TROTTING Mokoreta Wins At Spotswood

Press, Volume CV, Issue 31002, 7 March 1966, Page 5

TROTTING Mokoreta Wins At Spotswood

Mokoreta, a candidate for the Pilgrims’ Stakes at Addington Raceway tomorrow showed promise of an early win when he shaded another Addington candidate in Kimberley Kid in the Spotswood Two-year-old Handicap at Spotswood on Saturday. Mokoreta was in or near the lead all the way and he held on gamely to shade Kimberley Kid, which finished solidly along the rails from a handy position. Kelway Bay made up ground for a close third, ahead of El Tapado, Lucky Gay, Athentic and Pro Consul.

Local Frost, the early favourite for the Addington race, was prominent to the furlong, but then he was stopped by tiring horses and was not persevered with.

The second , leg of the double, the Thunder Handicap, was won by Morant, a member of G. Holmes’s Templeton team. He was driven by B. Glidden. The Mokoreta Morant double paid £29 6s for £l. King’s Cord showed his fitness for immediate engagements when he gained a win

and a third from long handicaps in the two races for trotters. His stablemate, Queen’s Cord, showed that she had recovered fully from her trip to Sydney when she shaded Viewin in the Ladies’ Free-for-all. The meeting was held in fine weather before a fair attendance. The track was in good order after recent rain. Results:— KAIKOURA HANDICAP, £35; trotters: 2:20 class; 12f. — KING’S CORD 72 J. H. Docherty 1; NORWOOD LASS It E. J. Dawson 2: YOUNG MORRIS 36 T. A. Moore 3. Eleven started. Neck, length. Martin Brigade fourth. Time, 3:25 1-5. First (for ss): £1 17s. Second: 12s 6d. CHEVIOT HANDICAP, £75; 2:20 class; 12f.— OVERTIME It J. S. Dalgety 1; ANGELITA It L. A. Williams 2; GIFT DUTY It R. W. Townley 3. Fifteen started. Three lengths, neck. Bacardi fourth. Time, 3:26 4-5. First: £2 10s 6d. Second: 17s. QUALIFYING TRIAL FIRST HEAT: FLIGHT ADORIAN It A. M. Purdon 1: TRIAL BAY It C. McDonald 2: HEATHER MARIE It A. L. McDowell 3. Five started. Two lengths, each way. Caught Again fourth. Time, 3:29 3-5. First: 17s. Second: 5s 6d. SECOND HEAT: MURHA It D. Milne 1; HAL AIRE It F. Murfitt 2; DISNEYLAND It G. Holmes 3. Eight started. Three lengths; 10. Limbala fourth. Time, 3:25. First: £1 7s. Second: 9s. LADIES' FREE-FOR-ALL, £35; 2:17 class: 12f.— QUEEN'S CORO It J. H. Docherty 1; VIEWIN It C. McDonald 2; ULOVE It J. S. Dalgety 3. Nine started. Nose, half a length. On Probation fourth. Time, 3:23. First: £1 7s. Second: 9s. SPOTSWOOD TWO-YEAR-OLD HANDICAP. £65; 10f MOKORETA It G. Holmes 1; KIMBERLEY KID It J. S. Dalgety 2; KELWAY BAY It R. H. McMillan 3. Ten started. Head, half a length. El Tapado fourth. Time. 2:56. First: £1 14s. Second: Ils. AMBERLEY HANDICAP, £35; trotters; 2:20 class; 12f.— YOUNG MORRIS 36 T. A. Moore 1; MARTIN BRIGADE It F. Murfitt 2: KING’S CORD 84 J. H. Docherty 3. Ten started. Length, two lengths. Norwood Lass fourth. First: £1 14s. Second: Ils. THUNDER HANDICAP, £75; 2:20 class; 10f MORANT It B. Glidden 1; BACARDI It S. D. Edge 2: JOHN PEEL It R. Connolly 3. Thirteen started. Length, head. High Caste fourth. Time, 2:50 4-5. First: £2 4s. Second: 14s 6d. GOLD BAR FREE-FOR-ALL, £35; 2:19 class; 12f —JOHN It T. H. Gleeson 1; SONNY JIM It T. C. Nyhan 2; CANTABELLE It R. P. Nyhan 3. Thirteen started. Two lengths; head. AH Baba fourth. Time, 3:21 4-5. First: £2 0s 6d. Second: 13s 6d.