Alynda tries for fifth win on end

Press, 14 February 1986, Page 25

Alynda tries for fifth win on end

Special correspondent. Auckland

Mindful of Diamond Lover’s fate at Te Rapa on Tuesday betters at Matamata tomorrow might not be in such a great hurry to back Alynda. The Cambridge filly is pretty certain to be a clear favourite, nevertheless, in the Matamata Racing Club’s $65,000 Matamata Breeders’ Stakes. Alynda will be going for her fifth win in a row as was Diamond Lover when a beaten, even-money favourite at Te Rapa. Nicely placed by her ownertrainer, Alan Jones, Alynda has had no trouble winning her four races. If she takes this fifth race, against such other very smart youngsters as Miss Emma, Scotch ‘N’ Dry and Grumpy’s Choice, she will establish herself, very securely, as the best two-year-old filly this season. Victory in the style of her four already would almost certainly have Jones thinking very seriously of an autumn campaign in Australia with her.

Alynda, an Australian bred, is as yet untested. Jones has none in his stable able to go with her, and her wins, three times over 880 m and the last one over 1200 m, at Rotorua, have been accomplished effortlessly.

Alynda will need to go quickly then stay on strongly because Miss Emma, Scotch ‘N‘ Dry and Grumpy’s Choice all have plenty of pace and they have shown themselves to be stout finishers.

Grumpy’s Choice, also from Cambridge, trained by Roger Lang, has been a winner in two of her only four starts. Miss Emma, trained by Ken Thompson, at Rotorua, has managed three wins and three second placings from six attempts, and Scotch *N’ Dry, from the Adams and Wheeler stable, at New Plymouth, is unbeaten in three races, the first on her home course, the other two at Trentham. Miss Emma was to have run again, in the Evergreen Lodge Stakes at Trentham last month, but had to be withdrawn at the last minute after suffering a kick while in the birdcage. Missing the Trentham race might not have done Miss Emma any harm. A fortnight previously she made a big impression beating Kingston Lane and seven others in the Great Northern Foal Stakes.

The luck of the barrier draw went Miss Emma’s way. She will start from the very inside, Alynda

from No. 7 and Scotch ‘N’ Dry between the other two, at No. 5. It is right against Grumpy’s Choice that she drew the extreme outside. It would take a great performance in a field of this strength to win from there.

The Breeders’ Stakes was introduced by the Matamata Racing Club in 1969, the club’s jubilee year, with a modest prize of $2250. Thoroughbred breeders In the district have since joined in to bring the value to its present level. The increase in stakes all round has been remarkable. In 1969 the ninerace programme offered just $15,300 in prize money. For tomorrow the total is $150,000. The Logan Thoroughbred Insurance Plate, for the two-year-old colts and geldings, worth $25,000, the class 1 Castlemaine XXXX Handicap, of $12,000, and the Waikato Times Handicap, a sprint, of $lO,OOO, are other big attractions. All three races should be well fought but it will be surprising if Yenolom and Kingston Lane do not dispute the finish in the two-year-old race and Amloch and Trocane (Castlemaine XXXX) and Silver Tip (Waikato Times Handicap) do not also show up very well.

Selections

11.15: Mr Ex, Silver Jewel, Grand Slide. 11.50: Fantasy Legend, Tangabar, Impulsive

Lord. 12.25: Pheroz Hope, Michelle Leanne, Miss

Modest. 1.05: Imposeur, Honest Pleasure, Coup De

Jetbet: 2 Race 1 11.15 WESTERLEY FARM HIGHWEIGHT $6000; 2030m 1 6166 Grand Slide 15 . . . 67.5 2 1486 Country Kid 11 . . . . . R. Thompson 62.0 3 4412 Nakama 14 61.5 4 1728 Sansong 4 61.5 5 0533 Silver Jewel 3. . . . P. Venn 61.5 6 1200 Delvac 6 61.0 7 84 Demis 10 . . P. Membery61.0 8 3419 Flying Tai 8 . . . . T. Gillies 61.0 9 6421 Imajern 20 61.0 10 4461 Mr Ex 18 . . L. Cavanagh 61.0 11 1840 Pucanto 17 61.0 12 4100 Supa Seal 5 61.0

13 0064 Crestabol 1 . . . . 60.5 - 14 1700 Our Dizzy Heights 19 ... R. Elliott 60.5 ' 15 48 Count Your Silver 7 . . . . 60.0 16 0050 Kay Air 13 S. Douglas 60.0 17 7749 Star Billing 16 . . . . 60.0 18 0 Tapuae 2 . . . . 60.0 : 19 0400 Alpha Express 9 . . . . 60.0 : 20 9 Kway 12 . . . . 60.0 ; Emergencies: Alpha Express, Kway. ) Race 2 11.50 ) BLANFORD LODGE MAIDEN ) $6000; 1200m ) i 22 Fantasy Legend 1 . . . . 55.0 ) 2 25 Gold Lancer 17 . . . . 55.0 ) 3 22 Honeymoon Eve 20 . . L. O’Sullivan 55.0 ) 4 Tangabar 14 . . . . 55.0

5 0635 Ashbridge 10 55.0 6 43 Coin Operated 18 . . . 55.0 7 3 Flight to Glory 3 . . . . 55.0 8 903 Lady Crepello 16... . 55.0 9 3 Scott's Order 7 55.0 10 4 Alethia 12 55.0 11 40 Ecaterina 15 55.0 12 3674 I’m Pedro 6 55.0 13 4 Impulsive Lord 9. . . . 55.0 14 Lady Rachel 11 55.0 15 8745 Poteen 4 55.0 16 Retaliate 19 55.0 17 7659 Tradam 2 55.0 18 First City 8 55.0 19 000 Espion 13 55.0 20 Abdul 5 55.0 Emergencies: Tradam, First City, Espion, Abdul. Race 3 12.25 WAIKATO STUD PLATE $6000; 1200m 1 12 Pheroz Hope 6 55.0 2 3643 Sir Gareth 12 55.0 3 65 Kathleen Mary 1 . . . . 55.0 4 0145 Kaoru Lady 2 55.0 5 3231 Michelle Leanne 4 . . . 55.0 6 2321 Miss Modest 5 55.0 7 041 Racy Steacy 9 . . J. Collett 55.0 8 4547 Red Jay 10 55.0 9 4281 Tai Chardi 8 55.0 10 2641 Urania 3 55.0 110818 Lord Duvach 7 55.0 12 175 Red Tiger 11 . P. Johnson 55.0 Race 4 1.5 FIELDHOUSE STUD MAIDEN $6000; 1600m 1 2323 Imposeur 6 . . G. Grylls55.0 2 6324 Honest Pleasure 12 . . 55.0 3 0032 Coup De Grace 2 . . . 55.0 4 6452 Miss Meredith 19. . . . 55.0 5 8854 Battle March 3 55.0 6 2 Damsel Dark 15 .... 55.0 7 5245 Doc’s Dream 17 .... 55.0 8 4453 Gold Deposit 20 ... . 55.0 9 0934 High Palma 1 55.0 10 5330 Mr Somebody 5 . . . . 55.0 11 9826 Pierre 8 55.0 12 2694 Tai Magic 7 55.0 13 0030 Big Rum 14 55.0 14 Count Gold 10 55.0 15 030 Kala King 16 55.0 16 3380 Sharino 11 55.0 17 8937 Storm Hunter 13 ... . 55.0 18 0 Tatua Girl 9 55.0 19 0005 Tower Bridge 18 ... . 55.0 20 7507 Broker’s Fancy 4. . . . 55.0 Emergencies: Storm Hunter, Tatua Girl, Tower Bridge, Broker’s Fancy. Race 5 1.40 MATAMATA BAKERY HANDICAP $7000; 1400m 1 3633 Anteaus 2 .E. Harrison 57.0 2 2325 Love a Handle 9 . . . . 55.5 3 4315 Dixie Zephyr 4 . . J. Collett 54.5 4 7228 Hine Kata 5 53.5 5 8244 Rubber Ring 6 52.5 6 1531 Avon’s Gold 1 52.0 7 2214 Caiusa 8 52.0 8 1566 McAdam 3 52.0 9 1786 Antisimo 7 51.5 10 059 Saba Fox 11 51.5 11 0500 Shahzamani 10 51.0 Race 6 T 2.15 LOGAN THOROUGHBRED INSURANCE PLATE $25,000; 1200m 1 1111 Yenolom 5 56.0 2 1511 Jubilee Fair 8 55.0 3 4127 Kingston Lane 2 . . . . 53.5 4 Copper Hunter 7 . . . . 52.0 5 2821 Idyll Times 9 52.0 6 2 In Pursuit 10 L. O’Sullivan 52.0 7 236 Jimmy Te Cobai 3. . . 52.0 8 01 Law of the Jungle 6. . 52.0 9 3233 Precocious Lad 1. . . . .E. Harrison 52.0 10 4 Rapid March 4 52.0 11 5442 The Railman 11 52.0

Grace. 1.40: Avon’s Gold, Love A Handle, Cains. 2.15: Yenolom, Kingston Lane, Precocious Lad. Z56: Amloch, Trocane, Fort ChevaL 3.25: Alynda, Miss Emma, Scotch W Dry. 4.05: Silver Tip, Clear Gold, Retsina. 445: Four Ems, Banderol, Jumblelak. Race 7 D 2.50 CASTLEMAINE XXXX HANDICAP $12,000; 2030m 1 1030 Amloch 10 G . Cooksley 56.0 2 2410 Fort Cheval 9 G. Grylls55.5 3 0966 Pawky 13 E . Harrison 55.5 4 7951 Call Me Stumpy 11 . . . . 54.5 5 1007 Otakiri Maid 3 54.5 6 1345 Santanea 14 54.5 7 9554 Document 12 53.5 8 3127 Etilanya 4 S. Simon 54.0 9 8151 Black Visa 7 51.5 10 5267 Mighty Vain 1 51.5 11 9830 Our Janie 5 51.0 12 1860 Teseres 2 H. Mackinnon 51.0 51.0 14 3918 Upali 8 51.0 Race 8 T, TF 3.25 MATAMATA BREEDERS’ STAKES $65,000; 1200m 1 1111 Alynda 7 L. : Ballantyne 55.0 2 9832 Fun ’N Games 2 55.0 3 3211 Grumpy’s Choice 14. . .G. Cooksley55.0 4 33 Mango 8 55.0 5 2161 Midnight Lady 12 55.0 6 2221 Mias Emma 1 55.0 55.0 8 111 Scotch and Dry 5 55.0 9 4021 Shy Di 10 55.0 10 2414 Snowcaps 6 L. O’Sullivan 55.0 55.0 12 3533 Venetian Bay 3 55.0 13 3011 Ysatis 4 J. Collett 55.0 14 4742 Zephyr Zeven 13 55.0 Race 9 0 4.5 WAIKATO TIME HANDICAP $10,000; 1200m 1 2894 Clear Gold 1 57.0 2 0073 Ebony Belle 6 3 0114 Retsina 14 53.0 52.0 5 2113 Silver Tip 7 L. O’Sullivan 52.0 6 William Of Orange 10 . . . 52.0 7 7900 Mac’s Gamble 15 51.5 8 7102 Bold Edition 12 50.5 9 6331 Miss Shelley 4 D. Peake 50.5 10 6265 Bold Danielle 13 50.0 11 1621 Glen Show 8 50.0 12 8059 One Pound Foolish 9 . . . C. Costin 50.0 13 1170 Peg’s Girl 11 50.0 14 7844 Tango To 3 50.0 15 9802 Windermere 2 J. Collett 50.0 Race 10 T 4.35 WAHAROA HANDICAP $7000; 2030m 1 0200 Free Zone 13 57.0 2 2333 Four Ems 9 56.0 3 6326 Banderol 1 55.0 4 4767 Avon’s Glee 6 54.5 5 3080 Mirandell 5 ,N. Tiley54.5 6 2021 Shy Shari 8 L. O’Sullivan 53.5 7 5253 Mantor 11 53.0 8 0187 Royal Lad 14 . . .C. Otto 53.0 9 0100 Young Remus 2 53.0 10 2555 Aznaba 4 52.5 11 0332 Jumbielak 7 52.5 12 60 Town Princess 3 C. Costin 52.5 13 4000 Confidence 10. ...... . 51.5 14 8807 Avon’s Punch 12 51.0