Sirex should take beating today

Press, 27 January 1986, Page 28

Sirex should take beating today

Special correspondent

Auckland

Sirex should be too good for his rivals in the Ellerslie Anniversary Cup, the first leg of the T.A.B. double at the Auckland Racing Club’s meeting today.

With 16 entries, among them Document, Lord Vegas and Trocane, an interesting race was in prospect, but Saturday's prolonged rain and its affect on the track has more than cut that number in half. Sirex notched his sixth win when he led all the

way in a 2200 m at Pukekohe last Saturday week.

That was a first-class effort on the testing course and Sirex would have to be in no better form to beat the six opposing him this time.

Sirex seems able to manage most types of footing and he has won a 2100 m on the new track where they race today.

Black Visa and Our Janie should give Sirex most opposition.

Diamond Lover will be a big attraction in the second leg, the Singapore

Sprint Handicap. She recently completed a most impressive hat trick of wins and for sheer pace would have few peers, perhaps, anywhere in New Zealand.

Bob Vance, her regular rider, cannot make the 50.5 kg she has today and the trainer, Colin Jillings, had not yesterday settled on a replacement

Rosman, third two starts back in the Flag Inns Trophy, and Peg’s Girl look the next best after Diamond Lover.

Selections

12.65: Sea Harrier, Manter, Lady Shantung. 12.46: Reasonably Swish, Plkorie, Royal Acclaim. 1.15: Golden Impala, Great Chevalier, Tunaeke. 1.45: Johnny Calico, False Effex, Jean Gordon. 2.29: Banderol, Misty Topaz, Regal Advocate. 2£5: Princess Carbine, Blue Kingdom, McAdam. 3.36: Sirex, Black Visa, Our Janie. 4.05: Diamond Lover, Rosman, Peg’s Gil. 4.35: Impressario, Hardcastle, Myzika.

Race 1 JBTB1T: 2 12.5 TOKYO HIGHWEIGHT $5500; 2100m 1 3644 Sea Harrier 4 ... . 63.5 2 2552 Manter 7 63.0 3 708 Barak 1 K. Rae 61.5 4 6640 Lady Shantung 6. . . . . R. Cassidy 61.5 5 7815 Purple Reign 10 . . P. Tims 61.5 6 0405 Silver Jewel 5. . . . P. Venn 61.5 7 0887 Royal Scot 8 . . . . 61.0 8 0866 Lovela 9 60.5 9 407 Master At Arms 3 . . . R. Thompson 60.5 10 007 Aygrade 2 60.0 Race 2 12.40 ROMA HANDICAP $5500; two-year-olds; 1200m 1 3985 Noble Red 4 . . . . G. Grylls55.5 2 3513 Reasonably Swish 3 . . . P. Johnson 55.5 3 7458 Pika’s Eye 9 54.0 4 4354 Pikorrie 2 53.5 5 5 Montpellier 5 . . . . P Tims 53.0 6 Podgoran 6 53.0 7 Pont Neuf 11 ... . . . . G. Stewart 53.0 8 Royal Acclaim 1 . . . . .G. Cooksley53.0 10 90 Fame *n’ Glory 8. . . D. Southworth 52.5 11 0 Law of the Jungle 7. 52,5 12 0 Split Decision 12. . 52.5 Scratched: Waiti Blues. Race 3 1.15 AOTEAROA HANDICAP $6500; 1575m 1 6731 Quibble 4 . . .A. Tweedie57.0 2 8041 Great Chevalier 2 . . . . D. Hughes 54.5 3 2311 Golden Impala 3 . . . . L. O'Sullivan 54.0 4 2107 Ivomec 3 52.5 5 6524 Halle of Holly 1. . . J. Hayes 52.0 6 3195 Tunaeke 7 52.0 7 000 Super Shan 6. . . . . . . . G. Grylls5L0 Race 4 T 1.45 PACIFIC MAIDEN $4000; 1575m 1 003 Big Rum 11 55.0 2 0483 Brave Mayo 10 . . . . . .G. Cooksley 55.0 3 3003 Johnny Calico 3 . . . . . . C. Costin 55.0 4 72 Rebel Ruler 7... . 55.0 5 60 Cadalis 17 55.0 6 685 El Bandito 2 55.0 7 756 Falce Effex 15. . . . 55.0 8 5 Jean Gordon 4 . . . . ... G. Childs 55.0 9 49 Langcliffe 5 . . . P. Johnson 55.0 10 49 Sable 12 55.0 11 040 Satin Bolt 14 , . . . J. Collett 55.0 12 Skim the Turf 6 . . . 55.0 13 60 Amphidius 1 . P. Tims 55.0 14 7 Count Shari 13... . 55.0 15 8598 Free Tide 18 . . . .T. Archer55.0 16 7000 Bella Nova 16 55.0 17 00 Lotus Lord 8 55.0 18 000 Tristram’s Lass 9. . . 55.0 Emergencies: Free Tide, Bella Nova, Lotus Lord, Tristram’s Lass. Race 5 T 2.20 PARIS HANDICAP $6000; 2000m 1 4108 Cinnamon Queen 1. 56.5 2 5381 Horatio 7 . . . A. Tweedie 55.5 3 2463 Banderol 5 . . L. O’Sullivan 54.5 4 0906 Weather Vane 6 . . 54.5 5 7920 Four of Clubs 9 . . . . ... C. Costin 54.0 6 101 Misty Topaz 4 54.0 7 5487 Regal Advocate 11. . ... G. Childs 54.0 8 4008 Victoria Cross 10. . . 53.5 9 0973 Sovereign's Crest 2 . . R. Caddigan53.0 10 0032 Just Fancy 9 . . . D. Morris 52.5 11 5962 Announce 12 52.0 12 3601 Not Milly 3 . . .D. Healey 53.0

Race 6 T 2.55 EDINBURGH HANDICAP $6000; 1300m 1 0162 Blue Kingdom 4 . . . . . P. Johnson 56 2 6431 Dixie Zephyr 7 . . J. Collett 56.0 3 3586 Aden Connection 5 . . -E. Harrison 55.0 4 832 Decree Nisi 3 55.0 5 3222 Princess Carbine 1. . . . . R. Vance 55.0 6 7 Hine Kata 8 . ,T. Archer 53.5 7 1824 Rubber Ring 9 L. O’Sullivan 53.5 8 3156 McAdam 11 . . G. Childs 53.0 9 2853 Taimoor 12 ,G. Cooksley53.0 10 976 Shari Ruler 10 52.5 11 080 Lady’s Trophy 2 . . . . 52.0 12 0108 El Babaco 6 50.0 Race 7 D 3.30 ELLERSLIE ANNIVERSARY CUP $8000; 2100m 1 0421 Sirex 2 . D. Hughes 54.0 2 6732 Danosa 6 53.5 3 0961 Grand Slide 7 . . . P. Tims 53.0 4 815 Black Vlaa 5 .G. Cooksley52.5 5 0533 Hurricane Hlggina 4 . . .E. Harrison 52.5 6 3474 Lu 1 52.5 7 98 Our Janie 3 . . G. Grylls52.5 Race 8 D, TF 4.5 SINGAPORE SPRINT $15,000; 1300m 1 Andaman 6 L. O’Sullivan 54.0 2 0238 Roeman 1 . . G. Grylls53.5 3 1028 Eridick 3 53.0 4 4273 Sue! Boar 5 52.0 5 7319 Chuckka Khan 7 . . . . 51.5 6 6710 Boid Edition 8 . . D. Peake 51.0 7 0606 (tea Rlppa 4 51.0 8 5111 Diamond Lover 9. . . . 50.5 9 1170 Peg’e Girl 2 50.5 Race 9 4.35 CANBERRA HANDICAP $5500; 1400m 1 2211 Impresario 2 . . R. Vance 57.0 2 5606 Elegant Air 12 54.5 3 7137 Some Reason 10 ... . . . J. Collett 54.5 4 4674 Hardcastle 7 54.0 5 4710 Karen Louise 13 ... . 54.0 6 0341 Myzika 18 . . . M. Fry 54.0 7 0000 Astrolight 4 .G. Cooksley53.5 8 5600 Azasilver 15 . D. Johnson 53.5 10 86 Eminent Lady 5 . . C. Costin 53.5 11 958 Gratiano 3 L. O’Sullivan 53.5 12 0040 Palm Joy 14 . . . P. Tims 53.5 13 1 Won't Dance 8 . . . . 53.0 14 2998 Mystere 6 53.0 15 007 Baytona 1 . . S. Simon 52.5 16 73 My Leilani 17 52.5 17 0506 Mlada 11 52.5 18 0 Rich Note 9 52.5 Emergencies: My Leilani, Mlada, Rich Note. Scratched: Dijuda.