Mare’s win reward for consistency

Press, 26 June 1989, Page 33

Mare’s win reward for consistency

By

JEFF SCOTT

in Blenheim

The decisive first-day winner, Mascara, which is five months in foal to the Nero stallion Paulsboro (1:54.2), could wind up her current racing with a repeat success in the first leg of the T.A.B. double on the second day of the Marlborough Harness Racing Club’s meeting today.

The Honkin Andy mare was rewarded for consistency in a lower grade on Saturday, and with Sir Andy and Friday, two of the principals of Saturday’s C 3 race not engaged today, she looks as good a chance as any of the Starborough Tavern Pace. “She wouldn’t be racing now if it wasn’t for John Hay,” said Mascara’s Ashburton trainer, lan Lochhead, on Saturday.

to bringing her back for another season after she foals,” said Lochhead, a steward of the Ashburton Trotting Club. Saturday’s C2 win capped off birthday celebrations last week-end for Mrs Lochhead, who does virtually all the work with the mare. “Her win today was my best birthday present,” said Mascara’s elated handler and part-owner. Mascara, by Honkin Andy (1:58.8), the sire of Saturday night’s feature Auckland juvenile winner, Honkin Vision, is the fourth foal from the Waitaki Hanover mare. Dawn Tryax. Mr Rennie, now living at Dorie (near Ashburton), earlier bred the good winners, Trendy Tryax (1:56.2, U.S.) and Joe Cool, from Dawn Tryax. Mascara, a little unlucky when second to Harmonise on the final day of the recent Nelson meeting, finished boldly from midfield on Saturday, returning a respectable 3:2 for the mobile 2300 metres in the slushy conditions. Her previous win was from a standing start over 2600 m at Addington in May. The South Island’s leading reinsman, Ricky May, who suffered a sprained thumb when tipped from the sulky in the final event on Saturday, has been cleared to take the drive behind Mascara again today.

The mare had broken down in a tendon for the second time in January and after sending her to Paulsboro, Lochhead was informed of a special treatment for tendons by Hay. "She had been blistered after going in the tendon for Michael de Filippi, and when it went again we thought that would be it,” said Lochhead, who races the five-year-old with his wife Tineka, on lease from de Filippi’s former neighbour, Mike Rennie.

The compound is applied to the tendon twice a day and the only time she is without it is when she is worked.

Hay was given the opportunity to drive the mare in return for his help, but had to forgo the drive because of a clash of interests.

"She is going that well now I wish she wasn’t in foal. But we are giving thoughts Jetbet: 7

Race 6 D, T 1- 25 STARBOROUGH TAVERN FEATURE PACE $6000; C 3; 2300 m . 1 05002 Mayhem 1 fr f **e F , -S' dav Improver’s second to Sir Andy first day after leading, then trailing last 2500 m. Respect. 2 27231 Dalgety's Gift 2 fr F Bennett Strong finisher from trail to win C2 2300 m mobile first day. Revelled in slushy conditions and big chance if same track conditions again. 3 23321 Mascara 3 fr R ,™ a * , inich Rewarded for consistency with bold finish from fourth line to win C2 mobile 2300 m first day. Should be thereabouts again. 4 00308 Tania’s Boy 4 fr K To * n {?| No dash from fourth line outer in C 3 pace first day. .. . 5 00400 Royaltrosss fr LNeal Too inconsistent to be recommended. 6 00045 Lord Raja 6 fr "J* I ** . Battled after being handy throughout first day. Could improve further and has place prospects. ... 7 78009 Hogan 7 ’ r B Hl " Big improvement needed. 8 76510 Harmonises fr AB , Lost chance at start first day. Talented and could surprise if she begins cleanly. r T/

9 Sepoy 9 fr Scratched 10 47550 Silver Beam 10 fr J W Smolensk! Stopped quickly after being left in open first day. 11 04035 Miss Mischief 1 10 J Curtin Battled from third line outer first day. Useful placings at Nelson start before and win would not surprise. 12 00087 Special Miss 2 10 R Austin No real finish from midfield first day, but won on wet track this day last year. 13 08694 Ruling Skipper 1 20 Mde Filippi Ran on from fifth line inner first day. Could be on the verge of worth-while form.

MELBOURNE HOTEL MOBILE PACE $5000; C2; 2700 m 1 61000 Silver’s Lopez 1 fr A Neal Andrew Neal-trained runner which stopped after making run middle stages at Nelson. Drawn better this time. 2 06742 Spanish Armada 2 fr Cde Filippi Solid finish from fourth line inner on first day. Drawn to be close up again. 3 90000 Salecracker 3 fr J W Smolensk! Blew out after pacemaking first day. Improvement needed. 4 12105 Cadiz 4 fr Mde Filippi A shade unlucky on first day after being in midfield inner mostly. Won well first day at Nelson and should go close. 5 10709 Sir Sholty 5 fr I Cameron Stopped after being in open first day. 6 06053 Lord Waratah 6 fr K Townley Run down after dashing to lead home turn on first day. Racing soundly. 7 04085 Panazz 7 fr A Butt Made up a lot of ground late on Saturday after settling a long last early. Stipendiary report stated he was flat all the way and unable to maintain his position behind the gate in the slushy conditions. 8 91800 Christian 8 fr S Black Stopped after improving in open first day. 9 49576 Always Smile 9 fr M Price Plugged on from midfield first day. Others might hold. 10 39904 Scimitar 10 fr R Asquith Ran on solidly from the back first day. Could place. 11 60442 Levon Helm 11 fr G O’Reilly No luck with draw once more but went well enough from similar marble for second to Mascara first day. 12 63218 Annamer 12 fr A Scott Disappointed first day after getting good trip. Previous form good and worth another chance. 13 50783 Tramp 13 fr R May Sound run in wet first day after having every chance.

Race 1 10.50 MARFELL FAMILY MOBILE PACE $4000; CO; 2300m 1 -5 Omatia 1 fr W Forsyth 2 -7 Rabonei2 fr J Curtin 3 0278 Game Son 3 fr A Neal 4 -0 Real Kiwi 4 fr G Payne 5 -00 Glendale Light 5 fr M de Filippi 6 - Star Bar 6 fr 7 30680 Lustre Glen 7 fr A Butt 8 -80 Lea Routine 8 fr S Kerekes 9 00046 William Young 9 fr R Asquith 10 -700 Amendment 10 fr 11 90740 Sound Remark 11 fr M Edmonds 12 -0 Gillespie 12 fr M Smolensk! 13 90989 El Caballo 13 fr J Hay 14 00232 Shady Lord 14 fr B Norman 15 83020 Swift Andy 15 fr J Hislop 16 02024 Dungarvan 16 fr DButt Emergencies: Amendment, Star Bar. Race 2 11.20 ST ANDREWS LODGE MAIDEN TROT $4000; CO; 2700m 1 09000 Koo’s Lass 1 fr T Simmons 2 -006 Landcruiser 2 fr A O’Brien 3 -060 Game Key 3 fr R Austin 4 24332 Boyatross4 fr R Nyhan 5 02405 Princess Phillipa 5 fr D Earnshaw 6 -4 French Warrior 6 fr J Smith 7 -087 Lord Scorpio 7 fr W Forsyth 8 96029 Young Pat 8 fr B Norman 9 00000 Rastafarian 9 fr S M Miller 10 28800 My Yankee 10 fr 11 -P50 Arndon’s Pride ur fr M Smolensk! 12 06800 Desert Chief 1 30 C de Filippi 13 0-00P Slainte 2 30 M Rennie 14 0-000 Jovial Jim 3 30 15 12000 Scope 4 30 16 -7D1 Waverley Alpha 5 30 T Roughan 17 The Curragh 6 30 Scratched 18 04008 Cherokee Chief 1 Race 3 50 11.50 DB MOBILE PACE $4000; CO; 2300m 1 30027 Border 1 fr R May 2 -56 Rangfern Lass 2 fr J Hislop 3 63000 Ashley Way 3 fr K Townley 4 -7290 Franco Trend 4 fr J W Smolenski 5 63560 Out To It 5 fr G A Payne 6 -8 El Sirocco 6 fr M de Filippi 7 -002 Carlino 7 fr DButt 8 43507 Irish Tom 8 fr B Norman 9 -700 Amendments fr TButt 10 65400 Stanley James 10 fr M Edmonds 11 03043 Chante D’Amour 11 fr G Ward 12 37299 Mighty Honkin 12 fr C de Filippi 13 03768 Royal Dell 13 fr A Butt 14 -5035 Don Alba 14 fr R Austin 15 Nero’s Belle 15 fr Scratched 16 04903 Fire 16 • fr J Hay Emergency: Amendment. Race 4 12.20 JUNCTION HOTEL TROT $4500; Cl; 3200m 1 27894 Yankee Wave 1 fr R Austin 2 60440 Any Time 2 fr R Bonnington 3 -6040 The Expatriate 3 fr DButt 4 65130 Dark Brigade 4 fr G Ward 5 06024 Fraggle Rock 5 fr C Middleton 6 12000 Scope 6 fr M Nyhan 7 71079 Guardian Angel 7 fr R Alfeld 8 32662 General Santos 8 fr M de Filippi 9 30470 Jayar’s Pride 1 20 R Dunn 10 68106 White Horse Pride 2 I 20 B Norman 11 04008 Cherokee Chief 3 20 C de Filippi 12 90-30 Captain Sergio 4 20 13 08218 Kiwi Kipper 5 20 M Smolenski 14 00678 Aran Oriole 6 20 J W Smolenski 15 80057 Special Day 7 20 16 52025 Princess Armbro 1 40 S M Miller 17 13591 Detemar2 40 J Curtirr 18 090-3 Doncella 1 50 R May Emergencies: Scope, Cherokee Chief. 12.50 Race 5 T O'MALLEY FAMILY MOBILE PACE $4500; Cl: 2700m 1 07420 Nancy Patch 1 fr C Middleton 2 08833 Haldon Dale 2 fr G Anderson 3 43321 Zola Bee 3 4 60019 Solomon 4 fr fr A Scott J W Smolenski 5 56080 Shesa Monti 5 fr A Butt 6 899-4 Society Boy 6 fr M Fuller 7 07347 Moon Fella 7 fr A Neal 8 86612 Extra Guest 8 fr J Versteeg 9 10600 Admiral Foz 9 fr M de Filippi 10 -1050 Pineapple Prince 10 fr R May 11 -13 Escoffier 11 fr 12 20425 Diamond Fella 12 fr J Hay 13 79005 Yankee Dalrae 13 fr P Holmes 14 61700 Best Dressed 14 fr 15 -0278 Gillie’s Dream 15 fr J Curtin 16 04596 Inclination 16 fr Emergencies: Pineapple Prince, Shesa Monti.

Race 7 T 1.55 OXLEYS TAVERN MOBILE PACE $5000; C2; 2700m 1 00430 Russley Du Jour 1 fr J Denton 2 00000 Turf Girl 2 fr G Hope 3 04077 The Optimist 3 fr R Sharpe 4 90690 Robin’s Fella 4 fr J W Smolensk! 5 00809 Boyden Mist 5 fr B Norman 6 57960 Leaway Lass 6 fr R May 7 08351 Tai Lumber 7 fr C de Filippi 8 67600 Kotare Coral 8 fr R Asquith 9 00411 Jay Ar Rule 9 fr W Forsyth 10 49808 Lord Greg 10 fr J Curtin 11 06234 Zola Bay 11 fr R Dunn 12 90066 Clare Lobell 12 fr A Scott 13 03717 Gaines Skipper 13 fr M de Filippi Race8 D 2.25

Race 9 2.55 KNIGHT AND DEIGH FILLIES AND MARES MOBILE PACE $4000; CO; 2300m 1 09502 Sonorous 1 fr K Townley 2 -230 EIKorono2 fr M Rennie ■ ■ 3 65565 Ribbonwood Martini 3 fr G Cameron 4 -0 Bests Dream 4 fr C de Filippi 5 29009 Krinkle 5 fr R May 6 93730 Sadowa 6 fr R Dunn 7 05620 Chic Lady 7 fr B Hill 8 60380 Flossy’s Girl 8 fr TButt 9 04027 Brave Queen 9 fr J Curtin 10 -44 Symbolize 10 fr J Hay 11 30728 Countess Girl 11 fr M Edmonds 12 63363 Perede 12 fr G Hope 13 53686 Mar Lady 13 fr K James 14 26006 Countess Cate 14 fr R Asquith 15 ' Country Harvest 15 fr Scratched 16 Nero’s Belle 16 fr Scratched Race 10 3.30 TERMINUS HOTEL MOBILE PACE $4500; Cl; 2700m 1 -710 Dale’s World 1 fr J R Smith 2 -251 Maori El 2 fr A Butt 3 -1L Mister Lea 3 fr R May 4 13433 YunoBromac4 fr J Curtin 5 -1050 Pineapple Prince 5 fr C de Filippi 6 60239 Helsinki 6 fr C Middleton 7 56080 Shesa Monti 7 fr 8 06626 Regal Baron 8 fr R Dunn 9 05862 Best Of Friends 9 fr J Hay 10 57747 Gillie’s Lass 10 fr J W Smolenski 11 29010 Robbie Deans 11 fr 12 53410 My Boy 12 fr G Anderson 13 -01 Countess Nugent 13 fr P Holmes 14 93190 Shampoo 14 fr L Neal 15 31008 Kotare Alpha 15 fr R Asquith 16 457-4 Bogner 16 fr J Northcott Emergencies: Pineapple Prince, , Shesa Monti.