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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
By Michael Guerin Trainer Cran Dalgety says there is no doubt New Zealand’s best pacer will be fitter at Alexandra Park tonight. The question is whether that will be enough for Republican Party to win the hottest race on one of northern harness racing’s biggest nights of the year? The meeting features seven black type races including arguably New Zealand’s most exciting pacer Jumal in the $200,000 NZBS Harness Million for three-year-olds while Tour Party will also start a red hot favourite in the $100,000 Breckon Farms Cardigan Bay Stakes. But the night’s other major races are so even draws, luck and tempo look set to decide the winners and remarkably Republican Party (R8, No.6) is one of those who could need things to go right after a slightly lacklustre seventh in the corresponding race last Friday. That 1700m dash was won by The Lazarus Effect after he trailed while bigger names Republican Party, Akuta and Merlin all settled back early and never got into the race, the early-campaign curse for punters. While there is no doubt Republican Party has been our best pacer for the last 18 months his defeat last Friday coupled with his wide draw tonight sees him rated a $4 chance, incredible for a horse who paid just $1.50 winning his second Auckland Cup on New Year’s Eve. “We are willing to forgive him for last Friday and we tried to be very honest with the public that could happen,” says Dalgety. “He was always going to be half a run short and the race shape was totally against him. “He will be fitter this time but again we don’t see him being forward early with so much speed inside him so he will be slightly vulnerable again.” Of those drawn inside Republican Party there is likely to be gate speed from We Walk By Faith (1), The Lazarus Effect (2) and Merlin (5), although trainer-driver Mark Purdon has indicated he will look to be conservative early on Akuta (3) so he can be more aggressive later. That raises the very real possibility Merlin could be at front at the 1600m mark and be the one to catch after his storming third last Friday. Dalgety also has Freeze Frame (R10, No.2) in against Jumal in tonight’s richest race and says being part of the quinella would suit him just fine. “We hate raising the white flag but I think Jumal will cross to the lead early and if we can get his back and finish second that might be okay,” he says. But the stable should claim the Cardigan Bay Stakes with Tour Party, Republican Party’s younger brother, who looks too advanced for his rivals, especially drawn inside the other two favourites. There is a very strong female flavour to the other black type races tonight with big-money pacing races for the two and three-year-old fillies as well as the older mares while greatly-improved trotting mare Belle Neige is favourite for the Lone Star Lyell Creek Trot. Belle Neige (R6, No.1) is in great form but both her stablemate Hillbilly Blues (4) and Oscar Bonavena (2) had excuses in defeat last Friday and either could trump her tonight, especially if Hillbilly Blues crosses to the lead. The draw in the juvenile fillies pace give Daisy Bay (R7, No.1) the advantage but with so little race form in the race it is hard to know whether she can stay in front and if Lady Di (7) gains any advantage over her in the early shuffle it will be hard to pull back. The $150,000 Harness Million for three-year-old fillies is an odd race in that some of the key contenders are going into one of the richest races of their lives fresh up which might make them vulnerable over 2200m. That presents punters with a great each way option in Queen Lizzy (R5, No.7) who has been honed in stronger races lately and if they go hard will out finish many of these. View the full article -
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Trainer Bob Baffert will leave some horses at Churchill Downs this spring rather than bringing all of his stable back to California, said the trainer when reached by phone Thursday afternoon. The story was first reported by Ron Flatter at Horse Racing Nation. Baffert stressed that he is not abandoning the West Coast. “I've always had a barn there before and I'm just splitting it up,” he said. “It's not like I'm deserting California. I have a lot of horses that have same conditions. I have more opportunities to run there than we do in California because the horse colony is a little low right now. So I need to run those horses.” Churchill's flagship spring-summer meet, featuring the Kentucky Derby, runs from Saturday, April 25 through Sunday, June 28. “I'm going to stay through,” Baffert said. “We used to stay through the meet years ago, but now I'm going to do it now because we need places to run. So I need horses here. I have so many horses in the same category. I can't run them. We just train, train. And so we'll split them up and then we'll mix it up, and so now I can run them. I can have them there and we can find more opportunities.” Baffert said that he is in the midst of getting the Churchill barn ready and putting together a team to run the Churchill stable. He declined to say exactly which horses would be going to Churchill, but noted, “I'm bringing all those good horses for Derby weekend, so there will be some nice horses there because if you go to Kentucky, you better bring the A team. You're not going to win there with the B team. It's tough.” Baffert also said that the timing of the meets played a factor. “California this time of year, there's a lull in our racing. And so there's just nothing really until Del Mar.” The post Baffert to Leave Horses at Churchill For The Summer After Derby Meet appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article -
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The New York Racing Association and Chester Racecourse March 19 announced a new partnership connecting the Boodles May Festival at Chester Racecourse with the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at Saratoga Race Course.View the full article -
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Robert and Jeanann McCoy's Epic Horses announced March 19 the appointment of Austin Winfrey as stable manager, effective March 3. View the full article
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