Sunstrike - debut on Wednesday

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Sunline's little girl by Rock of Gibraltar has her first start on Wednesday in a maiden two year-old race at her home track, Pukekohe Park.

Here's the field:

11:45 MDN 2yo 1200m

1 Double Finesse (3)
2 Coup Archie (6)
3 Coolross (11)
4 Mathias (5)
5 Mufhasa (18)
6 Twoeezy (16)
7 Philippides (4)
8 Lunchcutter (7)
9 Nom de Jeu (12)
10 Shooting Star (14)
11 Skaapa (17)
12 Sunstrike (10)
13 Catching Pigeons (E1) (8)
14 Special Lad (E2) (2)
15 Darby Doll (Scr)
16 Go McQueen (E4) (13)
17 Imaomen (E5) (9)
18 Grand Affair (E6) (1)

She's drawn 10, but with only Catching Pigeon likely to make the field she should come in to 7 with the scratchings of 3 emergencies drawn inside her. The rider hasn't been confirmed yet.

Looks a tough field, Double Finesse ran a nice 2nd on debut and Coup Archie came 3rd to a real Derby horse for next season in Demhills last start. Nom de Jeu is by Montjeu out of dual G1-winner Prized Gem - enough said!

Sunstrike will be the favourite though and hopefully she'll start off with a win if she's as good as she looked in her trial last month. Fingers crossed!

The NZ Racing website has race replays, but you have to sign up. So it's probably easier if I put it up on YouTube.

[ArlJim78]

Wow, now that is some breeding. Is this the first from Sunline?

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Yeah it's her first.

Her second, a colt by Zabeel, went for $2 million in January, and another filly by the Rock was born late last year.

[ArlJim78]

cool, it will be great to see how these little Sunlines do.

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by _ed_

Sunline's little girl by Rock of Gibraltar has her first start on Wednesday in a maiden two year-old race at her home track, Pukekohe Park.

Here's the field:

11:45 MDN 2yo 1200m

1 Double Finesse (3)
2 Coup Archie (6)
3 Coolross (11)
4 Mathias (5)
5 Mufhasa (18)
6 Twoeezy (16)
7 Philippides (4)
8 Lunchcutter (7)
9 Nom de Jeu (12)
10 Shooting Star (14)
11 Skaapa (17)
12 Sunstrike (10)
13 Catching Pigeons (E1) (8)
14 Special Lad (E2) (2)
15 Darby Doll (Scr)
16 Go McQueen (E4) (13)
17 Imaomen (E5) (9)
18 Grand Affair (E6) (1)

She's drawn 10, but with only Catching Pigeon likely to make the field she should come in to 7 with the scratchings of 3 emergencies drawn inside her. The rider hasn't been confirmed yet.

Looks a tough field, Double Finesse ran a nice 2nd on debut and Coup Archie came 3rd to a real Derby horse for next season in Demhills last start. Nom de Jeu is by Montjeu out of dual G1-winner Prized Gem - enough said!

Sunstrike will be the favourite though and hopefully she'll start off with a win if she's as good as she looked in her trial last month. Fingers crossed!

The NZ Racing website has race replays, but you have to sign up. So it's probably easier if I put it up on YouTube.

Thanks for the heads up.

Originally Posted by _ed_

Sunline's little girl by Rock of Gibraltar has her first start on Wednesday in a maiden two year-old race at her home track, Pukekohe Park.

Here's the field:

11:45 MDN 2yo 1200m

1 Double Finesse (3)
2 Coup Archie (6)
3 Coolross (11)
4 Mathias (5)
5 Mufhasa (18)
6 Twoeezy (16)
7 Philippides (4)
8 Lunchcutter (7)
9 Nom de Jeu (12)
10 Shooting Star (14)
11 Skaapa (17)
12 Sunstrike (10)
13 Catching Pigeons (E1) (8)
14 Special Lad (E2) (2)
15 Darby Doll (Scr)
16 Go McQueen (E4) (13)
17 Imaomen (E5) (9)
18 Grand Affair (E6) (1)

She's drawn 10, but with only Catching Pigeon likely to make the field she should come in to 7 with the scratchings of 3 emergencies drawn inside her. The rider hasn't been confirmed yet.

Looks a tough field, Double Finesse ran a nice 2nd on debut and Coup Archie came 3rd to a real Derby horse for next season in Demhills last start. Nom de Jeu is by Montjeu out of dual G1-winner Prized Gem - enough said!

Sunstrike will be the favourite though and hopefully she'll start off with a win if she's as good as she looked in her trial last month. Fingers crossed!

The NZ Racing website has race replays, but you have to sign up. So it's probably easier if I put it up on YouTube.

Haha, Mathias is my cat's name XD.

Anyways, I'll be rooting for Sunstrike! I hope that I'll be able to get the replay of it somewhere .

Katy

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I'll put it on YouTube a few hours after the race.

[my miss storm cat]

Aaah well... I'd still love to see it if you can post a link.

http://www.thoroughbrednews.co.nz/nz/?id=29433

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I will, the video hasn't been posted on the website yet but I will as soon as it is.

I think Sunstrike had a lot more bad luck than that report suggests, I believe she could have won from where she was at the top of the straight, but she went for a gap that closed on her and she was lucky not to fall! I don't think she liked the wet track either, so I think we can forget she ran.

Mixed feelings about the race. Disappointed about Sunstrike having such an unlucky and disappointing debut, but really excited about Nom du Jeu, the son of another of my favourite horses a few years ago in Prized Gem. It was his debut and he came from way back to win, looks a really nice 3yo next year.

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Here's a video of the race.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgTU_axTy_s