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By Chief Stipe · Posted
You can still back up within the week though. Woodbine are not requesting scans though are they? -
apart from the first 2 paragraphs,i think they are good points you make. Me trying to drum up negativity or referring to brodie,is of course not how we see it. I would point out,if you were to only listen to the glass half full thinkers,then you would only be getting half of one side of the argument. while brodie doesn't need anyone to speak for him,i'm guessing he sees himself like me,someone who floats from glass more full to glass more empty ,based on a realistic assessment of just how full the glass really is at varying times. Perhaps the best analogy i can give,in keeping with your glass half full/empty thing. I see HRNZ as being the ones that pour from the bottle,that are keeping aucklands glass half full,and every time they top it up to half full again,i see the contents of the bottle getting a bit emptier. And as hrnz have only that one bottle to quench the thirst of not only auckland,but everyone,then i see that as inevitably meaning, there will be less to go around in the future.If the boot were on the other foot,auckland would be saying the same. negativity,dribble...spin it whatever way you like tabforever.But remember,in the end people see through the spin and see things for what they are.Why not just tell it as it is now and formulate workable solutions. -
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One Bold Cat (outside) will line up in Saturday’s Group 1 Mufhasa Classic (1600m) at Trentham. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) Robbie Patterson is confident One Bold Cat can be a major player this weekend in his pursuit for another top-flight title. The New Plymouth trainer has the six-year-old purring ahead of Saturday’s Group 1 TAB Mufhasa Classic (1600m) at Trentham and clearly rates him as his top seed in the weight-for-age feature. Stablemate Puntura will also take his place, but time is ticking on the son on the seven-year-old’s career after he struggled for form in the spring. By contrast, One Bold Cat powered home from the back of the field to win the Group 1 Arrowfield Stud Plate (1600m) and then ran sixth in the Group 1 Livamol Classic (2040m) before a break. “He’s freshened nicely and he’s had a couple of jump-outs and a trial, so I’ve given him plenty,” Patterson said. “He’s going super and from his gate (two), he’ll be sitting right behind the pace I’d imagine.” Craig Grylls will be aboard One Bold Cat while Mereana Hudson will take the reins on Puntura, who finished among the tailenders in the Arrowfield and the Group 1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m) at his last two appearances. “Puntura is a bit big in condition and he’ll have to go back from the draw (11) and it will be tempo related as to where he’ll finish,” Patterson said. “There’s not many races we can put him in, so his days are numbered. If he doesn’t come up in his next start or two, he’ll be retired for sure.” Puntura has been an outstanding servant of the stable with 11 victories from 38 appearances and has banked more than $770,000. “He won a Group 3, a Group 2 and a Group 1 in succession and not many can do that, we won’t be flogging him,” Patterson said. He was referring to his victories in last season’s Coupland’s Bakeries Mile (1600m), Manawatu Challenge Stakes (1400m) and Thorndon Mile (1600m). Patterson also fancies his chances earlier on the Trentham card with Leica Lucy (Aztech Engineering 3YO, 1400m) and Last Souvenir (Jennian Homes Wellington, 1400m). Derryn filly Leica Lucy was untroubled to win on debut on her home track last month and is a possible future Group 1 contender. “I really like her, she won really well first-up and is going to get up over ground, so she’ll be attacking the line again,” Patterson said. “We had given her a quiet trial and she had showed a lot as a two-year-old, but she got a bone chip and had that taken out, which was probably the best thing for her. “It gave her more time and she’s just a gorgeous animal, she relaxes beautifully and I can see her on an Oaks path if everything goes right.” Joe Doyle will retain the ride on Leica Lucy and Grylls will also combine with Darci Brahma’s son Last Souvenir, who burned home for second on his home turf at the first time of asking. “He ran second first-up and his mum is a half-sister to So You Think, he’s got a lot going for him,” Patterson said. “He came from last around Taranaki which is very hard to do for a big horse. He will go through the grades pretty quickly.” Horse racing news View the full article -
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Poetic Champion powering away with the Listed El Roca – Sir Colin Meads Trophy (1200m) at Hastings on Saturday. Photo: Peter Rubery (Race Images Palmerston North) A crack at a major summer sprinting prize against the older horses hasn’t been ruled out for quality three-year-old Poetic Champion. The stakes winning son of Super Seth is back in work and making good progress following a brief spring campaign that convinced trainer Tony Pike that, in the shorter term at least, he would be best kept to shorter assignments. Poetic Champion was an emphatic first-up winner of the Listed El Roca – Sir Colin Meads Trophy (1200m) at Hastings before he finished fourth in the Group 2 Hawke’s Bay Guineas (1400m). “He’s an out and out sprinter and he throws everything into his races, he might get 1400m when he’s older, but at this stage he’s definitely a 1200m horse,” Pike said. To that end, he is now mulling over more immediate options for the freegoing chestnut. “He had a short break before he came back into the stable and galloped well this (Thursday) morning,” Pike said. “We’ll trial him at Counties on December 17 and then confirm a plan after that. “Obviously, the three-year-old race (Group 3 Almanzor Trophy, 1200m) on Karaka Millions night could be a target but if he trialled brilliantly, we might even consider going into the Telegraph (Group 1, 1200m) at weight-for-age. “That might be a little bit left field at this stage, but we’ll keep an eye on what the sprinting ranks come up like and with the pull in the weights we might think about it.” Meanwhile, Pike’s immediate focus is on Saturday’s meeting at Ellerslie where Poetic Champion’s fellow three-year-old Honey Badger will face her sternest test in the Group 3 Bonecrusher Stakes (1400m). The El Roca filly delivered a strong resuming performance last time out at Te Aroha for her first victory in three appearances. “She has come back really well, and she was good last time on a rain-affected track and the second horse (Celestial Wonder) has come out and run really well again,” Pike said. “It’s an even field on Saturday so we’ll get a fair idea of where she sits at this stage of her preparation.” Pike has a number of other genuine each-way prospects at Ellerslie, including Roederer in the Stayers’ Championship (2100m). The son of Turn Me Loose was narrowly denied a fifth career victory last time out when he finished runner-up. “We had a proper go with him at Counties the other day, we had set him up for that race and he just got done by a nose,” Pike said. “I’m sure he’ll run well again, and Dimaggio is also close to getting another one.” Almanzor’s son Dimaggio also finished second at the Pukekohe meeting last month and will bid to go one better in the Barfoot & Thompson Handicap (1400m). Horse racing news View the full article
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