PACIFIC PUTS WARNERS IN PARADISE
BARRY WARNER AND HIS FAMILY WERE GIVEN WELCOME RESPITE FROM A SPELL OF BAD LUCK WITH INJURIES WHEN THEIR PARADISE PACIFIC GOT UP IN A DRAMATIC FINSH IN HEAT 3 OF THE MINNOESOTA YANK 1977 MAIDEN STAKES AT COVENTRY LAST NIGHT.
ENTERING THE FIRST BEND DETACHED AT THE BACK OF THE FIELD THE ENIGMATIC BLACK TRACKED WELL THROUGH TRAFFIC TO EMERGE IN THIRD PLACE AS THEY ENTERED THE BACK STRAIGHT. WITH FAVOURITE HOLDEM TIGHT IN THE LEAD THE LOCALS WERE IN FULL CRY BLISSFULLY UNAWARE OF PEPES (PACIFICS KENNELNAME) TERRIFIC PACE FROM THERE ON IN. HE RUSHED UP THE INSIDE TO ALMOST LEAD AT THE 3RD BUT WAS SHUT OUT AND LOST 2 OR 3 LENGTHS, BUT SHOWING GREAT TENACITY HE RENEWED HIS CHALLENGE IN THE HOME STRAIGHT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF INTERFERENCE TO PREVAIL BY THE SHORTEST OF MARGINS IN 29.67.
HE HAS DRAWN TRAP 3 IN THE DECIDER BUT HAS PLENTY TO FIND WITH CHRIS ALLSOPPS EXPRESS GIANT WHO LED TRAP TO LINE TO WIN IN 29.21. LINDA PRUHS BELLINTOR TOM WON THE OTHER HEAT IN 29.79.
