Trentham form should pay off at Riccarton today

Press, 6 February 1986, Page 20

Trentham form should pay off at Riccarton today

By

J. J. BOYLE

January Trentham form is the form to respect when the competition gets weaker for February racing at Riccarton. A change to that welldefined pattern seems unlikely on the second day of the Canterbury Jockey Club’s meeting today. Noble Note and Satiny’s Pride, rival candidates for the Jim Beam Handicap, did enough at the Wellington Cup carnival to suggest they could quinella the second leg of today’s T.A.B. double. Earlier in the afternoon The Thief, a winner at her only appearance at Trentham last month, should safely account for the others in the Noah’s Handicap. Satiny’s Pride was a close second and Noble Note a battling third behind Harbor Flo over 1400 m on the second day

of the Trentham carnival. Noble Note put gloss on that form by running a somewhat unlucky second in the rich Jarden Mile five days later. Noble Note is top weight with 58kg and has to give Satiny’s Pride 6.5 kg in today’s sprint. The handy size of the field will ease the task of Noble Note, which has to be held up for a comparatively short run. But Satiny’s Pride’s rider, Chris Johnson, who is having a highly rewarding season, must have high hopes of improving an impressive strike rate in legs of T.A.B. doubles. Johnson’s hopeful for the Steinlager Handicap, first leg of today’s T.A.B. double, is Blyme.

There are others with stronger form credentials, but the “market” has a confused look about it

while there are doubts about a start for the Wingatui four-year-old, Bi Noble. Bi Noble was brought to Riccarton from Wingatui yesterday, but his trainer Hector T. Anderton, advised the Canterbury Jockey Club he would not decide about a start until he knew how Prince Majestic’s promising younger brother travelled. Bi Noble’s racing future will be as a member of Ray Verner’s Takanini team, and the high promise he has shown so far makes his departure from the South Island scene regrettable, if understandable. If Bi Noble does not go into today’s race, those at the head of the short list of fancies will probably be Royal Sceptre, Ten Winks, Blovinski, and All Trebles.

Race 7 D, TF 4.15 STEINLAGER HANDICAP $12,000; 2000 m 1 4966 Noble Boa 8. ....... L. Didhams7.o Won this race last year, latest run was over this distance at Gore. 2 4079 Miles Better 9 T. Matthews 56.0 Struggling to regain best form of earlier seasons. 3 7461 Royal Adder 7 A. Brown 56.0 Decisive winner Greymouth Cup last start. This harder. 4 2526 Bi Noble 5 55.0 Rocky run in only start at Trentham. Runner-up in Invercargill Cup at previous start. 5 3533 Kade 3 R. Montgomery 55.0 Lengthened list of minor placings with third at Gore last week. 6 2213 Royal Sceptre 11 R. Bruce 55.0 Won Waikouaiti Cup two starts back, then third in Invercargill Cup. Consistency respected. 7 7402 Ten Winks 4 W. Satherley 55.0 Improved sound record on this course with second to Canterbury Belle last Saturday. 8 1312 Blovinski 1 G. Davison 54.5 Successful performer on West Coast circuit last month, wins including Reefton Cup. 9 2359 Frontline 10 . . W. Foote 54.5 Veteran and a failure at Greymouth last time. 10 2412 All Trebles 12 J. Woledges4.o Beat Random Chance and others in first of two starts at Vincent meeting.

Jetbet: 5 Race 1 12.45 TEACHERS WHISKEY HANDICAP $4000; 1800m 1 8942 Cappiemore 4 . . B. Pelling69.0 2 8343 Country Manners 3. . . . . A. Cowan 65.0 3 0116 The Maltese Cat 9. . . . C. Johnson 61.5 4 7076 Dash O’Dublin 5 . . . . . P. Thomas 60.5 5 3046 Palikari 1 60.0 6 2748 Pantlass 8 . . .S. Smith 59.5 7 7608 El Rana 2 59.0 8 5605 Fair Reason 7 59.0 9 0564 Georgina Girl 10 . . R. Montgomery 59.0 10 5370 Gregory Shane 6. . . . . D. Wadley 59.0 Race 2 1.20 MEYFOR BRANDY MAIDEN $3750; 1600m 1 0978 Blue Corvette 15 ... . . . G. Foote 55.0 2 Corrie Doon 5 . G. Davison 55.0 3 0942 Dashing Fox 2 W. Satherley 55.0 4 0670 Double Time 4 . . .P. Van Wanrooy 55.0 5 65 Eye Full 6 55.0 6 67 Falcon Prince 19... . . L. Didham55.0 7 0955 Irish Castle 9. . . .P. Van Wanrooy 55.0 8 62 Lady Forteena 13. . . . 55.0 9 7033 Lucky 14 M. Thornley 55.0 10 435 Main Course 12 55.0 11 060 Marwitzer 3 W. Satherley 55.0 12 08 Midnight Boy 8 55.0 13 0093 Mr Big 20 . . R. Bruce 55.0 14 80 My Names Good 10 . . . C. O’Brien 55.0 15 057 Profile Lady 11 T. Matthews 55.0 16 5404 Sweet Afton 16 . . B. Pelting 55.0 17 Thriller 21 J. Oakeshott 55.0 18 0924 Waitaki Lass 7 ... . P. Atkinson 55.0 19 4854 Windvale Harbour 17 . . . G. Taylor 55.0 20 7303 Young Wadi 1 . C. Johnson 55.0 21 06 Zale 18 . . A. Brown 55.0 Emergencies: Blue Corvette, Main Course, Eye Full. Race 3 1.55 CORUBA RUM HANDICAP $5000; 1200m 18132 Remus’es Flight 6 . . . . C. Johnson 57.0 2 2113 Morris Man 13 . G. Davison 56.5 3 0 Our Hope 3 . D. Wadley 55.0 4 1212 Palastone 4 . .B. PelIing55.0 6 6035 Kubiak 12 .P. Atkinson 54.5 7 0220 Mary Frances 8 J. Oakeshott 54.0 8 1361 Tuahiwi Girl 9. . . . R. Montgomery 54.0 9 8084 Vendee 7 T. Matthews 54.0 10 7631 Eureka Lad 14 . . . L. Cook 53.5 11 0516 Sarahanna 1. ..... . . . R. Bruce 53.5 12 2 Coming Home 11. . . . W. Satherley 53.0 13 00 Crikey Dick 5 . . G. Taylor 53.0 14 8858 Our Zena 2 . .P. Falvey53.0 Scratched: Blazing Bernie. Race 4 2.30 COOKS MCWILLIAMS MARQUE VUE HANDICAP $4500; 1600m 18217 Keen Pell 13 . . G. Foote 57.0 2 0190 Claudio 2 . . K. Crowe 56.0 4 58 Jack’s Lad 9 . .Z. Mathie 55.5 5 7700 Natep 3 . . . L. Cook 55.5 6 3855 Yum 10 . J. Woledge 55.5

7 1042 Dreams Come True 8 . W. Satherley 55.0 8 702 Seaflex 4 . . P. Faivey 55.0 9 325 Poiacca 1 . . G. Taylor 54.5 10 0004 Rovan Lady 7 . . A. Brown 54.5 11 4450 Totara Million 11... . J. Oakeshott 54.5 12 230 Ex Jay Six 12 .S. Davidson 54.0 13 3027 Telstar 6 54.0 Scratched: Native One. Race 5 3.5 MEADOW MUSHROOMS HANDICAP $6500: three-year-olds; 1600m 1 3466 Willowvale 3 W. Satherley 57.0 2 3715 Snowdrift 9 55.5 3 4320 Mr Magoo 1 . G. Davison 55.5 4 3220 Aussie Bound 5 T. Matthews 51.0 5 65 Eye Full 6 .P. Atkinson 51.0 6 435 Main Course 2 . C. Johnson 51.0 7 7406 Red Chevalier 8 . . . . J. Oakeshott 51.0 8 8579 Schwepplng 4 . . W. Foote 51.0 9 Silver Tussock 7.... . . R. Bruce 51.0 Race 6 3.40 NOAH’S HOTEL HANDICAP $5000; 2000m 2 3568 Able Tim 8 . L. Didham56.5 3 1531 The Thief 2 . G. Davison 56.5 4 0324 Travanti 5 . . B. Pelling56.0 5 6312 Been Burgled 4 . C. Johnson 55.0 61027 Adios Lad 1 T. Matthews 55.0 7 1460 Another Look 3 J. Oakeshott 53.5 8 0649 Ann Bell 7 . .P. Faivey 53.0 Scratched: Firetint.