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By Nowornever · Posted
Anyone else having issues accessing race form from Harness Racing New Zealand. Has been down for me the last few days. Not good enough from our only source of data. No wonder the race by race turnover is in the toilet. -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
By Michael Guerin A private workout at Addington on Monday convinced trainer Cran Dalgety of two things heading into tonight’s East West Fencing Summer Cup. The first is that Republican Party is ready to win even from the toughest draw and the second is Franco Sinatra will be better off without hopples in the same race. Dalgety and wife Chrissie will try something which is very much a rarity in open class racing in New Zealand these days when the start Franco Sinatra without hopples in tonight’s feature. Mach Shard is a major race winner who at times raced without hopples in recent years but it is not common yet Dalgety says he has tried it with lower grade horses on a few occasions. “I just think he will be better without them on,” he says. “He always paces around free-legged and I have been thinking about trying it for a while. “We took them into Addington on Monday and he worked better than usual without hopples so that is how he will race on Friday.” But while Franco Sinatra was good enough to win the Junior Free-For-All on New Zealand Cup day he will be big odds tonight as many of the best pacers in the South Island contest the 1980m mobile. For horses like Republican Party and We Walk By Faith it could be a lead up to next Friday’s $100,000 Invercargill Cup while if the flights work out then Republican Party could then head to Alexandra Park to defend his Auckland Cup title. With those two Group 1s ahead and drawn barrier 9 tonight you could easily envisage a situation where Republican Party is allowed to relax early and that wouldn’t be quite so relaxing for those punters taking his $1.55 price. But Dalgety says that doesn’t have to be the case. “The way he worked on Monday he is fit and ready to go,” he says. “I know it is a lead-up race to bigger races the next two weeks but it is still $40,000 and we are still there to win. “I don’t know what those horses inside him will do and we won’t give Carter instructions, he can go out and drive his own race. “But I think he is ready to be put in the race if it pans out that way.” There is great depth to the field though and if Republican Party has to sit parked then We Walk By Faith will take a power of beating while the real enigma of the race could be Chase A Dream, now trained by the Dunns. Add in Alta Meteor and Mo’unga and it is a cracking little Group 3. Earlier in the night the Dalgetys go into Race 1 understandably confident with Eun Sogno. The two-year-old beat Sonofamistery last start and the latter bolted in last week so while he steps up in grade tonight Eun Sogno should have a class edge on his older rivals as he prepares to head to Invercargill next Friday for a $30,000 juvenile pace. View the full article -
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By Michael Guerin The trainer who could dominate tonight’s Group 1 Trot at Alexandra Park has a surprise for punters. Because Michelle Wallis says the pecking order for the four reps she and husband Bernie Hackett take to the $100,000 TAB Queen of Diamonds may have changed in the last week, even if the bookies don’t think so. The couple are nearing the end of a hugely successful season and could put an exclamation mark on it tonight with Belle Neige, American Muscle, Faith In Manchester and Courmayeur in the 2200m mobile, all with realistic winning chances. Belle Neige has been set for tonight’s race for months and not only looked spot on with a big last-start third but has secured barrier 1 and has the gate speed to use it. “She is going well and we know she has gate speed because she has led from barrier 8 before,” says Wallis. “I wouldn’t like to see her burn really hard but Crystal knows how to drive her and she should be really hard to beat.” So with all those ticks in the right boxes how come Wallis isn’t oozing confidence with Belle Neige? “I actually think there isn’t much between the four of ours. And after the way she won last Friday maybe American Muscle is actually our best chance. “She has kept getting better and was very good last week. She has a good record in these type of races and she is likely to be on the speed. “Faith In Manchester is proven in these races too, even though I was a bit disappointed by her third last Friday while Courmayeur might actually be the most talented of the four but also the one who needs the most favours. “So I know Belle Neige is the most logical one of ours but I am not sure American Muscle might end up being the best hope.” Belle Neige does have that inside draw advantage though and three of the stablemates being on the front line could lend itself to Belle Neige leading and then handing that role to either American Muscle or Faith In Manchester. Not only would that give her the trail and passing lane but also potentially put second favourite Walkinonsunshine three back on the markers. What should punters make of all that? If you’re going to back Belle Neige maybe cover on American Muscle at $6.50. Tonight’s $100,000 Woodlands Queen Of Hearts for the pacers has a similar tactical feel as Arafura (No.1) and Captains Mistress (No.2) are high class fillies but likely to be followed out at the start by really good mares in Esmeralda and Francent. Any of the four could win with tempo and the early speed map crucial but like with Belle Neige in the trot, Arafura may end up being the one who needs luck the least. “She was still pretty good last week and the extra distance will suit her but Francent was very impressive and it goes to show how hard those older mares can be to beat,” says Arafura’s driver Tony Herlihy. Two of tonight’s other features will see the favourites undoubtedly having to come from off the speed as Oscar Bonavena and Mighty Logan faces 20m handicap in the main trot and Merlin and Akuta the same starting point in the $60,000 Lincoln Farms Franklin Cup. Mighty Logan’s opening price of $3.50 was too long compared with Oscar’s $1.80, especially if Mighty Logan can step well and get in front of his key rival. But Merlin deserves his $1.75 quote in the Pacing Cup as he is the best horse on spring form, with tempo his biggest concerns in a small field. View the full article -
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