R 4 today at the well shaded and picturesque  Tauherenikau Race track was won by the 3 year old filly  Bold Choice. A good effort by Ferrando 's daughter giving that sire his 4th individual winner. It was Team Rogersons 5th winner for this season with a SR of 14.2. Bold Choice not a NZ Oaks nominee.

Not just his hat mate. He has a habit of doing the old " I did this, and I did that" .. audience not the slightest bit interested in what he did or what he does. Also bad habit of sucking his saliva when he gets excited.  I have to wonder where they get them from sometimes  ??

Yep understand, and times change. Just saying if I had a Grey Way in Race 1 then I wouldn't be overjoyed. I can see that it would be difficult to try and ensure the track is at Good for the first few races.

Prince Rahim al-Hussaini, a son of the Aga Khan IV, was named as his successor on Wednesday, inheriting the role of spiritual leader of millions of Ismaili Muslims around the world.   He will take over a vast portfolio. The family and Ismaili institutions are stunningly wealthy: Estimates of the fortune have ranged from $1 billion to $13 billion, with holdings ranging from airlines to real estate to newspapers. The late Aga Khan rubbed elbows with royalty, owned racehorses and flew on private jets, and was widely admired for building institutions and doing philanthropic work, particularly in Asia and Africa, that made a point of benefiting people far outside the ranks of his own sect.

I thought it was worth noting the death of the Aga Khan overnight at the age of 88. His green silks were a staple of British, French and Irish racing for decades. Champions like SHERGAR, DAYLAMI, SEE THE STARS and ZARKAVA, among many others, carried his colours and he built up an enormous bloodstock operation in France and Ireland including the Gilltown Stud, from which SHERGAR was abducted. I’ve no clue as to what will happen to the vast racing empire now he has passed.

Dont get too carried away Pete😊r Scone approaching so we can get some serious info from Ozzie presenters

Dont worry about him Pete he never has anything good to say.

Just a bit of lighthearted stuff mate.

Yes you are right, it was Auditor who was trained at Hawera not Kings Romance. And hadn't noticed the BCD Sprint thread, would have saved me a lot of time if I had. doh lol

C2 Racing Stable, co-owner of Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes (G1) hero White Abarrio, has announced that their stable star will not pursue a return bid in the $20 million Saudi Cup (G1) Feb. 22. View the full article

KR was trained by Malcolm Smith at New Plymouth , check the BCD sprint thread , Rdytdy has posted last 50 years winners . An amazing list of great racehorses .

Imagine someone’s hat making you that aggravated you rush to an online forum to post about it. Have a great Waitangi Day champ!

Kings Romance won the Waikato Sprint in 1974 (was it called the Thibenzole Sprint then?) The Waikato Sprint was dominated by Taranaki trained horses in the 70's and 80's. After Kings Romance trained at Hawera, came Auditor, Copper Belt, Coobers Queen (first horse I ever patted), Pinson, Abit Leica, Super Tai, Courier Bay twice and Poetic Prince. In the 90's came Mr Tiz, Veandercross, Western Rd, Snap, Allegro and Avedon. Sunline won in 2001 and 2002, and then followed Tit For Taat, Darci Brahma, Seachange, Mufasa on 2009 and 2011, Tavistock. Xtravagent in 2016 was probably my favourite. Melody Belle, Te Akau and Avantage in successive years and Levante and Imperitrize.  Some great names here and great memories.

Yep. 

Slow news day ??? 😝

The hat was about 2 sizes too large and went right down over his ears. Just looked ridiculous. He even made Bevan look good.

Agree 100%. The more I hear and see of him the more irritated I get. Mute button material.  

Sorry but cant stand the guy...just so full of his own importance and rambles on for the sake of it...Not a patch on his predecessor sorry.

Both are different people and much is available online to read about his past and present links. Use places and timelines to read his Index and footsteps.

This should be our "Champions Day". The third leg of the sprinters Triple Crown after the Railway on Jan 1 and the Telegraph three weeks later. The NZB Kiwi at 1600m or 2000m so there's a chance for horses to go Kiwi into Derby. The Herbie Dyke as the third leg of a Classic Triple Crown after the Zabeel on Boxing Day and Otaki-Maori WFA Classic at Trentham three weeks later. The 3200m Auckland Cup moved back to New Years' Day with the New Zealand Stakes changed to 2400m on Derby day (so you have the 3yos at 2400m in the Derby and the older horses at 2400m on the same day). You could even have the races in the Classic Triple Crown increase in distance (2000m Zabeel, 2100m Otaki, 2200m Herbie Dyke) as a better lead-in to the 2400m NZ Stakes. Not sure what you do with the Waikato Guineas in this scenario. I'd scrap the Kiwi, or make it a 2400m older horses race on Derby day alongside a race (NZ Stakes? You probably don't want a Gr. 1 up against the Kiwi, though we have the Derby up against the Kiwi currently so who knows?) at 2000m+ for non-Kiwi-eligible horses and backups in case of scratchings from the Kiwi (like The Everest has the Sydney Stakes, or the Kiwi has the Windsor Park Trophy). The old City of Auckland Cup/Queen Elizabeth that's run on NYD instead of the Auckland Cup currently? You could extend the Triple Crowns into Quadruple Crowns and include the South Island by juicing a couple of races at Riccarton. Give the Stewards and Spring Classic Gr. 1 prizemoney on the final day of Cup week.