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Recently watched Guerin Report after my travelling guests retired and the beauty of My Sky is one can rewind after hearing/seeing something that grabs your attention. Guerin gave an admirable up date on where champion day notables are heading then introduced the new NZTR CEO Matt Ballesty. THIS REALLY GOT MY ATTENTION. After the usual corporate spiel he said "There are some really big infrastructure issues, especially in the Central Districts. There is some big real estate plays that need to happen and they are in train hopefully in weeks or months". (I am not bullshitting you, those were his words) His next words are. "And we can start to understand what we can do with the funding" By his own admission he has been working on the job for a month prior to the official start and that suggests he is working towards a preset agenda. I had hoped for better, idealistic me, we are heading as an industry that is going to be top North Island heavy, lacking in diversity but will appeal to shallow as a puddle Pollyanna TAB 4 eva types who will not be around next decade; i.e croaked, and the young generation next decade will be saying "how boring.". Before you start firing rounds at me, look at the home of thoroughbred racing, England and note how they, generation after generation continue to race at the same tracks. They have massive problems with poorly considered affordability checks, driving wealthy owners and punters towards different gambling arenas or black markets yet selling their race courses is never an option. -
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Trent Busuttin will treat Emphasize’s (NZ) (Embellish) last-start effort in the Gr.2 Autumn Stakes (1800m) at Caulfield as a complete forget run as the plan to get him to the Gr.1 Australian Derby (2400m) next month remains. The stable could have two runners in the race with the Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) runner-up Thedoctoroflove (So You Think) also likely to head to that race at Randwick on April 5. Busuttin said Emphasize will have his next start in the Gr.2 Alister Clarke Stakes (2040m) at The Valley on March 22 and he expects him to return to his best. The co-trainer said Emphasize’s last-start fourth in the Autumn Stakes behind Shanwah (NZ) (Too Darn Hot) at Caulfield had to be forgiven. “He’s always been a horse in his work and in his trials that’s had the tendency to grab the bridle and he took hold of Craig (Williams) as he saw clear air early in the race and he started charging,” Busuttin said. “We’ve always been mindful of this habit and we’ve tried to get cover, which is what he needs otherwise when he sees clear air he charges into the bridle.” “The race was over for him with 1200m to run as he was charging into the bridle.” “The effort to finish where he did was solid enough.” Busuttin said the lightly raced galloper had won his previous two previous starts as he managed to get cover in the run. “He will head to the Alister Clarke Stakes and we’ll make sure he gets cover and he’ll turn it around quickly,” he said. View the full article -
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The beaten Blue Diamond Stakes favourite Field Of Play (Deep Field) will continue his racing career in Hong Kong. Co-trainer Trent Busuttin confirmed on Monday the Blue Diamond Prelude winner was going into quarantine ahead of his flight to his new base in Hong Kong instead of heading up to Sydney for a potential tilt at the Golden Slipper Stakes. “We’d like to have him around, but when they are owned in Hong Kong it’s always on the cards one way or the other,” Busuttin said. “It looked like we might get to Sydney, but the owner decided to go up to Hong Kong. He’s a very good horse and he’ll go well there.” It is understood Field Of Play will be trained in Hong Kong by Ciaron Maher’s former training partner Dave Eustace. Field Of Play won his first two races at Moonee Valley and then in the Blue Diamond Prelude at Caulfield, where he beat the ultimate Blue Diamond winner Devil Night (Extreme Choice). Connections paid a $55,000 late entry fee for him to race in the Blue Diamond, where he finished sixth as the $4 favourite after failing to cope with the hot conditions. “On the day, he just couldn’t cope with the heat,” Busuttin said. “He was beautiful and relaxed when I saddled him up, but as soon as he got out in the sun and the heat and away from the fans set up in the stables, he was really sweating, and he was like he’d already run his race.” The Blue Diamond form looks the strongest juvenile form of the season, with the runner-up Tentyris (Street Boss) since winning Gr.2 Todman Stakes (1200m) in a race where the third horse from the Diamond in Tycoon Star, ran a close-up fourth in his Sydney debut. Field Of Play is by three-time champion Hong Kong sire Deep Field and out of a winning I Am Invincible mare. He was sold by Nick and Nicky White’s Kaha Nui Farm in Book 1 of Karaka 2024, where he was knocked down to Jamie Richards and Andrew Williams Bloodstock for $500,000. View the full article -
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Hours after Damask Rose (NZ) (Savabeel) dazzled in the $3.5m NZB Kiwi (1500m) and Jedibeel (NZ) (Savabeel) won Sydney’s Group Two Challenge Stakes (1000m), the A$150,000 Listed Swan Draught Bunbury Cup (2019m) produced Saturday’s third stakes-winning Karaka graduate by Savabeel. Captain Pluto (NZ) (Savabeel) was offered by Rich Hill Stud in Book 1 of Karaka 2021, where he failed to meet his $150,000 reserve. He has now earned A$358,765 from a 25-race career that has produced six wins and 10 placings. Captain Pluto went into Saturday’s Bunbury Cup with admirably consistent form this preparation. His eight starts this season had produced two wins, two seconds and three thirds, all over distances ranging from 1400 to 1600 metres. On Saturday he stepped up to a middle-distance for the first time in 12 months, and his stamina and quality shone through. Jockey William Pike settled Captain Pluto in midfield and had him travelling sweetly all the way. Pike pushed the button at the top of the straight and Captain Pluto quickly burst into contention, surging to the front and pulling away to win by just over a length. “He’d previously run a lot of good races for me without quite getting a win on the board,” Pike said. “This is nice and rewarding, and the horse really deserved that win. I was glad to get the ride right today, after a bit of trial and error. “He travelled really well the whole way today and I was following the right horses. I was always happy. When I clicked him up around the 600, he really hit the bridle hard. I made sure I popped him into the clear nice and early. He was filling me with a lot of confidence. “He could very well be a Perth Cup (Group Two, 2400m) horse. He’s getting up in distance now and he’s in his element. Once they start getting up over these staying trips, you never really know where they’ll end up.” Captain Pluto is trained by Grant and Alana Williams for breeders Ultra Thoroughbreds, who share ownership with Ms S J Leury. View the full article
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