Chief Stipe Posted Monday at 07:33 AM Share Posted Monday at 07:33 AM The Barneswood Brady Nakhle Slot Holder partnership has announced the Stephen Marsh-trained Penman (NZ) as their representative in next month’s $3.5 million NZB Kiwi.🥝 No images? Click here Barneswood Brady Nakhle Hoping for NZB Kiwi Golden Ticket The Barneswood Brady Nakhle Slot Holder partnership has announced the Stephen Marsh-trained Penman (NZ) as their representative in next month’s $3.5 million NZB Kiwi (1500m), and they are hoping they have struck gold with their selection. “It sort of feels like Willy Wonka’s golden ticket. Everyone is looking for that chocolate bar with the golden ticket in it and we are hoping we have got the chocolates,” Slot Holder representative Daniel Nakhle said. The partnership is comprised of a group of close racing friends, and with their representative locked in, they can’t wait to watch the action unfold in the Southern Hemisphere’s richest three-year-old race at Ellerslie on Barfoot & Thompson Champions Day, 8 March. “Sarah, Chris (Green) and Ger (Beemsterboer) from Barneswood Farm, they are fantastic friends,” Nakhle said. “We met them through Peter and Dawn Williams (trainers), and we have been fast friends ever since. “Darren Brady is one of my best friends, we met through a horse as well, so it is funny how this horse game brings people together. He and his brother Brian have got a share. “It is a great bunch of really cool people that understand the ups and downs of the racing and breeding game, and because of their understanding we tend to celebrate a reasonable amount when things go our way.” Nakhle is excited about the prospects of Penman in the NZB Kiwi, and said his impressive last start victory at Tauranga sealed their decision. “He is a horse that is on the up,” Nakhle said. “The whole team put our heads together and we haven’t really gotten serious about many, and certainly hadn’t pushed the panic button at all, even with the race three weeks away. “He really impressed us in the last 100m of his races, the way he stretches out. I had a talk with Stephen Marsh at the races at Te Aroha last Wednesday and he is a guy whose judgment I really rate, and he certainly rates the horse very highly. “He had some good form around him (in his last start win) and the fact that his stablemate behind him (Tardelli) was stakes placed, and the third horse (Domain Ace) is in the NZB Kiwi as well, it starts looking like really tidy form for a rating 65 win.” Nakhle is looking forward to partnering with both Marsh and Go Racing, who race the son of Contributer in partnership with Toro Bloodstock. “One of the great things about Penman is the ownership and training team. They are a great bunch of people to be racing one with,” Nakhle said. Cambridge trainer Stephen Marsh has now doubled down on his assault on the NZB Kiwi, with stablemate Ardalio having already been secured by The King’s Men Slot Holder syndicate. “It is very exciting to have our second runner for the slot race,” Marsh said. “We think he (Penman) is very talented. He is one of those horses on the rise.” “It is a very exciting race, it has got everyone talking and pumped up about it. The whole day is starting to build excitement.” Marsh is particularly pleased for New Zealand syndicator Go Racing, who have been great supporters of his stable, and missed out on securing a slot at the auction last year. “I think they may have had a couple of cracks at a slot but didn’t manage to get one, so this is good now that we have got a horse in it,” Marsh said. Penman will get his first look at Ellerslie when he lines up at the track this weekend, his last engagement prior to next month’s NZB Kiwi. “He will run on Saturday at Ellerslie and then into the slot,” Marsh said. “He is a very progressive horse and is one of those horses that keeps on improving. “Matt Cartwright came and galloped him on Friday, and he was super. I think he is right on the way up.” Bred by Mapperley Stud principal Simms Davison, Penman was offered through his farm’s 2023 New Zealand Bloodstock (NZB) National Yearling Sales Series Book 1 draft where he was purchased by Toro Bloodstock for $60,000. He was then offered through Riversley Park’s NZB Ready to Run Sale draft later that year, with a majority share subsequently purchased by Go Racing. He has now won two and finished runner-up in two of his four starts to date, accruing more than $40,000 in prizemoney. – LOVERACING.NZ News Desk NZB Kiwi Contact Emma Thompson - NZB Kiwi Programme Lead emma.thompson@nztr.co.nz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomed Posted Monday at 08:12 AM Share Posted Monday at 08:12 AM Wow. I can hardly contain my excitement. Won an $18,500 maiden two starts back and a 5 horse race last start. The stars are certainly coming out to play. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curious Posted Monday at 08:44 AM Share Posted Monday at 08:44 AM 30 minutes ago, Doomed said: Wow. I can hardly contain my excitement. Won an $18,500 maiden two starts back and a 5 horse race last start. The stars are certainly coming out to play. So far, it looks like about an R75. Hopefully, one of the remaining slots will give it a buzz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freda Posted Monday at 04:53 PM Share Posted Monday at 04:53 PM I'm surprised Hitabell hasn't had some attention- presuming all is well with her of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huey Posted Monday at 07:08 PM Share Posted Monday at 07:08 PM 10 hours ago, curious said: So far, it looks like about an R75. Hopefully, one of the remaining slots will give it a buzz. It's all in how you present it, it's called "The Race" now and they can't stop talking about it, never heard more PR for a race in my entire life. Don't worry about the Derby or other races this plagiarized event is the be all end all of NZ racing. Drop the 3yo thing it won't work in this country not enough depth, make it for Open horses and at least there might get to be some stars involved . 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLB2.0 Posted Monday at 07:43 PM Share Posted Monday at 07:43 PM Agreed - bunch of horses no one has heard of, let alone the general public. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomed Posted Monday at 08:14 PM Share Posted Monday at 08:14 PM 28 minutes ago, SLB2.0 said: Agreed - bunch of horses no one has heard of, let alone the general public. And if anyone from the general public is interested enough to ask why none of the countries top 3yos are in it I suppose they get told it is just a novelty race and not to be taken seriously. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huey Posted Monday at 08:26 PM Share Posted Monday at 08:26 PM I have not heard a single non racing person talk about the race & what we are 3 weeks out. I like the Champions day concept if they have the horses to make it work, but this race or rather The Race just has too many holes in it to hold any real level of sustainable interest for mine. Still 4 slots not filled , surely by the end of this week you'd expect all of them to be filled? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted Monday at 08:45 PM Author Share Posted Monday at 08:45 PM 11 hours ago, curious said: So far, it looks like about an R75. Hopefully, one of the remaining slots will give it a buzz. I wouldn't say that was a fair call. You know full well our age group horses have suppressed ratings. For example Damask Rose only has a rating of 77. Alabama Lass has 97 but that's only because of the 18 points it picked up from the Railway. Before that it was 79. Similar with Savaglee - 84 before the BCD Sprint then jumps 13 points for 3rd to 97. Captured By Love had a rating of 82 in NZ but has 102 in OZ. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curious Posted Monday at 08:51 PM Share Posted Monday at 08:51 PM I made that comment based on my ratings not the official ones. AL, Sav and CBL aren't in the field. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted Monday at 08:54 PM Author Share Posted Monday at 08:54 PM 25 minutes ago, Huey said: I have not heard a single non racing person talk about the race & what we are 3 weeks out. I like the Champions day concept if they have the horses to make it work, but this race or rather The Race just has too many holes in it to hold any real level of sustainable interest for mine. Still 4 slots not filled , surely by the end of this week you'd expect all of them to be filled? In my opinion all Slot Race Sweepstakes are destined to the scrap heap. Although there is a rearguard action by promoters to make them relevant by grading them as black type. Ultimately that is a home goal shot in the foot. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted Monday at 08:57 PM Author Share Posted Monday at 08:57 PM 4 minutes ago, curious said: I made that comment based on my ratings not the official ones. AL, Sav and CBL aren't in the So what do you rate Pivotal Ten at? Higher or lower than the official rating of 78? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted Monday at 09:09 PM Author Share Posted Monday at 09:09 PM All the hype aside one could argue it is looking a very even race and therefore a good punting one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curious Posted Monday at 09:17 PM Share Posted Monday at 09:17 PM 19 minutes ago, Chief Stipe said: So what do you rate Pivotal Ten at? Higher or lower than the official rating of 78? Open class level but still shy of AL/Sav/CBL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curious Posted Monday at 09:17 PM Share Posted Monday at 09:17 PM 7 minutes ago, Chief Stipe said: All the hype aside one could argue it is looking a very even race and therefore a good punting one. Yes. Could well be. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted Monday at 09:48 PM Author Share Posted Monday at 09:48 PM 31 minutes ago, curious said: Open class level but still shy of AL/Sav/CBL R90 plus? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curious Posted Monday at 09:52 PM Share Posted Monday at 09:52 PM 3 minutes ago, Chief Stipe said: R90 plus? Yep 90s I'd say. Can't easily convert exactly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted Monday at 10:22 PM Author Share Posted Monday at 10:22 PM 27 minutes ago, curious said: Yep 90s I'd say. Can't easily convert exactly. Well that's daft. It is more than Savaglee, Alabama Lass, Damask Rose and Captured by Love before they raced in Open company. NZTR have Pivotal Ten at 78! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomed Posted Monday at 10:26 PM Share Posted Monday at 10:26 PM 1 hour ago, Chief Stipe said: All the hype aside one could argue it is looking a very even race and therefore a good punting one. A bit like the Timaru Cup then, just $4,420,000 more stake money. And obviously lower rated horses in the slot. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted Monday at 10:35 PM Author Share Posted Monday at 10:35 PM 8 minutes ago, Doomed said: A bit like the Timaru Cup then, just $4,420,000 more stake money. And obviously lower rated horses in the slot. It's not a fair comparison. There are ample reasons to knock the concept but knocking the ratings of 3yr olds in a stuffed up system isn't one of them. As for the Timaru Cup - well you could have used the Wellington Cup as an example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curious Posted Monday at 10:49 PM Share Posted Monday at 10:49 PM 25 minutes ago, Chief Stipe said: Well that's daft. It is more than Savaglee, Alabama Lass, Damask Rose and Captured by Love before they raced in Open company. NZTR have Pivotal Ten at 78! It's not really comparable. That's my rating based on performance. The official ratings are in accord with guidelines about how many points they get for a win etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted Monday at 11:03 PM Author Share Posted Monday at 11:03 PM 12 minutes ago, curious said: It's not really comparable. That's my rating based on performance. The official ratings are in accord with guidelines about how many points they get for a win etc. Which means we don't really have a handicapper do we? Is that what they call AI (Artificial Intelligence)? So the OZ ratings are based on performance or are they based on guidelines? If the latter why are NZ's so different? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freda Posted Monday at 11:21 PM Share Posted Monday at 11:21 PM I'm wading into a topic I don't get too bothered about really..but if a horse has beaten others of moderate ability, irrespective of how easily, it can still only be given points relative to the others it has defeated. Australis has much more depth of performance so ratings will be more reflective of real ability. I hear people complaining that horse A has won X dollars, how can it rated less...etc, etc, stakemoney is largely irrelevant, they can only be rated relative to the rating of the opposition. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted Monday at 11:48 PM Author Share Posted Monday at 11:48 PM 16 minutes ago, Freda said: stakemoney is largely irrelevant, they can only be rated relative to the rating of the opposition. I agree about stakemoney. In my opinion ratings should be based on relative performance vs the horses raced against vs weight carried ( not that we have much of a weight range) vs relative times on the track that day. However the latter is a little suspect as we have such variability in NZ with regard to track variance and dubious timing/distance measured. I don't understand why NZ racing can't have GPS's in saddle cloths and a matrix of small receiving stations around the track. All relatively inexpensive technology. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingman Posted Monday at 11:50 PM Share Posted Monday at 11:50 PM 1 minute ago, Chief Stipe said: I don't understand why NZ racing can't have GPS's in saddle cloths and a matrix of small receiving stations around the track. All relatively inexpensive technology. Far too sensible a suggestion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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