Lasa joins winners in Canterbury Plains Challenge

Lasa has clinched a place in the $40,000 Canterbury Plains Challenge Final with his hard fought win in the seventh heat at Addington on Wednesday night.

Trained by Cran and Chrissie Dalgety, and driven by son Carter, Lasa looked to have the race in safe keeping though it was a close run thing in the end, with Hugo finishing on well into second, just a head from the winner.

A $2 favourite, Lasa was the seventh individual winner this series, joining  Heaven Forbid, Jukebox Gypsy, Sweet Dreams, Stubing, Always Bee Gee and Belmont Valor.

All heat winners qualify for the $40,000 Final at Addington on May 15 as long as they have had at least two race starts within the qualification period (April 8 - May 10).

Lasa qualifies as he had previously had a third and fourth in other heats.

The series, for 5YO and Older Pacers (Rated 35), has three heats remaining.  

They are at : 

Rangiora (Sunday) May 3
Addington (Wednesday) May 6 
Ashburton (Sunday) May 10 

The Canterbury Plains Challenge Points table : 

Winners : 

Always Bee Gee
Belmont Valor
Heaven Forbid
Jukebox Gypsy
Lasa
Stubing
Sweet Dreams 
 
Points table : 

Radioactive Jaffa  15
Enya Franco       11
Cheeky Red       11
Breeny's Conqueror  9
Buddy Reign        9
Motor Mouth        9
Sidorova        9
Sweet Willow        8
Hugo                8
Betterwithbling     8
Carrera Kahu        8
Hes Santas Excuse   7
Bautista        7
Interrorgator        6
Putere Boy        4
Bronski         4
Ramblin Rover        2
Lorton Vale        2
Franco Chaplin        2
Trendy Van Gogh        2
The Highlander        2
Artmore                1
Courage Reactor        1
Evidently        1
Fear Gogh        1
Harry Belafonte        1
Lord Mudrick        1
Melton Enforcer        1
Moose Morowski        1
My Ten Guitars        1
Rockin Roman        1
Santanna Mach        1
Sans Repos        1

The final will be limited to 14 horses.