice Campbell has a dual interest in the race. Apart from riding and training Sir Jugular, he has the filly, Vinegar Lil, starting. Brian Hibberd will ride her. As well, both three-year-olds are by Truly Vain, the stallion Campbell stands on his Feilding property. Sir Jugular has had leg problems, but his record this season is three wins from four starts. He won fresh at Gisborne and then after running fourth on the opening day of the Hawke’s Bay spring meeting, went on to take the Guineas there on the second. It was two months before he raced again, and that outing brought a win in the Levin Trial at Woodville a week ago. Sir Jugular should show the benefit of that gallop this afternoon. Vinegar Lil was eighth in the same contest, but she didn’t get much luck in the running. Kate’s Myth and Signet Ring are the other form fillies.

Kate’s Myth has both the Cavanagh Stakes and Lowland in the bag this season. Since then she was third in the Desert Gold Stakes and second in the One Thousand Guineas, both won by Olga’s Pal.

Olga’s Pal, along with Testament, Espiare and Imperialaire, are the name gallopers which, for one reason or another, are absent today. Kate’s Myth has had time to freshen since Riccarton. Her record shows seven wins from 10 starts, with two thirds her “worst” efforts.

Signet Ring beat a useful field just over a week ago when successful in the $20,000 Te Rapa Stud Guineas Trial (1400 m

So far Our Flight is the only Levintrained galloper to win the Bayer, but a Levin steward, Mick Preston, has Rutene in the field. He won his first two races this term before running third in the Feilding three-year-old feature. Preston has had the Bayer in mind for Rutene all season and the colt’s chances have to be respected. Bravo Bell has emerged as a colt of high promise with two wins and two thirds to show from his last four starts. This son of Balmerino won on Cup day at Riccarton, while Purdah’s Pride, which won the Ryder here last July, gets his chance to make up for some disappointing efforts, though an outside draw is no help. Courier Bay’s second run back in the $30,000 Levin Stakes will be another feature of the day. He will face strong opposition from the likes of Lady Aloof, Squire Gray and Classic March, while Kiwi Affair is a form runner from Te Aroha.

The Stakes will also be graced by the presence of Candide, which is having her first run back since failing in the Melbourne Cup earlier this month.

Jetbet: 3 Race 1 TF 2.05 LEVIN SHOES SCURRY $10,000; 1000 m 1 213 Young Vic 10 D. Walsh 57.0 2 Allira 6 E. Jillings 56.5 3 Casey’s Dream 3 S. Gordon 56.5 5 115 Vain’s Sovereign 11. . M. Campbell 56.0 6 Casa Girl 1 R. Elliot 55.0 7 Cetera 7 N. Harris 54.5 8 Ten Penny 15 H. Mackinnon 54.5 9 Iced Lass 2 . . G. Phillips 54.0 10 Papal Seal 8 ....... B. Fletcher 54.0 11 51 Blue Seas 12 K. Clapperton 53.5 12 Apoloc 13 P. Mercer 53.0 13 'Aquilae 9 B. Herd 53.0 14 7006 Fly Half 5 G. Childs 53.0 15 69 Sea Myth 14 J. Walker 53.0 17 Lady Everton 16 52.0 Emergency: Lady Everton. Scratched: Cotton Club, Grenfell. Race 2 2.40 HUDSON AND BURNHAM NISSAN WELTER $9000; 2200 m 1 904 Alcazar 3 G. Lord 64.5 2 2419 Jadamari 20 R. Burton 63.5 3 2723 Abit Phoenix 7 N. Waddell 63.0 4 1001 Oxford Street 9 M. Lord 63.0 5 0798 Swift Harbour 15 R. Elliot 61.5 6 5352 Bouillon 13 J. McGifford 61.0 7 00 Tempted 2 D. Walsh 61.0 8 7227 Woodleigh Lad 5 G. Childs 61.0 9 1000 Finn Bear 16 P. Mercer 60.5 10 992 Hold The Flag 12 . . .K. Clapperton 60.5 11 4 Majestic Heir 4 G. O’Neil 60.0 12 5034 Lexicon Lad 11 G. Elliot 59.5 13 7904 Miss Chardonnay 1 E. Lamb 59.0 14 6050 Braunraven 19 S. Dennett 59.0 15 4007 Gonrong 10 . T. O’Donnell 59.0 16 San Domingo 6 E. Jillings 59.0 18 0 Silent Fury 17 59.0 19 00 Eggs 8 59.0 20 Ibanez 18 59.0 Emergencies: Gonrong, San Domingo, Silent Fury, Eggs, Ibanez. Scratched: Peterino. Raco 3 3.15 BAYER CLASSIC SECOND CONSOLATION* $10,000; one mile 4 5464 Te Totara 11 R. Elliot 55.5 5 0037 Gulliver 6 L. O’Sullivan 55.5 7 4 Gregory James 7 G. Childs 55.5 8 40 Lord Marceau 1 T. Allan 55.5 9 47 Kentucky Sunset 19. .. . N. Harris 55.5 10 4793 Indication 13 J. Walker 55.5 11 3006 Semitone 17 D. Smith 55.5 13 641 Regal Rain 8 D. Walsh 53.0 14 467 Miss Four 15 ; . B. Hibberd 53.0 15 4007 Gaelic Purple 5 P. Mercer 55.5 16 5088 Four Plus Four 2 M. Heaney 53.0 17 80 Avon Lady 4 L. Cropp 53.0 18 Abit Betta 3 R. Hannam 55.5 19 Beau Vain 20 M. Campbell 55.5 20 79 Choice Fun 12 53.0 Emergency: Choice Fun. Scratched: Domaines, Champerty, Bryndel Boy, Timandra Steed, Mellaysia. Race 4 3.50 QANTAS AIRWAYS 2200 $15,000; 2200 m 1 4218 Mr Bunnythorpe 9 J. Walker 56.0 3 3713 Hyak 1 M. Campbell 55.0 4 2 Ngawi Bay 10 L. O’Sullivan 54.0 5 0117 Play A Tune 11 G. Phillips 53.5 6 100 Victory Royale 7 G. Childs 53.5 7 2051 Kotahi Jim 12 R. Hannam 53.0 8 0763 Mr Milson 13 B. Hibberd 53.0 9 0642 She’ll Pass 6 N. Harris 53.0 10 90 Sundi Kiss 4 T. Allan 52.0 'l2 9615 Special Knight 5 P. Mercer 51.5 13 459 Lucky Cents 14 L. Cropp 50.5 14 2948 Bainbridge 2 D. Smith 50.0 Scratched: Street Hawk, Tqmmyhu. Race 5 D, TF 4.30 1988 BAYER CLASSIC $195,000; one mile 1 1113 Straight Order 11 D. Walsh 55.5 2 2211 Krona 20 P. Tims 55.5

3 1411 Sir Jugular 18 M. Campbell 55.5 4 1638 Purdah’s Pride 17 J. Walker 55.5 5 5118 Lou Morton 16 T. Allan 55.5 6 7130 Rural Prince 14 L. O’Sullivan 55.5 7 6703 Strike Oil 5 R. Elliot 55.5. 9 113 Rutene 3 P. Mercer 55.5 10 1331 Bravo Bell 12 G. Phillips 55.5 11 1132 Kate’s Myth 8 N. Harris 53.0 12 4061 Signet Ring 13 L. Cropp 53.0 13 4848 Vinegar Lil 4 B. Hibberd 53.0 15 1469 Teleretta 6 R. Hannam 53.0 16 0139 Fast Draw 1 G. Childs 55.5 17 5741 Eskimo Queen 7 53.0 19 875 Khanate 2 53.0 20 42 Fernoon 15 55.5 Emergencies: Eskimo Queen, Khanate, Fernoon. Scratched: Lord Tonic, Raie Lunaire, Whodunnit. Race 6 5.10 BAYER CLASSIC FIRST CONSOLATION $14,000; one mile 3 42 Fernoon 4 M. Haney 55.5 4 000 Pacelli 19 L. O’Sullivan 55.5 5 2484 Amarnath 16 N. Harris 55.5 6 1603 Navajo Brave 14 D. Walsh 55.5 7 7010 Windsor’s Pride 15 K. Oliver 55.5 9 5741 Eskimo Queen 6 G. Childs 53.0 10 875 Khanate 7 K. Clapperton 53.0 11 6170 Debe’s Lady 18 53.0 12 3853 Bankable 13 B. Hibberd 53.0 13 51 Chanterelle 9 R. Hannam 53.0 14 1 Wychnor 12 M. Campbell 53.0 15 5250 Domaines 20 R. Elliot 55.5 17 2 Mellaysia 2 53.0 18 20 Bryndel Boy 8 T. Allan 55.5 19 64 Te Totara 1 55.5 20 20 Gulliver 10 55.5 Emergencies: Te Totara, Gulliver. Scratched: Fast Draw, Whodunnit, Teleretta, Champerty. Race 7 D, T 5.45 LEVIN STAKES $30,000; 1400 m 1 6 Courier Bay 6 D. Walsh 58.0 2 81 Classic March 1 E. Jillings 55.0 3 32 Lady Aloof 2 P. Ayres 54.0 4 255 Squire Gray 10 P. Mercer 52.5 5 2340 Candida 3 R. Elliot 52.0 6 3470 Miss Woodleigh 9 D. Smith 51.5 7 8182 Another Prince 12 J. Walker 50.5 8 5415 King’s Road 4 K. Clapperton 49.5 9 42 Kiwi Affair 8 L. O’Sullivan 49.5 10 11 Legal Brief 7 L. Cassidy 49.5 11 1346 Joy Tripper 5 H. Mackinnon 49.5 12 0077 Indian Duce 11 R. Hannam 49.0 Race 8 T 6.20 MAJESTIC HORSEFLOATS LTD HANDICAP $8000; 1400 m 1 2 Cherry Hills 14 M. Lord 55.0 2 143 Grandstand 12 D. Walsh 55.0 3 3 Mr Precision 2 N. Harris 55.0 4 0922 Unaided 9 R. Hannam 55.0 5 0314 Hilandic 19 G. Phillips 55.0 6 Antrim Heights 8 R. Elliot 55.0 7 Imperial Call 16 D. Smith 55.0 8 5106 New Mission 10 S. Gordon 55.0 9 2 So Proceed 11 L. O’Sullivan 55.0 10 45 Able Abir 4 K. Clapperton 55.0 12 Fun 1 T. Allan 55.0 13 7 Ice Prince 3 E. Jillings 55.0 15 942 Red Pepper 6 P. Ayres 55.0 16 7578 Viceroy 17 55.0 18 4008 Splash O’Wine 18 55.0 19 0570 Little Rascal 15 55.0 20 8000 Summer Kingdom 5 55.0 Emergencies: Splash O’Wine, Little Rascal, Summer Kingdom. Scratched: Flying Gemini, Letz Face It, Ataviar. Race 9 T, TF 6.55 CALTEX DEALERS HANDICAP $12,000; 1600 m 1 1321 Shugar 4 B. Sargent 57.0 2 9302 If Ever 2 D. Smith 56.0 3 0 Ingeborg 7 M. Campbell 56.0 4 21 Sapele 18 R. Hannam 56.0 6 3 Hemmel 1 R. Elliot 55.5 7 2 That’s For Sure 8 . . . L. Isherwood 55.5 8 3312 Corkage 13 E. Jillings 55.0 9 5 Vienna Belle 11 M. Heaney 55.0 10 3 Bashful Lad 15 L. Cassidy 54.5 11 2712 Stroll On 12 P. Mercer 54.5 12 Dear Heart 10 G. Phillips 54.0 13 352 Doodwell 16 B. Hibberd 54.0 14 651 Final Royale 6 G. Childs 54.0 15 42 Bard 5 K. Clapperton 53.5 16 204 Solar Girl 9 53.5 17 7647 Dad’s Gift 19 P. Taylor 53.5 18 1652 Mel’s Jubilee 17 53.0 19 8518 Outrage 14 52.0 Emergencies: Solar Girl, Dad’s Gift, Mel’s Jubilee, Outrage. Scratched: Storm Damage, Mr Wakefield.