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By scooby3051 · Posted
No you never mentioned this race...it was the Group1 you mentioned...another porky.😂 -
By scooby3051 · Posted
You were wrong...decent pace throughout...not so in some other races, but you were wrong here. -
By Canterbury Man · Posted
Yep. Yet I was called negative for suggesting it would happen. Stack-em and sprint. I do think though at Ellerslie that pattern is more prevalent because the track surface and the last bend dictate that is the best option. -
By scooby3051 · Posted
George Simon I had an interesting discussion walking off Ellerslie racecourse last Saturday. Making my way to the car park after calling the last race on an exciting day of racing, I was greeted by an obvious racing enthusiast. Normally, I'd mention him by name about now, but to the best of my admittedly fading memory, I hadn't met him before. Yet, after speaking to him for just a few minutes, I knew, he knew what he was talking about. We chatted about the obvious highlights on the day. "Gee, El Vencedor was good again today," said my friend. “Yep, he is flying at the minute,“ I said. "Penman and Sethito did their NZB Kiwi chances no harm," my good friend added. "Both of them are going to be competitive after those efforts today,” I concurred. Discussion then centred on the Avondale Guineas and with it, the inevitable left field observation, which I sensed was coming. “I’m getting sick and tired of hearing you say in a race that they’ve slammed on the brakes again,” said my longtime friend. I wasn't sure if my buddy was having a personal crack at my race calling and my quizzical reaction probably told him so. Transpires he wasn't, as he proceeded to explain. Essentially, my pal's gripe was with the way some races have been run recently, particularly at Ellerslie. The Avondale Guineas was a classic example. They jumped....they walked...they walked some more...and then they sprinted home. Horses were over racing with the lack of pace, especially odds on favourite Willydoit. If you were one of the multitude of punters who thought Willy would do it, and easily, it was a nightmare. Like watching your favourite pub burn down and not a fire engine in sight. My good mate declared the lack of pace in some races was becoming a blight on NZ racing. And I agree with him. Unfortunately, I'd reached my car park and old mate bid farewell and headed off into the sunset so I couldn't get his thoughts on this issue. However, it's got me thinking something needs to be done to address the, at times, farcical lack of pace in our races. There's an inherent danger to horse and rider when the race tempo eases to basically a hand canter. Next time you're watching a race, and the tempo slows alarmingly, look at the horse and rider, usually three or four back on the rails, desperately trying not to clip heels and over racing fiercely. I can think of better places to be. Personally, I believe the Stipendiary Stewards have to take action before it's too late. They need to fine or suspend the culprits. If they don’t, someone is going to get hurt. Old mate and I told you so. -
Amazing assessment, bloke. Perhaps you should call Chippie the big Cover. So much of his inept mob escaped him lol
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He was hardly alone Pam. Trainers were openly saying the day was preparation for bigger targets to come. Just do enough but not a gut buster.
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Bayley is a Dick Head. Firstly, he calls a hard-working employee at a vineyard "A Loser" for no apparent reason and then he has got into a heated confrontation with a colleague and used physical force. He aplogises and then carries on as if he is the victim. Luxcon should have sacked him after he called the worker "a Loser"
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I have never seen horses go as slow as that apart from a Steeplechase .
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By scooby3051 · Posted
The horse to me looked like it was nearly over the top on Saturday...lets see how it fronts up in two weeks...I may be wrong but I dont think it will be winning...but thats just what I personally think. -
By scooby3051 · Posted
Cambridge Stud Filly Heading to the Big Dance Cambridge Stud’s Brendan and Jo Lindsay have announced that First Dance (NZ) will carry their silks in next week’s inaugural running of the $3.5 million NZB Kiwi (1500m) at Ellerslie on Barfoot & Thompson Champions Day. The couple secured the last remaining slot at last year’s auction with a view of having their own runner in the Southern Hemisphere’s richest three-year-old race, and they have done just that with Monday’s selection. A daughter of Zousain, First Dance was bred by Whakanui Stud and was offered through Haunui Farm’s 2023 New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sales Series Book 1 draft, where she was purchased by Cambridge Stud for $280,000. Ellerslie has been a happy hunting ground for First Dance, winning her maiden on the track in October over 1200m for the Lindsay’s private trainer Lance Noble, and she was also runner-up over 1400m last month behind fellow NZB Kiwi contender and subsequent TAB Karaka Millions 3YO (1600m) and Listed Trevor Corallie Eagle Uncle Remus Stakes (1400m) placegetter Dealt With. “Henry Plumptre (Cambridge Stud Chief Executive) selected her, and she was a lovely type,” Noble said. “She has taken a little bit of time. In the spring, we earmarked her as a potential candidate (for the NZB Kiwi) and after her maiden win we put her aside to miss Christmas racing. “To get her there (NZB Kiwi), we couldn’t have kept racing her over summer, she would be tired by now. You have a plan and you work backwards from it, and it has worked out nicely. “She has been very consistent and her run against Dealt With gave us a good line, especially when he came out and ran so well in his next start in the TAB Karaka Millions 3YO over a mile.” Noble is looking forward to being a part of the inaugural running of the NZB Kiwi and is proud to be representing his employers in the Ellerslie showpiece. “We are really excited to have one of our horses from the farm make the race,” he said. “Being big breeders, they (Lindsays) don’t buy that many horses, but they have a few. I am really thrilled for the staff at the farm and the whole operation. It is great to have one (NZB Kiwi runner) in Brendan and Jo’s colours and from my stable. “It (NZB Kiwi) is a great concept and to be a part of something for the first time is fantastic. I think every trainer was trying to have a horse good enough to get in and to have a runner is great, so I am very excited.” Meanwhile, Noble is looking forward to heading to Barfoot & Thompson Champions Day with another strong chance, with About Time set to contest the Group 1 Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Cup (3200m). The four-year-old daughter of American Pharoah had won four consecutive races before finishing runner-up behind Blue Sky At Night in last Saturday’s Group 3 Eagle Technology Avondale Cup (2400m) at Ellerslie. Noble was pleased with the performance and is hoping they can turn the tables on their rival next week. “It was a top run and we were beaten by one better on the day,” he said. “All being well, and she seems fine, we will go back and have a rematch in the Auckland Cup.” – LOVERACING.NZ News Desk -
A nice win in the G1 inHongKong last night on Voyage Bubble. That helps a bit. 👏👏👏
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It raises an interesting question. If a jockey is instructed to sit back and let a horse run on late should he follow those instructions exactly, or does he have an obligation to the punters to make an early move because the pace is so slow that winning from a long way back is going to be almost impossible? Even George Simon said on the home turn "If Willy's going to do it he'll have to be Phar Lap" because of the start he had given them.
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By We're Doomed · Posted
$1.40 I think, so there were obviously a lot of punters who didn't realise that. Stipes response after the derby will be interesting, if he wins. -
By Pam Robson · Posted
...and we wonder why punters are less and less enthusiastic about Nz racing -
By Harry Newshound · Posted
Alexander Helios bobbed at the wire to hold off Banishing, earning his first graded stakes victory in the Razorback Handicap and improving to 2-1-0 since reuniting with trainer Saffie Joseph Jr.View the full article -
By Harry Newshound · Posted
Triumphing for a third time on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, Coal Battle proved he's more than just a feel-good story in the $1.25 million Rebel Stakes (G2) at Oaklawn Park Feb. 23.View the full article
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