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Think you find that numbers are better as it will be eleven days since Winton, it's only a few days but it does make a difference, next meeting after Monday is ten days as well. -
this week invercargill have 121 horses accepted to race.They even have ballots for the non win trot. in july they have 2 meetings that they never had last year. looking at the numbers,that would be one of the highest number accepted at a southern meeting in the last year. interestingly the meetings that got the most numbers over the last year ,with just a couple of exceptions,were meetings held in late april/may and june. the meetings with the lowest number of starters were from august to mid november.. so to me thats an indication that trainers,by this time of the year,realise the very cold months are just around the corner,so they are getting as many runs into them before they ease off on the numbers they train. if you look at canterbury ,i think you would find the same pattern. Hrnz and southern racing administrators obviously are working on the idea that to get the very low numbers running between august and mid november,they will provide new racing dates in july and the southern surge races in august. sp they sre really saying,keep your horses in training over winter. well,if trainers do that,which i guess some will,well when do they give their horses a break. Horses aren't machines and if you race and train them all year around,especially in the cold of southland,they will need a break. If you follow the form of horses who have raced in winter before you will observe what i say.It will just dilute their numbers at a different time of year or effect the longevity of the horses. so what i'm saying is ,long established patterns happen for a reason. trying to establish new patterns,comes with risks. its like the things you here administrators always go on about. E.g. we need more young people. Like i've heard that one for donkeys years and adminstrators still ramble on about it when, very obviously,if you want more people involved,target people like your current customes and don't focus on age.. everything to me,is so often viewed upside down by people. what should happen is people should go off existing data and patterns that haven't changed for decades. in other words,work on mamimising returns for southern trainers and owners,that can be achieved without having more horses race in the middle of winter. in my opinion. -
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Presenter-driver-trainer Brittany Graham knows a thing or two about racing on both sides of the Tasman and now that the Queenslander is working for Trackside in this country she’s (reluctantly) agreed to write a weekly column. By Brittany Graham On a stacked King’s Birthday weekend of harness racing, here are four to follow around the grounds. Addington – Friday R8 #4 Tremendous Sensation On a night with quite a few well-backed, odds-on favourites, Tremendous Sensation looks a nice chance at a bit more value. I have really liked this mare’s handful of runs back from a long break and think she is now ready to cash in from a positive barrier draw. Her second to Miki Bennett last start was very good, and we can get a line on that form reference when he goes around earlier in race 5. She has versatility on her side although I’d expect her to make her own luck tonight with Blair Orange in the bike. To place a bet on this race click here Alexandra Park – Friday R6 #1 Carrera Hombre Luckless in a heat last week, his effort was sound in a quick last half and he has all the options from gate 1 in tonight’s TAB Metro Pacers Final. He has shown more than enough gate speed to hold those to his outside, although even from a trail he will still be a danger. He seems a progressive 3YO to follow who is still only relatively lightly raced in the big scheme of things, and I think he’s up to the challenge here. If you are looking for an absolute roughie to follow throughout the card, Crazy is huge odds and could sneak into some minor money, so a top 3 or 4 bet could provide some fun. To place a bet on this race click here Ashburton – Sunday R2 #5 Snooowgood Despite letting backers down last week at Timaru, this talented 3YO trotting filly can bounce back at start two. The early mistake on debut was not at all her fault after coping a nasty check, and her trials show above average talent and her fair share of high speed which will be very dangerous in this maiden trotting grade. I also like that she’s drawn out a little further this week which will hopefully mitigate the risk of getting into bother. To place a bet on this race click here Invercargill – Monday R10 #6 Remission Really like the way this 4YO mare has returned after being tested in strong company last season. Luckless here two starts ago when getting bottled away from a second row draw before charging home, her gritty effort behind Francent last week was a signal of an impending victory. She has enough gate speed to make something of this barrier draw, hopefully settling in front of her main rivals. View the full article -
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Consistent Taranaki mare Our Jumala has a number of winter features in her future and Robbie Patterson hopes she can pick up the first of those in Saturday’s Listed AGC Training Stakes (1600m) at Wanganui. The daughter of Zed kicked off a series of stakes races on a winning note in the Gr.3 Cuddle Stakes (1600m) in late March, which she followed up with a fourth in the Gr.3 Manawatu Breeders’ Stakes (2050m), fifth in the Gr.2 Travis Stakes (2000m) and a luckless last-start third in the Listed Rotorua Cup (2200m). Pleased with each of those performances, Patterson is pressing on to the Wanganui feature with designs on a trip to Riccarton early in the new season. “She was a bit unlucky there at Rotorua, if she was drawn poorly she probably would’ve got a lot closer,” he said. “She’s trained on well, I’ve freshened her up a bit to drop back to a mile, so I’m hopeful of a good run. “She’ll have a short break for now, then will come back for the Opunake Cup (Listed, 1400m) and Winter Cup (Gr.3, 1600m).” Stablemate Ragamuffin will make an awaited step-up over ground in the Balance Accountants 2040, following two placings on heavy tracks this preparation. “I’ve been waiting for a long time to get him right and ready to step up to 2000m, and he gets his chance on Saturday,” Patterson said. “I think he’ll like the distance, he’s relaxing really well now, and he’s drawn a nice spot to get midfield. I’d be disappointed if he’s not in the thick of it.” Among his younger contingent, Patterson has plenty of faith in both Unbounded (Full Circle Appearance Medicine 2YO 1200) and Ma Te Wa (Wanganui-Taranaki Racehorse Owners Association MDN 1340) as they enter their second raceday starts. Challenge Syndications’ juvenile Unbounded was unsuited to the pattern on debut at Hawera, but if she strikes a track to suit, the daughter of Turn Me Loose could be one flying under the radar on Saturday. “The Hawera run was better than it looked on paper, it was one of those days at Hawera that everything was off the front, and she had to come wide,” Patterson said. “She was strong late in the piece. “She’s jumped out and galloped on rain-affected ground and revels in it, so I’m hoping that Wanganui gets a bit more rain to loosen the track up. “I think she can be very competitive in the right conditions.” Time Test three-year-old Ma Te Wa stepped out for the first time back in February but looked and performed like a stronger gelding when winning at the Foxton trials on Tuesday. “I gave him that run but he was just a bit weak, so I flicked him aside and he’s come back really well,” Patterson said. “He won a couple of jump-outs and that trial on Tuesday. “I’m expecting a big run from him, Craig is pretty happy to be riding him on Saturday. “I think he’s a horse that will win races, he’ll excel at a mile in time, probably with another year on him.” Patterson has had lighter representation at the races in recent weeks, but with a large volume of young stock coming through the stable, it has been business as usual in New Plymouth. “We’re still pretty full, we have a lot of young horses in while some of the older horses are out for their winter break,” he said. “Not racing-wise, but we’re still busy working away.” View the full article -
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Dark Destroyer is no stranger to success in Queensland, and he will be looking to replicate his past success when he heads to Eagle Farm on Saturday. Formerly trained by Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott, Dark Destroyer had a successful three-year-old winter campaign in the sunshine state, winning the Gr.3 Rough Habit Plate (2143m) and finished runner-up in the Gr.2 Queensland Guineas (1600m). He went on to Group One glory in the Tarzino Trophy (1400m) the following spring, and after a stint with Sydney trainer John O’Shea, he is now in the care of Matamata trainers Darryn and Briar Weatherley. Following his runner-up effort in the Listed Rotorua Cup (2200m) earlier this month, his ownership group elected to send him to Queensland, with the first assignment of his Australian raid being Saturday’s Gr.3 Queen Elizabeth Cup (2400m). “We can’t fault him, we just need a bit of luck and hopefully we get a bit of rain, which is forecast, and that will only enhance his chances,” Darryn Weatherley said. “He had to work a little bit from that wide gate at Rotorua and he almost pulled it off. He has got form in Queensland as a former Rough Habit Plate winner and David Archer (part-owner) was very happy to put him on the plane and accompany Pier over here and have a crack. “Sam (Weatherley, jockey) worked him on Tuesday morning on the course proper and he got off him and said he couldn’t have worked any better. I am really happy with the way he is, and he is eating well, is bright, and I am looking forward to Saturday. “We have got Jason Collett (jockey) onboard, he has drawn a nice alley (3), so we will rub the rosary beads and hope for the best.” Weatherley was given a further boost of confidence following the six-year-old’s appointment with a chiropractor earlier this week. “I had a chiropractor go over him on Wednesday and he had worked on the horse three years ago and said he is a different horse this time around,” Weatherley said. “He might have had a couple of niggly issues, even though he still had form, but the chiropractor remembered him well.” Following Saturday, Weatherley said they have a couple of options, depending on the result. “If he was competitive, you would have to look at something like the Brisbane Cup (Gr.2, 3200m), but there is also the Caloundra Cup (Listed, 2400m) if you wanted to go down that path.” Meanwhile, Weatherley reported that stablemate Pier is thriving in the warmer climes of Queensland, and he has pulled up well following his third placing in last weekend’s Gr.3 BRC Sprint (1350m) at Doomben. “He raced last weekend after being here for only about four days and I thought he went huge considering he drew the outside gate,” Weatherley said. “Now that he has been here for over a week, he is actually a better horse today than leading into last Saturday, he has just settled and he is eating better. “It is three weeks until the Stradbroke (Gr.1, 1400m), we are not a guaranteed starter yet, but we hope a few do pull out and we get a run. If he happened to get a nice draw, and especially if we get a shower of rain, he will be competitive.” Pier has been plagued with issues his entire career, and Weatherley said it is rewarding to be competing at the highest level once more with his homebred. “He has had his issues,” Weatherley said. “Touch wood he has never been so sound in his life, he is very bright, and I believe he has finally grown into himself. “Even though he achieved what he did winning a Hawke’s Bay Guineas (Gr.2, 1400m) and 2000 Guineas (Gr.1, 1600m), I think he was always a weak boy that needed time. “When he won the 2000 Guineas, he was 474 kilos and he is now 530 kilos, so he has gone from a schoolboy to a man. We look forward to what lies ahead with him.” View the full article
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