Simply Sam NZ fav?

[Gammalite]

The Big races begin for a month at the Constellations carnival.🌞

Starting at Redcliffe this week.

Simply Sam favourite for the $106,000 Redcliffe Cup ?   How 😳 ? Only won one race last year in NZ from 26 starts, and one race in Oz by a nose back in April. Surely a Top horse like old Auckland Cup Winner TURN IT UP will eat him up🏆 . It's even off 10m behind on level terms? . (Turn It Up has won near 30 races in Brisbane and should kick his backside.

Grimson Apprentice 'Grima' with the ''Boat race horse from Auckland that time in Classy Operator. Has had a bit of Go-Go juice lately so could be hard to beat . 

Nathan Purdon having a crack too with MAJOR HOT in the Redcliffe Derby and TREACHEROUS LOVE in the Redcliffe Oaks . Chance to win both of those for NZ all going well. Give it to em' Nathan💰👍  

8		2024 ELDERS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT REDCLIFFE GOLD CUP (G2)	2613M
		$106,070 No NR. Discretionary Handicap. RBD. PACERS. Stand	4TH LEG QUADRELLA, FIRST 4, 3RD LEG TREBLE

	Form	Horse	Trainer		Driver		Class	Hcp	price
1	12906	LAST TANGO IN HEAVEN NZ (Em 1)	Seaton Grima		Jack Callaghan (C)		NR94 B1	FT-	25-1
2	26168	ARODA NZ	Grant Dixon		Trista Dixon		NR68	FT	17-1
3	49041	SAINT VERAN	Steve Turnbull		Mitch Turnbull		NR89 B5	FT	40-1
4	96030	TEDDY DISCO	Shawn Grimsey		Nathan Dawson		NR91 B5	FT	25-1
5	72875	TARGARYEN NZ	Jack Butler		Chloe Butler (C)		NR85 B3	FT	70-1
6	55043	PACIFICO DREAM	Grant Dixon		Grant Dixon		NR118 B3	FT	20-1
------------------------------ Second Row ------------------------------
7	58906	MIRACLE MOOSE NZ	Grant Dixon		Adam Sanderson		NR89 B3	FT	80-1
8	11112	CLASSY OPERATOR NZ	Seaton Grima		Jack Callaghan (C)		NR79 B2	FT	3-1
9	31201	MYDADSAID	Charlie Martin		Leonard Cain		NR81 B5	FT	12-1
10	12227	SIMPLY SAM NZ	KerryAnn Morris		Robert Morris		NR100 B4	10m	3-1
11	25345	NORTHVIEW HUSTLER NZ	Al Barnes		Hayden Barnes		NR120 B1	10m	12-1
12	16352	TURN IT UP	Shane Graham		Shane Graham		NR120 B1	10m	5-1
13	41127	SEND IT	Shane Graham		Kelli Dawson		NR118 B1	10m 12-1

[Gammalite]

Aroda wins it by lengths. An easy Redcliffe Cup Victor.

A good training feat by Grant as the NZ bred ARODA  (4 starts at Addington way back 2022) was the Only horse in the field to Not of won a Metro (city) class race ever. Led all the way for his wife Trista to break that duck completely in a Group 2. well done Trista.

TURN IT UP really did turn it up sadly,  and made a couple of breaks during the running and just not trying hard anymore. Just a shadow of his glory days now. 

SIMPLY SAM a very false favourite loomed up to 2nd on the final bend , then just dogged it , running erratic and diving about and knocked a rival into a gallop even. eventually 4th.  shows why he .only won once in Nz last year from 28 starts . not really that good. 

Classy Operator scratched for Grima so to start the old Herlihy horse from the pole draw for Swayzee s owner Boots. the emergency runner galloped out though and no chance back along the inside when well backed too.

 

alas Nathan Purdon not winning Oaks or Derby. Major Hot running 2nd in Redcliffe Derby from bad draw on 2nd row.  maybe the QLD Derby later on could have more luck.

Edited Saturday at 10:56 AM by Gammalite