Beach work helps filly

Press, 13 April 1989, Page 36

Beach work helps filly

Special correspondent Invercargill A fortnight of light work at Oreti Beach paved the way for Adrenalin’s Southland Oaks triumph at Gore on Saturday. "We thought she was finished last month,” partowner and trainer "George” Smith of Winton, said when referring to a joint sprain Adrenalin

suffered. “She couldn’t put her foot to the ground, and we thought a ligament had gone,” said Smith, a son of Winton Trotting Club life-member, Doug Smith. Adrenalin, a daughter of Albatross sire Surmo Hanover, was worked off a lead in company with horses taken to Oreti Beach by her raceday driver, Allan Beck. “She missed five days of work, but. after three

days of work at the beach, she made an amazing recovery,” said “George” Smith, who races the filly in partnership with his wife, Sally-Anne. “In no time, the swelling went down, and we knew we were back in business.” The Nevele R Stud New Zealand Oaks at Addington next month is on the programme for Adrenalin, which has won four races, two of them last season. Smith took out a licence

to train in 1985. Adrenalin apart, Ever Sharp, Gaudemus and Majestic Racer, now a good Australian winner, have been in the fore for him. The Smiths’ family association with Adrenalin’s breed dates back to February 16, 1961, when Doug Smith, his brother Tom and “Tas” Weily bought her grand-dam, Tama Trees (Flying Song — Adoration) for 400 guineas at the National Yearling Sales in Christchurch.