Bionic Chance could make grand return

Press, 6 October 1989, Page 44

Bionic Chance could make grand return

By JEFF SCOTT The brilliant racemare, Bionic Chance, faces a tall order in her attempt to make a successful resumption in the Yaldhurst Hotel 20,000 at the Banks Peninsula Trotting Club’s meeting tomorrow, but it will be a brave punter who dismisses her as a winning prospect. “She has surprised us now and again in the past, but we are just hoping she goes a good creditable race,” said the mare’s Lauriston co-trainer, Lindsay Kerslake, yesterday. Bionic Chance has spent much of the last 12 months out in the wilderness after cracking a pastern bone on the eve of last year’s D.B. Draught New Zealand Cup. The Majestic Chance mare, in view of her past history of leg problems, has not been risked at any public trials or workouts this time up, but Kerslake, who prepares her with his father, Alister, is satisfied with her progress. “We are quite happy with her, but there is still a bit of room for improvement,” said Kerslake. “A lot of horses run on fitness, but she runs on energy a lot of the time, being such a high-powered mare, so it can be hard to gauge her fitness sometimes,” he added.

The Kerslakes are not looking past tomorrow’s first six-year-old outing for the mare as far as the $400,000 D.B. Draught New Zealand Cup is concerned. She has had a couple of private workouts on the Methven grass track to fit her for tomorrow’s assignment, and has the class to go close at Motukarara and repeat her devastating first-up victory at the same venue last year. If she wins, it will be a notable effort not only by the mare but also an outstanding training feat by the Kerslakes.

Frangelico, another past winner of this open class feature at Motukarara, suggested she was not far off her best with two placings at the New Brighton meeting last month and warrants respect in an open line-up. The eight-year-old Golden Fulla mare was back throughout in last Saturday’s Flying Stakes at Ashburton, but she will relish the grass surface tomorrow.

Question mark There is a question mark over whether the backmarker, Dillon Dean, a newcomer to Colin de Filippi’s Ladbrooks stable this week, will race tomorrow after heavy rain in Canterbury on Wednesday evening and again yesterday. ' "We will have a look at "the track tomorrow before making a final decision,” said de Filippi. “If it is wet, the owners don’t want the horse to run. He hasn’t raced on grass before.” If Dillon Dean is withdrawn, de Filippi will drive stablemate, Michele Bromac, tentatively to be driven by Pat O’Reilly jun. "I don’t think Michele Bromac has ever run on a wet grass track, but we’ll just take a punt and hope she handles it,” said de Filippi. Dillon Dean, a fast late finisher for third in last Saturday’s record-run Flying Stakes at Ashburton, must take plenty of beating in this if he starts, despite giving away starts of 15m in the 2200 m sprint. It is undecided whether Dillon Dean will remain with de Filippi for next week’s Dunedin Cup or return north to Ardmore. Gina Rosa, a brilliant late finisher for second to Wait A Moment at Addington last month, Final Offer, a trial winner on the grass last week at Motukarara, Laser Lad, Wait A Moment and Cardinal Star are others capable of figuring in the finish with the right runs. Vulcan Lady, a fine fourth in last week’s Flying Stakes, should have little difficulty qualifying for next month’s D.B. Draught New Zealand Cup by taking out the Cl and faster fillies and mares’ pace. The C 9 Vance Hanover mare gives away starts of 30m to much lesser opposition and it will be a major surprise if she fails to finish the race on an open class assessment.

Metro Boy, a promising Enterprise gelding and a proven grass track specialist, also looks capable of giving away an up to 30m start to his rivals in the second leg of the T.A.B. double and notching his seventh win in 15 appearances.

Race 6 D, T 2.10 YALDHURST HOTEL 20,000 HANDICAP PACE $20,000; C 8; 2200 m. 1 1-866 Cardinal Star 1 fr Sound sixth from backmark in Methven Cup last time. Performs well on grass tracks. 2 500-4 Sapper 2 fr K Townley Run down after pacemaking in Methven Cup in his first start since May, that being his best run for some length of time. Could be on the way back to the form which saw him run second equal in the 1987 Easter Cup. 3 6-777 Michele Bromac 3 fr P O’Reilly Failing to round off her efforts lately, but working well, according to trainer. 4 7806- Andronicu«4 fr Now nine and at the stage where improvement is unlikely. 5 66338 Frangelico 1 10 RMay Previous winner of this race which looked on the verge of winning form before failing to run on at Ashburton last week. Respect here. 6 -4484 Final Offer 2 10 R A Sharpe Trial winner on grass at Motukarara last Sunday and racing solidly. Should be thereabouts. 7 00-91 Wait A Moment 3 10 J Curtin

Surprise winner at Addington last month after being left alone in front. Indicated he had trained on when second to Final Offer at the Motukarara trials last Sunday. 8 145-0 Microscopic 4 10 J Hay Last when making season’s debut in Flying Stakes at Ashburton last week. Improvement needed. 9 -2260 Laser Lad 5 10 PJones Form has tapered since two good seconds in August. Too good to leave out of calculations completely, however. 10 -141- Bionic Chance 6 10 Mde Filippi Brilliant mare which last raced 12 months ago before breaking a pastern. Has not been to any trials, but will not start unless trainers feel she is in top order. 11 -5772 Gina Rosa 7 10 J Smolensk! Flashed home late for second to Walt A Moment at Addington last month. Another with prospects. 12 11053 Dillon Dean 1 15 Cde Filippi Charged home for third in record-run Flying Stakes at Ashburton last week. Off difficult mark, but should still acquit himself well.

Race 8 D 3.20 GALLERY INTERIORS HANDICAP PACE $7000; C 3; 3200 m. 1 404-9 Gild* James 1 . fr K Townley Engaged at Addington last evening. Others appeal more. 2 0-110 Finvarra2 fr RMay Bold Finish to win 2000 m sprint on grass at Methven two starts back, but no dash at Ashburton, this distance, last Saturday. 3 23551 Anzu*3 fr RD Butt Engaged at Addington last evening. Stays well and could be among the placings. 4 69743 Mayhem 4 fr C de Filippi Strong finish for distant third behind Twinkle John. Lord Magic, this distance, at

Ashburton. Likely to be running on once more. 5 099-3 Amanda’s Fella 5 tr J Curtin Improved showing on grass at Methven after having good run on outer. Could go on with it. 6 30-32 Module’s Boy 6 fr P Jones Form hard to fault in two appearances from Peter Jones’ Templeton team, finishing second to Metro Boy last time at Methven. 7 5657- Smirk Jones 7 fr T Henderson Placed at trials on course last Sunday, but not fancied. 8 7-070 Belle’s Echo 8 fr GD Shand Engaged at Addington last evening. Improvement necessary. 9 26387 The Indiscretion 9 fr Gerard O’Reilly Goes well on grass, but others appeal more. 10 000- Gold Row 10 fr D Moore Appears past his best. 11 04385 Trio’s Charm 11 fr DButt Another engaged at Addington last evening. Likes the grass and has place claims. 12 Lord Magic 1 10 Scratched 13 7160- Replacement 2 10 J Hay Goes well on grass and placed at Motukarara trials last Sunday, but stiff assignment first-up. 14 87- Golden Don 1 20 M Woodfield Unlikely to threaten. 15 -5437 Rebel Skipper 2 20 A Soal Expected to go well last evening at Addington. Good stayer worthy of respect In this. 18 12151 Metro Boy 1 30 Mde Filippi Races well on grass and despite handicap looks the one to beat. Scored well last time at Methven from 20m behind, winning by 3*4 lengths over Module Boy.

Jetbet: 7 Race 1 11.10 ALLAN ORANGE MANUFACTURING HANDICAP PACE $5500; CO; 2200m 1 58-34 Scottish Blue 1 fr Gerard O'Reilly 2 7- Lord Bordeaux 2 fr I Cameron 3 440-8 Ellorina3 fr Scratched

4 Count Down 4 fr J Lemon 5 6906- Hallfield Mike 5 fr P Bagrie 6 -4646 Clever Fella 6 fr C Goodwin 7 Alberton’s Dream 7 fr J Curtin 8 0-649 PokerS fr S Adlam 9 860-0 Patil’s Image 9 fr R Williams 10 A Bel Air 10 fr 11 070-8 Shuichi11 fr 12 Parisian Royal 12 fr J Smolensk! 13 530-0 MacNeachdainn 13 fr J Hay 14 34-05 Duchess Of Kent 14 fr R Beck 15 38-53 Maserati 15 fr R May 16 8290- Alabama Patron 16 fr M Edmonds 17 7 Rosewood Choice 17 fr 18 Atomic Lass 18 fr Scratched 19 63 Kadir 19 fr A Butt 20 9000- True Nood 1 20 T McMillan Emergencies: Rosewood Choice, A Bel Air. Race 2 11.45 LINCOLN VILLAGE SUPPORTERS HANDICAP TROT $5500; CO; 2800m 1 00- Bay Thyme 1 fr R Prendergast 2 Master Reb 2 fr 3 Lea Logan 3 fr B Clark 4 3-844 Gettysburg 4 fr T McMillan 5 40- French Warrior 5 fr J Smith 6 6-00 Falstaff 6 fr E Crawford 7 -7503 Gaelic Lord 8 fr RMay 8 230-9 Game Black 8 fr K Townley 9 Seldom Heard 9 fr Scratched 10 32050 Bendigo 10 fr J Smolensk! 11 6486- Jenny’s Comet 11 fr 12 573- Prince Alba 12 fr I Keith 13 00-27 Another Kim 13 fr R Negus 14 0--60 Glen brook 14 fr J Curtin 15 2 Blake’s Pride 15 fr R Cameron 18 Copper Drive 16 fr M McGillium , 17 0200- Te Ora 17 fr C de Filippi 18 5000- Jon Belushi 1 30 19 00— Yarrabee Pride 2 30 20 89-30 Arnee’s Frolic 3 30 W Fletcher 21 0890- Dalrae Hanover 4 30 N Munro 22 001-0 Arndon's Pride ur 30 M Smolenski Emergencies: Yarrabee Pride, Jon Belushi, Master Reb. Race 3 12.20 HIS LORDSHIPS HOTEL HANDICAP PACE $5500; CO; 2200m 1 0300 Lizzie 1 fr J.Greaney 2 Sapwel 2 fr Scratched 3 Venita 3 fr Scratched 4 Most Of All 4 fr Scratched 5 0- Ellebaras5 fr R Kennedy 6 Spaxton Rebel 6 fr Gerard O'Reilly 7 4060- Lumber Baron 7 fr J Smolenski 8 20 Flashing By 8 fr L Grant 9 P4-24 Craig Lee 9 fr M Edmonds 10 422 Rocky Dryden 10 fr R Geddes 11 4000- Neeloom 11 fr R Winter 12 Greenidge 12 fr C de Filippi 13 25 Hold A Dream 13 fr TButt 14 8-005 Wealthy 14 fr ASoal 15 60-70 William Young 15 fr R Asquith 16 8040- Fast Eddie 16 fr J Curtin 17 Reign Over 17 fr Scratched 18 Border 18 fr Scratched 19 0207- Swift Andy 19 fr R May Race4 T 12.55 UNION SHIPPING HANDICAP $6500; C2; 2000m 1 131-9 Escoffier 1 fr RMay 2 1257- ScotsWhaHae2 fr R Cameron 3 -160 Lone Eagle 3 fr RA Sharpe 4 Oroua4 fr Scratched 5 Chip Adios 5 fr Scratched 6 0042- Leopardore6 fr S Enright 7 0-088 Captain Rum 7 fr 8 00-96 Trane Rapid 8 fr 9 0850- Panazz9 fr L O'Reilly 10 40-33 Corbett’s Corner 10 fr M de Filippi 11 09-44 Christian 11 fr R Asquith 12 600-0 Whitney’s Creek 12 fr 13 7101- Dale’s World 13 fr P O'Reilly 14 00-74 Spanish Armada'14 fr C de Filippi 15 69-89 Zola Bay 15 fr G Dunn 16 7818- Gillie's Lass 16 fr J Smolenski 17 -0121 Lincoln Lad 17 fr J Hay 18 10-00 Morris 18 fr I Cowie 19 0-262 Margaret Brandon 19 fr L Kerslake 20 090-0 Flying Legend 1 20 Emergencies: Captain Rum, Trans Rapid. Race 5 T 1.30 COMMODORE AIRPORT HOTEL HANDICAP PACE $5500; CO; 2200m 1 8-48 Drole 1 fr DButt 2 698-5 Martina 2 fr 3 000-6 Swift Boy 3 fr R Williams 4 97-26 Phillip Eugene 4 fr A Soal 5 Lady du Jour 5 fr 6 34996 Certain Style 6 fr 7 700-0 Grampian? fr K Sutherland 8 98-94 El Caballo 8 fr RMay 9 0- Super Chase 9 fr R Nyhan 10 32 I’m A Mercedes 10 fr M de Fllippl 11 30-53 Like Lightning 11 fr J Smolenski 12 -2257 Rostriever Reign 12 fr A Scott 13 -0080 Miss Venture 13 fr C de Filippi 14 0657- El Moose 14 fr R A Butt 15 Flash Roche 15 fr J Curtin 16 800-0 Alison's Joy 16 fr J Greaney 17 5-060 Willsee 17 fr J Lemon 18 87430 Dungarvan 18 fr G Pearson 19 Aran Worthy 19 fr Emergencies: Certain Style, Martina , Lady du Jour, Aran Worthy. i

Race 7 2.45 KNIGHT AND DEIGH BREEDERS HANDICAP PACE $6500; Cl; 2800m 1 0-000 Little Rapa 1 fr G Laing 2 99-79 Aiming High 2 fr J Curtin 3 84860 Keyword 3 fr T McMillan 4 6170- Rube 4 fr J Geddes 5 018-0 Out To It 5 6 0709- Miss Rebecca 6 fr fr G A Payne 7 1 Misty Milne 7 fr R Jones 8 0500- Glenrae ur 9 0-364 Clare Lobell 1 fr 10 K Whall 10 4109- National Hanover 3 10 M de Filippi 11 6945- Marmoose3 10 R A Butt 12 5-346 Boyden Wings 4 10 GWard 13 180-5 Annamer5 10 K O'Reilly 14 790-9 Lady Brandonia 6 10 K Vincent 15 Dreamona 7 10 Scratched 16 0878- Itz Magic ur 20 RDunn 17 44-84 Vulcan Lady 1 30 A Butt

Race 9 3.50 CENTRAL CANTERBURY NEWS HANDICAP TROT $6000; Cl; 2800m 1 0000- Tudor Light 1 fr 2 -1643 Princess Phillipa 2 fr D Earnshaw 3 1 Game Fortune 3 fr RMay 4 701 French Kiss 4 fr P O’Reilly 5 7060- Bright News 5 fr T Thomas 6 0400- Sir Alias 6 frl G A Payne 7 7-120 Gee du Jour 7 fr S Adlam 8 1000- Westmoor Prince 8 fr J Burgess 9 1- Alabama Knight 9 10 02065 Double Stitch 10 fr fr R Dunn 11 36-10 Boyatross 11 fr R Nyhan 12 Captain Paul 12 fr Scratched 13 187-0 Kiwi Kipper 1 20 M Smolensk! 14 43-40 Newton Grange 2 20 M de Filippi 15 84084 Paul Dean 3 • 20 I Sutherland 16 9221- Guardian Angel 4 20 J Curtin 17 62-27 Wave Goodbye 5 18 0-407 Game Wood 6 20 20 DButt 19 82964 Roydon Pride 1 40 W Fletcher 20 02-0 Not Now 2 40 R Williams 21 00409 Gypsy Major 3 40 D Jones 22 500-6 Stanboy ur 40 P Nairn Emergencies: Tudor Light, Double Stitch, Game Wood. Race 10 4.25 JONES AND HOSKYNS LTD HANDICAP PACE $6000; Cl; 2800m 1 1928- Native Burn 1 fr A Butt 2 36270 Honkin’s Way 2 3 35217 Sorrel Del 3 fr fr M de Filippi 4 260-1 Martinmass 4 fr J Curtin 5 7800- WeeRoundie5 fr M Nyhan 6 12 General Douglas 6 fr DButt 7 98-00 Dominion Bitter 7 fr L O'Reilly 8 18- Julius Caesar 8 fr R Alfeld 9 -637 Hickory Wood 9 10 6-795 Admiral Foz 10 fr fr C de Filippi 11 00-35 Harman 11 fr LDaly 12 Apollo Lord 12 fr Scratched 13 10-40 Rinaldo 13 fr R Nyhan 14 0004- Rio Belle 14 fr S Enright 15 8669- Salazar 15 16 000-0 Grand Boy 16 fr fr R Stockdale 17 38-29 Chips 17 fr J Austin 18 0654- Honkin Kiwi 18 fr D Stapleton 19 0-080 Brooklyn Star ur fr I Cameron 20 96780 Double Bye 1 30 RMay Emergencies: Grand Boy, Sorrel Del, Admiral Foz.