Balonne set to show rivals clean pair of heels today

Press, 7 August 1989, Page 31

Balonne set to show rivals clean pair of heels today

By

JEFF SCOTT

Ricky May, last season’s leading South Island reinsman, looks set to kick off the opening of the new season in the south by winning with the Balonne in the first leg of the T.A.B. double at the Timaru Harness Racing Club’s meeting today.

They combined for an impressive firstup debut at Addington last month when Balonne staged an authoritative frontrunning win from the Methven stable of Ricky’s father, Terry May. Balonne, a five-year-old son of the illfated speedster, Locarno, is favourably drawn to shown his rivals a clean pair of heels again today in the 2700-metre Glenwood Takeaways Mobile Pace. ' Balonne was good enough to have Tuapeke Knight at full stretch to beat him in a heat of the Lion Brown Rising Stars Series back in their three-year-old days and the former, sidelined with a bad injury for more than a year, now looks ready to fulfil that early potential. Aquatic, a dual winner in the lower grades at last year’s New Zealand Cup meeting, is to have his first start since being sidelined with a virus last December and should be tough to beat. The John Lischner-trained entire showed his fitness for this with a mobile 2400 m win at the Ashburton trials 11 days ago in a respectable 3:6.8, sprinting in from the 800 m in 57.8 seconds. The more tightly-assessed pacers, Application and stablemate Great Provider, chased him home on that occasion. Star Kingdom is another with impressive trial form for this, having won a mobile 2600 m trial in 3:18.9 at Addington last Wednesday, and is another leading

chance. Crowley is capable of getting into the finish too, but has a wide draw to contend with, while Admiral Charles is racing soundly and has previously shown a liking for the Phar Lap Raceway. Avalon Skipper, and Miss Mischief, in spite of second-line draws, appeals most of the remainder. Jim Curtin, second-equal behind Ricky May among the top South Island drivers last term, has an excellent opportunity of getting off the mark for the new term with the promising Module’s Gift in the second leg of the T.A.B. double, the Dominion Breweries Pace. Module’s Gift, after getting back on both nights he raced at Addington last month, scored easily both times and the rise in class today should not worry the son of former champion, Lord Module (1:54.9). The southerner, Calcutta Sweep, a four-year-old Son Of Afella gelding in the Colin Baynes-Robin Swain stable, has compiled a tidy record and should be close up, while Anzus is drawn to show something nearer his best form and should be a definite improver since resuming at Addington last month after a long layoff. Double Bye and Tramp are others which would not surprise by figuring in the trifecta.

Race 7 D, T 2.20 GLENWOOD TAKEAWAYS MOBILE PACE $5500; C 3 and C 4; 2700 m 1 0404- Gilda James 1 fr K. W. O’Reilly Wins do not come frequently but outside place show from this draw. 2 4507- Lord Raja 2 fr J. Hay Has pleased in work of late and could surprise. Oamaru trial winner last week in 3:27 (2600 m 3 1406- Admiral Charles 3 fr R. Beck Previous winner this track and distance. Good draw. Respect. 4 4671- Balonne4 fr R.May Resumed with impressive mobile 2000 m win at Addington last month, leading throughout to defeat Pachelbel easily. Looks the one to beat again. 5 8110- Aquatics fr S.Adlam

Has not raced since December when troubled by a virus. Starred in the lower grade at last year’s New Zealand Cup carnival and has been trialing well again. Should go close. 6 0500- Farm King 6 fr R. Beale Others appeal more. 7 5886- Star Kingdom 7 fr I. Cameron Resuming but showed himself forward for this with win at Addington trials last week in sub 3:19 run over 2600 m mobile. Big chance if he repeats the effort today. 8 9000-Indiscretions fr G.O’Reilly Hard to have. 9 Trader Mir fr Scratched 10 6268 Crowley 10 fr M. de Filippi Handy in this grade and mobile will suit. Keep on side. ' 11 0009-Lady Driver 11 fr P. Shand Improvement needed. 12 Handy Andy 12 fr Scratched 13 4007- RoyaitroM 13 fr T. Walsh Could battle into a place with peak effort. 14 Spitfire 14 fr Scratched 15 8380- Avalon Skipper 15 fr F. Bebbington Capable on his day and appeals for longer odds. 16 Margrave 16 fr Scratched 17 5085-Awakite Dal 17 fr D.Butt Draw no help but another outside place show. 18 5907-Miss Mischief 18 fr J. Curtin Better than most here but disadvantaged by draw. Upset chance. Race 8 D 2.50 DOMINION BREWERIES PACE $5000; C2; 2600 m 1 7170- Gaines Skipper 1 fr M. de Filippi Not fancied. 2 0008- Unique Away 2 fr P. Boag Trial winner at Ashburton 11 days ago in 3:9.4 (2400 m stand), beating Chip Adios and Lumber Prince. Could upset. 3 6056 Anzus3 fr R.D.Butt Should be improved with two outings at Addington last month. Could be on the verge of worthwhile form. 5 1260- Lumber Prince 6 fr J. W. Smolensk! Placed at trials recently and usually thereabouts. 6 11- Module’s Gift 6 fr J. Curtin Treated his rivals with disdain in two outings at Addington last month. Rise in class should not worry again. 7 4210- Morris 7 fr I. G. Cowie Nelson winner in June over 2400 m stand. Good beginner which should be close up. 8 4469- Zola Bay 8 fr G. Dunn Racing soundly without much luck. Due for a win but they do not come often. 9 4530- Captain Rum 9 fr J. Hay Solid in' grade but place chances look brightest. 10 8344- Tramp 10 fr C. de Filippi Raced well enough last month to be respected in thi:. 11 1381 Double Bye 11 fr R.May Promising sort which is hard to leave out. 12 4201- Calcutta Sweep 12 fr R. Swain Gore-trained pacer which looked in good order at trials last month. 13 1057- News Maid 13 fr R. Payne Others might hold in this. 14 Ngatimoti Boy 14 fr Scratched 15 ‘1297- Chip Adios 15 fr J. Lemon Handy pacer capable of getting some of this. Draw against however. 16 0500- Hot Oil 16 fr G. Ward Likes to run in front. Draw here big disadvantage. Race 9 3.20 DORE BROTHERS MOBILE PACE $4000; CO; 2700 m 1 2P35- Sonorous 1 fr J Hay 2 Rosielea2 fr J Curtin

Jetbet: 7 Race 1 11.15 RICHARD BROSNAN PACE 1 $4000; CO; 2600m 60- Clarendon 1 fr G Laing 2 0-90- Sorrel Del 2 fr G D Shand 3 0- Runaway Groom 3 fr J W Smolensk! 4 8239- Rostriaver Reign 4 fr A Scott 5 Lepontine 5 fr Scratched 8 0068- EludomLady6 fr R Beale 7 Lumber Jane 7 fr Scratched 8 Wealthy 8 fr Scratched 9 Markmanship 9 fr ’ P Wilson 10 0043- Majestic Mist 10 fr L O'Reilly., 11 9— Peppy Charles 11 fr P Williamson 12 0-0- Codia 12 fr RMay 13 4508- Scot Reilly 13 fr G O’Reily 14 0006- Olivo Grove 14 fr M Edmonds 15 30- Like Lightning 15 fr P Ryder 16 Misty Milne 16 fr Scratched 17 7464- Miss Venture 17 fr C de Filippi 18 Hohneck18 fr Scratched 19 3634- Perede 19 fr G Hope 20 Lizzie 20 fr J Greaney Race 2 11.45 COOK AND SONS TROT $4000; CO; 2600m 1 8086- Rebel Assist 1 . fr A Soa! 2 6793- Gettysburg 2 fr T McMillan 3 9274- Young Pat 3 fr B Norman 4 French Kiss 4 fr P O'Reilly 5 -22- Bendigo 5 fr J W Smolensk! 6 9009- Ellywood 6 fr R Caskey 7 6- FalstaH7 fr C de Filippi 8 6308- Rip Cheval 8 fr GTait 9 Liberty Vogue 9 fr L Mathieson 10 0400- Nod’s Delight 10 fr G O’Reilly 11 Pickaberry11 fr Scratched 12 0- Speedy Kiwi 12 fr A Harwood 13 Gaelic Lord 13 fr Scratched 14 -00- Special Mention 14 fr D Nyhan 15 5435- Princess Phillipa 15 fr B Court 16 0- Erin’s Evander 16 fr R May 17 9967- AndyAdiosur fr D Larkins Race 3 12.15 JUNIOR DRIVERS’ PACE $4000; CO; 2600m 1 La Serviette 1 fr Scratched 2 2445- Dungarvan2 fr J Howe 3 Spanish March 3 fr Scratched 4 Game Lucy 4 fr R Sharpe 5 6 Lord Mancini 5 0037- Rod Moccasin 6 fr fr T Healy 7 Fran Tricia 7 fr A Scott 8 0- Family Circle 8 fr R A Butt 9 Flying Heather 9 fr Scratched 10 Jennifer Juniper 10 fr G Cross 11 Phillip Eugene 11 fr Scratched 12 -000- Vytina 12 fr G Nyhan 13 0030- Everton Princess 13 fr L Mathieson 14 4400- Symbolize 14 fr S Evans 15 0485- Willses 15 fr J Lemon 16 Poppi Patron 16 fr Scratched 17 3607- Chants D’Amour 17 fr GWard 18 7758- Clover Fella 18 fr C Goodwin 19 5668- Rovania 19 fr D Stapleton 20 0583- Sadowa20 fr B Zampese Race 4 12.45 NEW SEASON HANDICAP TROT $4500; Cl; 2600m 1 -008- Rera’s Pride 1 fr R Alfeld 2 Jon Bslushi 2 fr Scratched 3 4355- Fraggio Rock 3 fr C Middleton 4 1009- KilmogKid4 fr A Clark 5 6000- Gay Prince 5 fr R Nyhan

6 6134- The Currsgh 6 fr J Hay 7 1- Caddie 7 fr D Nyhan 8 5200- Double Stitch 8 fr GWard 9 7085- Mohican 9 fr B Arbuckle 10 8000- Desert Chief 10 fr C de Filippi 11 Gala’s Pride 11 fr Scratched , 12 2068- Egnal 1 20 D Cummings 13 2318- Moorcroft 2 .20 M de Filippi 14 2043- Newton Grange 3 20 S Little 15 5090- Some Effort 4 20 G O'Reilly 16 7070- Periloc5 20 R Hamilton 17 4140- Special Star 1 40 A Cowan Race 5 T 1.15 BAILEY MAZDA PACE $4500; Cl; 2600m 1 8010- Rich Dream 1 fr RMay 2 9850- Artimus2 fr R Cameron 3 5180- Capital Flight 3 fr J Curtin 4 7345- Honkin's Way 4 fr M de Filippi 5 Society Boy 5 fr Scratched 6 947- Hickory Wood 6 fr C de Filippi 7 Lanielle 7 fr Scratched 8 3132- Fire 8 fr J Hay 9 Work Mate 9 fr Scratched 10 00-4- Remital 10 fr I Cameron . 11 Skip Mac 11 fr Scratched ■'12 1960- La Chandelle 12 fr C Newfield 13 9500- Kenleigh Lass 13 fr GWard 14 0104- Sound Remark 14 fr . M Edmonds 15 7453- Ripper’s Plat 15 fr L O'Reilly 16 900- Gala Khan 16 fr R Payne 17 1960- Keyword 17 fr T McMillan 18 Rinaldo 18 fr Scratched 19 6120- Extra Guest 19 fr J Versteeg 20 0000- News Of Fame 20 fr Race 6 1.45 A. J. WEBSTER SADDLERY MOBILE PACE $4000; CO; 2700m 1 Rocky Dryden 1 fr R Geddes 2 9046- Franco Trend 2 fr J W Smolensk! 3 Be Prepared 3 fr Scratched 4 0700- Burly Boy 4 fr J Curtin 5 3- Droughtbuster 5 fr N Hamilton 6 -577- Ormaglade6 fr T Healy 7 2895- Countess Girl 7 fr M Edmonds 8 0016- Champion Thirst 8 fr B Zampese 9 Lucky Stan 9 fr Scratched - 10 0- Finalize 10 fr C de Filippi 11 Franco Alex 11 fr R Anderson 12 Smooth Advice 12 fr Scratched 13 700- Module Dragon 13 fr R Cameron 14 Star Call 14 fr Scratched 15 80- Last Gold 15 fr A Clark 16 00- Honkin Along 16 fr R Beale 17 8900- Kiltie Star 17 fr A Simpson 18 014- ToujoursHest 18 fr GWard 19 Out Lord 19 fr Scratched

3 0030- Franco Bound 3 fr J W Smolensk! 4 0209- Steel Raider 4 fr M Rennie 5 0- Paddy Chase 5 ' fr G D Shand 6 700- Finely Sprung 6 fr J Burrows 7 Kirwee Girl 7 fr Scratched 8 0- Embraces fr C Markham 9 5722- Certain Style 9 fr DJones 10 0- Mark You 10 fr B Lilley 11 9507- Dragon's Score 11 fr C de Filippi 12 6006- Winter Spirit 12 fr R Burton 13 Jan’s Bee Bee 13 fr G Tait 14 Re Arma Chip 14 fr Scratched 15 Mondie 15 fr Scratched 16 0508- Clinger 16 fr M Heenan 17 Laurel Lea 17 fr Scratched 18 Bronze Mission 18 fr Scratched 19 500- General Whiskers 19 fr P O'Reilly Race 10 3.5( TRIO JACKETS MOBILE PACE $4500; Cl; 2700m 1 08— Envious 1 fr B Hutton 2 8487- Dorothy Winifred 2 fr A Scott 3 2231- Carlino 3 fr DButt 4 8620- Best Of Friends 4 fr I Sutherland 5 2129- Zola Bee 5 fr P O’Reilly 6 07FO- Paleface Beau 6 fr RMay 7 3080- Mayfair Royal 7 fr J W Smolensk! 8 0806- Luvafella8 fr G DShand 9 7690- Brooklyn Star 9 fr I Cameron 10 5156- Ribbonwood Martini 10 fr J Curtin 11 Ice Dancer 11 fr Scratched 12 0999- Torfella 12 fr R Caskey 13 Little Rapa 13 fr Scratched 14 0570- Best Dressed 14 fr P Holmes 15 True Nood 15 fr Scratched 16 Katiki 16 fr Scratched 17 4645- Bogner 17 fr J Northcott 18 9335- Helsinki 18 fr C Middleton 19 Georgie Lobell 19 fr Scratched