Chief Stipe Posted 16 hours ago Share Posted 16 hours ago Only 5 starters today in the time honoured Wakefield Challenge Stakes 2024. Some very good two year olds have won this race in the past. One of them probably our best in Our Maizcay. 1978 Tang 1980 Glamour Bay 1981 Bound To Honour 1982 Romantic Bay 1993 Silver Chalice 1995 Our Maizcay 1998 Happyanunoit 2001 Vinaka 2002 Danroad 2003 Maroofity 2004 Kapsdan 2005 Wahid 2010 Jimmy Choux Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huey Posted 13 hours ago Share Posted 13 hours ago Another Tasmania of racing, all 5 by Aus based Sires as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomed Posted 12 hours ago Share Posted 12 hours ago Hasn't the race been moved around a lot in recent years? Never used to be a Manawatu race either. Surely can't stay as group 2. Terrible field for $175,000. 2yo racing is so badly organised in the CD. Meanwhile the poor bloody South Island gets no 2yo racing for two months mid summer. Still, I suppose we must be doing well, stakes look ok. I suppose if you judge how well we are going based on stakes rather than the quality and quantity of fields, then things have never been better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huey Posted 12 hours ago Share Posted 12 hours ago Arguably a better field at last Trentham meet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murray Fish Posted 12 hours ago Share Posted 12 hours ago and only ONE male horse in... wow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingman Posted 12 hours ago Share Posted 12 hours ago Mid Eighties to 2015 raced in March at Trentham over 1200m and was always a natural lead in to the Manawatu Sires Produce. Since 2015 moved to December and distance reduced to 1100m and as one can plainly see , is now no longer a quality race 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curious Posted 12 hours ago Share Posted 12 hours ago 16 minutes ago, Wingman said: Mid Eighties to 2015 raced in March at Trentham over 1200m and was always a natural lead in to the Manawatu Sires Produce. Since 2015 moved to December and distance reduced to 1100m and as one can plainly see , is now no longer a quality race Last year's winner did go on to win the 1000 guineas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingman Posted 12 hours ago Share Posted 12 hours ago That is a fine piece of rebuttal Curious. With that concession I do still think it is not the race it was. I have always liked the seasonal flow and consistency of time honoured races but to quote Mr Fish; 'SIGH' ,that is a thing of the past in the land of the long white cloud. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huey Posted 11 hours ago Share Posted 11 hours ago 46 minutes ago, curious said: Last year's winner did go on to win the 1000 guineas. Which is debately also screwed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomed Posted 8 hours ago Share Posted 8 hours ago We effectively now seem to have split the 2yos and 3yos into two tiers each. Based on this year's results so far the better ones work through the traditional pattern and aim for Australian targets eventually, while those who are eligible for the sweepstakes and slot races take a different path and just aim to pick up a maiden race somewhere without having to travel far. Actually, they don't even need to pick up a maiden race really. Nothing to stop a slot holder starting a maiden in the kiwi thing. Certainly a whole new world. Some people think it's wonderful so who am I to disagree. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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