BOBBINET WINS AUCKLAND LEG

Press, Volume CV, Issue 30978, 7 February 1966, Page 5

BOBBINET WINS AUCKLAND LEG

(New Zealand Press Association)

AUCKLAND. Bobbinet capped a couple of sound placed performances with a decisive win in the Otahuhu Handicap, the mailt event on the first night of the Auckland Trotting Club's February meeting at Alexandra Park on Saturday.

Glenurquhart, which made most of the pace, looked the winner at the furlong with most of his opponents struggling to get near him, but Bobbinet came away with a brilliant run and won, going away, by two lengths. John Dee came home well to deadheat with Glenurquhart for second. The Otahuhu Handicap was the first leg of the T.A.B. double. The second leg, the Railway Handicap, was won easily by the hot favourite, Swartz Pete. The double paid £26 Ids for £l. The weather was fine and the track fast. Results: — - I FIRST MOUNT ALBERT HANDICAP, £700; 2:16 class: 2m.—l/1 SUPERIOR CHIEF (4) 36 J. Butcher 1; 8/7 GAY GOODWIN (3) It I. 0. Thomas 2; 9/9 CHARLESWORTH (10) 36 I. W. Dickie 3. Scratched: Sooty. Nose; length and a quarter. Henwood’s Pride fourth. Times—--4:19 2-5 4:22 3-5, 4:20 1-5. Win: £3 15s 6d. Places: £1 7s 6d, £3 17s, £4 13s 6d.

Bracket: Superior Chief and Henwood’s Pride. TAKAPUNA HANDICAP, £650; trotters; 2:16 class;, 2m.—13/13 GAY DIAMOND (1) It L. Purdon 1; 7/7 RED MEDALLION (5) It E. Davies 2; 3/3 ROSE CRAFT (12) 24 L. C. Robinson 3. Scratched: Ra Ora, Dark Lorene. Half a length; three-quarters of a length. Fair Song fourth. Times—l:3o, 4:30 1-5, 4:28 2-5. Win: £B6 8s 6d. Places: £l4 5s 6d, £4 Os fid, £2 6s fid. SECOND MOUNT ALBERT HANDICAP, £7OO ; 2:16 class; 2m —l/1 LONESOME VALLEY (4) It P. T. Wolfenden 1; 3/2 SHIRLEY BRIGADE (8) It D. N. Hayes 2; 10/10 SPARKLING BREW (14) 36 N. K. Mackenzie 3. Scratched: Happy, Poroti Pride, Hiya. Three-quarters of a length; two lengths and a half. Scottish Eden fourth. Times—4:2s, 4:25 1-5, 4:22 4-5. Win: £3 Bs. Places: £1 14s, £2 3s, £4 16s. OTAHUHU HANDICAP, £1150; 2:12 class; 13f and 96yds. 3/3 BOBBINET (8) 12 F. Smith 1 9/9 GLENURQUHART (10) J. Butcher T 4/4 JOHN DEE (3) It I. W. Dickie t t Deadheat for second. 11/10 Friendly Persuasion, 12/12 Globe’s Birthday, 10/11 Professional Globe, 7/8 Swan Bay, 6/6 Taffy, 5/5 Full Sovereign, 8/7 Anarca Direct, 1/1 Smokeover, 2/2 Oakhampton also started. Two lengths; deadheat. Smokeover fourth. Times—3:36 4-5, 3:37 3-5, 3:38 3-5. Win: £7 7s. Places: £2 3s 6d, £4 6s 6d (Glenurquhart). £2 14s (John Dee). MASSEY MEMORIAL STAKES, £600; three and four-year-olds; Ilf.—B/8 KING KONG (4) 12 G. A. Reaks 1; 2/3 AMEND (2) 12 T. H. Knowles 2; 3/2 STRONGHOLD (8) 12 F. H. Parsons 3. Scratched: Petite Morris, Deep Acre, Bosun, Poroti Pride. Half a length; five lengths. Tobais fourth. Times—2:s7 4-5, 2:58, 3:0. Win: £4l 12s. Places: £5 13s, £2 Os fid, £1 19s 6d. FEBRUARY HANDICAP, £950; trotters; 2:14 class; 2m. —1/1 OUR EILEEN (3) 48 F. Smith 1; 6/7 SCOTLEIGH (10) 42 C. R. Griffin 2; 5/5 WAIRAU KING (7) 24 R. Mitchell 3. Scratched: Paid. Length and a quarter; head. Molly’s Report fourth. Times—4:23 2-5, 4:24 2-5, 4:26 1-5. Win: £2 14s 6d. Places: £1 4s fid, £3 Bs, £2 17s. Bracket: Our Eileen and Our Luck. RAILWAY HANDICAP, £900; 2:14 class; mobile start; 11*. 1/1 SWARTZ PETE (9) P. T. Wolfenden 1 7/7 SCOTCH BOMB (7) F. Smith 2 3/3 WILLYCAN (11) R. L. Mayo 3 7/8 All Spirit, 6/6 Caught Napping, 5/5 Commonwealth, 10/9 General John, 9/10 Globe’s Mistake, 2/2 James Evander, 11/11 Soanga Boy, 4/4 Thunderbolt also started. Four lengths; neck. James Evander fourth. Times—2:sl 1-5, 2:52 4-5, 2:54. Win: £1 18s 6d. Places: 11 8s fid, £4 5s fid, £2 2s. PAPAKURA HANDICAP, £950: 213 class . 13f and 9«yds.—s/6 GLEN DIRECT It C. J. Bradley 1; 7/8 NO REPLY 24 T. H. Knowles 2: 10/10 NIGHT PRINCE It F. Smith 3. Scratched: Bede. Half a head; head. Caledonian Scott fourth. Times —3:37 4-5, 3:36, 3:38 1-5. Win: £l2 2s. Places: £3 9s, £4 ss, £6 Ils 6d.