Racing: Trimboles making mark

Harry Trimbole has been put aside for a spell after winning five races and $47,175 as a 3yr-old this season.

A member of the Abbotsford stable of Noel Graham, Harry Trimbole recorded his fourth win on end when he mastered 59kg over 2000m on a heavy track at Riccarton last Saturday.

"He is a bit special," Graham said.

"He will spell for two or three months and we could look at a race like the St Leger with him next season."

Graham races the gelded son of Danske and Greta's Way with his son Craig, Craig's wife, Tania and Nelson Didham. The owners bred Harry Trimbole.

Harry Trimbole had won the $18,000 race for 3 and 4yr-olds over 2147m at Riverton at his previous start.

Richard Trimbole, a brother to Harry Trimbole, won the 2yr-old race on the first day of the Riverton Easter meeting. Richard Trimbole has been turned out with Harry Trimbole.

Another brother, Mr Trimbole, a maiden winner this season, is engaged at the Wairio meeting at Ascot Park on Sunday.

The stablemates are by Danske and the first three foals of Greta's Way, a Wallenda-Shenton Way mare who won five races when trained by Graham.

Greta's Way is also the dam of a rising 2yr-old filly by Saperavi and she is in foal to Minstrel Court. Roi d'jeu has transferred to the Pukekohe stable of Craig Ritchie as a prelude to a Sydney campaign.

"He is in a 2400m race at Rosehill on Saturday week," Ritchie said.

Roi d'jeu has won five races this season, including the Te Aroha Cup (2200m) two starts back and the Summer Cup (2400m) at Trentham. The Montjeu gelding ran second to Indikator in the Rotorua Cup on Saturday and fourth in the New Zealand Cup.

Ritchie is shifting to Warwick Farm in July.

The Wairio Cup was confirmed for Sunday after the addition of five horses to the five in the original nominations. The additions were transferred from a rating 70 1800m race. The field for the open 2000m race is headed by Danz A Rook with 59kg. He won a rating 90 2147m by 13 lengths at Riverton on Sunday with 58kg, his third successive win.

Shankar Muniandy, who can claim 1kg, again has the mount. Lautenschlager, winner of the Great Western Hurdles on Sunday, is a rival for Danz A Rook.

Windwhistle, who won the 3yr-old race at Riccarton last Saturday, has been scratched from the meeting on his home track at Washdyke tomorrow.

"It is mainly because of the wide draw (20) and 59kg for a 3yr-old may be asking too much of him," Warwick Coles, his co-trainer, said.