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Don't be fucking insulting. He has NEVER had gate speed. Where it came from we have no idea. Do you think I enjoy watching him flat as a tack out the back and running home honestly but from too far away? One of his owners was buried today. If you gave any thoughts about that, the wee guy might have had a bit of help. -
June 30 is the date new system starts but what changes are they proposing? I've noted another anomaly at Ascot Park, 2 rating 59s racing rating 48s, by rights one of them should win but the rating 59 will then revert to a class it was struggling in in the first place which seems a bit weird to me, an 11 points rating difference in a race is a big spread, just my thoughts.might be different if they were on 20 or 30 m but in a FFA,? We've discussed many anomalies in the handicapping system, seems there are no easy fixes. -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Hollie Wynyard has consistently matched up with the country’s best in her first solo season of training and she’ll chase a deserved stakes success when her talented youngsters contest Saturday’s Listed SkyCity Champagne Stakes (1600m) at Ellerslie. Prior to the current racing season, Wynyard trained for almost a decade in partnership with Johno Benner, winning a pair of Group Ones and a Karaka Million three-year-old crown in the process. When Benner decided to step back from training, Cambridge-based Wynyard took over the reins in full capacity and has since produced five stakes performers – Archaic Smile, Sierra Leone (NZ) (Sun City), Full Force, This Time Girl (NZ) (Contributer) and Toretto (NZ) (Ardrossan). Toretto is one of two runners she will present in Saturday’s juvenile feature, coming off an impressive effort to finish third in the Listed Waikato Equine Veterinary Centre Stakes (1400m), run a fortnight ago at Te Rapa. “It was a really good run, it was nice to see him back with a bit of confidence and attacking the line because he’s obviously shown a bit of ability,” Wynyard said. “He’s always a horse that gets back a little bit so to see him get home as strongly as he did, that fills us with a lot of confidence that he will run out the mile.” Not far away from the son of Ardrossan at Te Rapa was Wyndstorm (NZ) (Wyndspelle), his big-striding stablemate who ran home boldly into fourth, despite an unfavourable draw putting him out of his usual pattern. “He was good too, it was only his third start and he’s still the big baby of the group,” Wynyard said. “He’s still learning, when he gets in behind horses he’s still doing a couple of things wrong. “I think he’s a horse that will be better jumping out and putting himself there, but he drew 14 at Te Rapa so we had to go back and he had to make his run in between horses. He’s going to take a lot from that. “In a smaller field and with the gate speed he’s got, I think he’ll be a bit handier on Saturday, which should suit him more.” It will very much be a case of friends becoming rivals on Saturday, with Wynyard indicating the pair scarcely leave each other’s side in the stable. “They work together every day, they pace work together, gallop together and live next to each other,” Wynyard said. “They’ve done the exact same in between times.” Regardless of Saturday’s result, Wynyard is rapt with how her team has come together throughout the busy season and gives plenty of credit to her partner, jockey Ryan Elliot. “I’ve been very lucky, I’ve got great owners around me and great staff,” she said. “I’m so blessed to have Ryan to ride work with me every day and ride the horses on raceday as well, it’s a huge help. “You can’t make a slow horse fast, so for those ones that are up there, you just do your best by them and hope they can go out there and produce their best on raceday. “Hopefully I can keep repaying the owners for supporting me with very nice horses.” View the full article -
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The Paul Nelson and Corrina McDougal-trained pair of The Cossack (NZ) (Mastercraftsman) and Suliman (NZ) (Redwood) will make their much-anticipated return to racing in the John Turkington Forestry/Waipine Logging Bulls Country Cup (2200m) at Trentham on Saturday. The Cossack has been off the scene since injuring a suspensory ligament when preparing to clash with archrival West Coast (NZ) (Mettre En Jeu) in last year’s Grand National Steeplechase (5600m) at Riccarton. The 11-year-old gelding has undergone a rigorous rehabilitation programme and his trainers have been pleased with his progress. “We spelled him for a while and then he went down to Grant and Nikki Cullen in Dannevirke, and they worked him on their treadmill,” Nelson said. “He came back mid-March and he has done everything we have asked him to do. He has had a couple of jumpouts, he had a jumpout on Tuesday and went nicely. We can’t do much more, we have just got to get a bit of racing into him now. “He seems to like himself at the moment, so I imagine that is a good sign.” All going to plan after Saturday, Nelson said his first major aim with be the Signature Homes Waikato Steeplechase (3900m) at Te Rapa on June 14, a race he has won on two prior occasions. “He will have this run and he will probably have one more flat run, and we will get him to the Waikato Steeples,” Nelson said. The Grand National Festival of Racing doesn’t hold fond memories for the stable, with stablemate Suliman’s career also hitting a snag at the carnival, having last raced in the Grand National Hurdles (4200m) two years ago. “He went down to Christchurch for the National before last and he bled,” Nelson said. “We had him back and then he did a tendon at the beginning of last year, so he missed all of last year.” Nelson has been pleased with the way the 11-year-old son of Redwood has returned this year, and he was particularly impressed with his jumpout on Tuesday where he was just pipped by stablemate Nedwin, while he beat The Cossack by half a length. “He jumped out well on Tuesday and went very well,” Nelson said. “I thought he might have been a bit behind Nedwin (NZ) (Niagara) and The Cossack, but he finished right with them, so I was very happy.” The pair will be joined in their race by Nedwin, who will carry top weight of 60kg. “He will go chasing a bit and later on he might have a hurdle race,” Nelson said. While he believes he has the horsepower to campaign a couple of horses across the Tasman, Nelson is keen on backing the resurgence of jumps racing in New Zealand and ensure there is a future for the sport he loves. “Our stakes are now very good and I think that we really need to be supporting New Zealand jumps racing and making sure that we have got a product that will keep us going,” he said. View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Group Two performer Marroni (NZ) (Makfi) has placed at stakes level over a mile on two occasions, and he will be seeking to improve on those results in Saturday’s Listed James Bull Rangitikei Cup (1600m) at Trentham. While in the care of former trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman, the son of Makfi was victorious in the Gr.3 Manawatu Cup (2250m) and placed in the Gr.2 Easter Handicap (1600m), before placing in the Gr.2 Japan Trophy (1600m) while under the sole care of Forsman. Following a couple of unplaced runs from Forsman’s Melbourne satellite stable, he was then transferred to the care of Waipukurau trainer Simon Wilson where he has enjoyed the rural setting of the smaller barn. He placed in his last three outings for Wilson, all over 2200m, and Saturday’s mile distance is the Hawke’s Bay horseman’s only query ahead of Marroni’s first-up test. “He has done a lot of work to get ready for it, he has had a few jump outs and a trial,” Wilson said. “He was runner-up in his trial (over 1000m at Waipukurau last month) and I was happy with the trial. He was competitive and Kate Hercock, the jockey, was happy with him.” Marroni will be partnered on Saturday by Kavish Chowdhoory and will carry 54.5kg from gate eight. Wilson doesn’t have any set plans with Marroni post-Saturday but is looking forward to getting him up over ground, given his affinity for 2200m last preparation. “Last season he ran over 2000 and 2200m, and he finished the season off well, so we will head towards that distance,” Wilson said. “It is just very hard to find the right races for an open handicapped horse. We will see how he goes first-up and then we will make a plan from there.” View the full article
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