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Mardy

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How impressive was Verry Elleegant earlier @ Ruakaka?.Didn't seem to like being cluttered up,but as soon as it got to the outside and got a flick on the bum,she was away and gone.I've been folowing her brother for the last 4 or so starts,and it looks like i'll be following this one as well.Nick Bishara has a couple of nice horses on his hands at the moment.

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5 minutes ago, Mardy said:

And then the same combo backed it up in the next race and won that.Would love to say that i followed them in that as well...but sadly no.

It will be a new system that Thomass has been betting for years.

Back all future races at same meeting where the same winning Jock/trainer combo exist.

it will be a massive winner I feel.

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How good was Hello It's Me...half-ready definitely on the chubby side in the parade ring, hasnt had a run since New Year's Day, carried 59 gave weight and an ears-pricked beating to the rest. without getting out of third gear. Will take a ton of improvement from it and is clearly headed for better things.

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4 hours ago, Thomass said:

Why not troll another thread and destroy it Bazz...do you have a life or are you pessed ...again?

Rich coming from the master of ruining threads & possibly forums.

VE was certainly impressive, but would want to see a repeat elsewhere first. Ruakaka has a habit of making horses look better than they are.

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17 hours ago, barryb said:

Rich coming from the master of ruining threads & possibly forums.

VE was certainly impressive, but would want to see a repeat elsewhere first. Ruakaka has a habit of making horses look better than they are.

has to be one of the better performances i have seen from Ruakaka, got a slap on the bum once, still looked a bit lost, but smashed them and rounded them up so quickly. And to think, when she learns her ring craft, and gets up over a bit more ground, this girl could be anything. one which i will be following very closely

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19 hours ago, Weasel said:

Ha! Won a Rich Hill Mile (I dont think that is raced at Ruakaka) at just start 7 I think, and was unbeaten in NZ

 

July 3 2015

Hasselhoof, impressive winner of his two starts, is being kept for racing in NZ through a massive syndication deal.

A group of high-profile Kiwi owners has paid more than $1 million for boom galloper Hasselhoof in what trainer Donna Logan describes as a brilliant result for the New Zealand racing industry.

Logan said her phone never stopped ringing after the horse won his second race in spectacular style at Ruakaka last Saturday, and the offers got so high the horse looked certain to be lost overseas.

That was until Logan fielded a call from Auckland enthusiast Berri Schroder floating the idea of syndicating the horse instead of seeing him join the drain of our best horses overseas.

Schroder, former co-owner of Melbourne Cup winner Brew, suggested tweeting the idea to 50 prospective buyers but, in the end, it never came to that as one person after another put up their hands.

Sir Patrick Hogan, who stands Hasselhoof's sire Tavistock at his Cambridge Stud, was one of the first in, followed by Jim and Anne Gibbs and Ashley Goodwin, part-owners of Logan's superstar Volkstok'n'barrell.

"I asked all my stable clients first and also approached Sir Peter Vela as he sold me the horse originally for $14,000, and he was keen."

Hasselhoof's breeder, Henrietta, Dowager Duchess of Bedford, came in, as did successful owners Bob Emery and Gerald Shand, Gary Hannan, Shayne Heape, Matamata's Wealleans Bloodstock and Schroder himself.

"It's a brilliant, brilliant result for the industry," Logan said. "We lose too many good horses out of the country but we need something to fly the flag for our racing.

"I think he's a potential Melbourne Cup horse and why should we have to sell something like that? ”

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This  “ potential Melbourne Cup horse ” took his record to 6 wins from 6 starts by early 2016, gaining a large fan club, then had a crack at Australia. Home for a spell after 2 flops in mediocre Sydney fields then 5 more failures in NZ before an appearance in last Boxing Day’s stewards report from Ellerslie:

HASSELHOOF (O Bosson) – Commenced to over race near the 1700 metres, racing ungenerously when being restrained to avoid the heels of CONSENSUS, then continuing to over race through the middle stages. A post-race veterinary inspection including an endoscopic examination confirmed the gelding to have bled and as such is now subject to the mandatory three month stand down from racing with a veterinary clearance required prior to trialling or racing again.

 With 6 wins from 13 starts now and just  $168,977.25 in earnings, Hasselpoof has a long way to go to repay the $1 million plus.

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6 hours ago, Poisoned Dwarf said:

July 3 2015

Hasselhoof, impressive winner of his two starts, is being kept for racing in NZ through a massive syndication deal.

A group of high-profile Kiwi owners has paid more than $1 million for boom galloper Hasselhoof in what trainer Donna Logan describes as a brilliant result for the New Zealand racing industry.

Logan said her phone never stopped ringing after the horse won his second race in spectacular style at Ruakaka last Saturday, and the offers got so high the horse looked certain to be lost overseas.

That was until Logan fielded a call from Auckland enthusiast Berri Schroder floating the idea of syndicating the horse instead of seeing him join the drain of our best horses overseas.

Schroder, former co-owner of Melbourne Cup winner Brew, suggested tweeting the idea to 50 prospective buyers but, in the end, it never came to that as one person after another put up their hands.

Sir Patrick Hogan, who stands Hasselhoof's sire Tavistock at his Cambridge Stud, was one of the first in, followed by Jim and Anne Gibbs and Ashley Goodwin, part-owners of Logan's superstar Volkstok'n'barrell.

"I asked all my stable clients first and also approached Sir Peter Vela as he sold me the horse originally for $14,000, and he was keen."

Hasselhoof's breeder, Henrietta, Dowager Duchess of Bedford, came in, as did successful owners Bob Emery and Gerald Shand, Gary Hannan, Shayne Heape, Matamata's Wealleans Bloodstock and Schroder himself.

"It's a brilliant, brilliant result for the industry," Logan said. "We lose too many good horses out of the country but we need something to fly the flag for our racing.

"I think he's a potential Melbourne Cup horse and why should we have to sell something like that? ”

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This  “ potential Melbourne Cup horse ” took his record to 6 wins from 6 starts by early 2016, gaining a large fan club, then had a crack at Australia. Home for a spell after 2 flops in mediocre Sydney fields then 5 more failures in NZ before an appearance in last Boxing Day’s stewards report from Ellerslie:

HASSELHOOF (O Bosson) – Commenced to over race near the 1700 metres, racing ungenerously when being restrained to avoid the heels of CONSENSUS, then continuing to over race through the middle stages. A post-race veterinary inspection including an endoscopic examination confirmed the gelding to have bled and as such is now subject to the mandatory three month stand down from racing with a veterinary clearance required prior to trialling or racing again.

 With 6 wins from 13 starts now and just  $168,977.25 in earnings, Hasselpoof has a long way to go to repay the $1 million plus.

yes i catch your drift, PD..he didnt repay the syndicate for their investment! Calling the horse Hasselpoof was bit mean don't you think? The intentions were good..he just developed 'issues' ans never realised his potential. He was a huge bugger, rather intimidating up close!

 

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On 12/08/2018 at 8:01 PM, barryb said:

Rich coming from the master of ruining threads & possibly forums.

VE was certainly impressive, but would want to see a repeat elsewhere first. Ruakaka has a habit of making horses look better than they are.

You're obviously talking about the vicious front runners bias and...

oh hold it...VE did a complete pantsing from beyond midfield...

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