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Wingatui
Otago correspondent Noble Pal worked boldly at Wingatui yesterday morning when preparing to make a fresh start at the Oamaru Jockey Club’s meeting on Saturday. He worked with his stablemates, Native Era and Katiki Beach, which are among his rivals over 1400 metres on Saturday.
They ran 600 m in 36.5 s between the 1000 m and 400 m
pegs on a heavy inside grass.
Noble Pal has not raced for almost five months. He ran second fresh-up over 1600 m at Oamaru last. August and he has won from distances of 1200 metres to 2000 m this season. He will be ridden by stable apprentice, Joanne Collis, who can claim . 2.5 kilograms. Collis rode him to win a sprint at Kurow in December.
Native Era has been marking time since he won successive starts at Wingatui and Riccarton in May. Trainer,
Mick Didham, is satisfied with the trio and his hurdler, Highland Peer, despite the wet conditions at Wingatui in recent weeks.
Highland Peer ran third to Beau Geste and Bilbah in the Otago Hurdles at his most recent start on June 5.
Mine Host led Hot Diggidy at the finish of 800 m in 57.15, the last 600 m in 44.35.
Becher and Babur gave a sound display over six hurdles. The winner of eight races on the flat for Winton owner-trainer, Colin Lang-
ford, Becher has been learning to jump with the Brian Anderton stable.
Babur has been schooling in blinkers as he tends to be head-strong. He is not permitted to wear blinkers in a
jumping race but there is no rule to prevent him receiving a certificate wearing blinkers.
His trainer, Brian Anderton, who has handled many fine jumpers, can see no reason for the bar on blinkers on raceday provided the blinkers are a half-blind type
rather than enclosing the eyes. His view is supported by stipendiary steward, John Hunter, who was on hand yesterday. Blinkers are used on jumpers overseas, notably in England. Babur will be tried without blinkers in training before he is raced over fences. He is a rising five-year-old by Causeur from Deceptive. Young Noble is another newcomer to the Anderton stable. A jumping career is planned for the rising seven-year-old Noble Bijou gelding,
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