New Zealand Racing, 2010-11

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Thought it was time for a new thread to celebrate the new season.

Great field for the G3 Foxbridge Plate tomorrow:

1 X6233 Bulginbaah 7 108 58.5 Trudy Thornton Ken Cropp & Catherine Wilson, Wanganui
2 1143X Red Ruler 16 108 58.5 Jason Collett (a) John Sargent, Matamata
3 5851X Jacowils 11 106 58.5 Mark Hills Kristine Stead, Te Rapa
4 01531 Run Like Al 13 105 58.5 Andrew Calder Jakki Good, Waiuku
5 9239X Vonusti 4 103 58.5 Noel Harris Tim & Margaret Carter, Cambridge
6 3819X Stupendous 12 101 58.5 David Walker Kevin Myers, Wanganui
7 17X68 Who Knows 3 100 58.5 Samantha Collett Natalie Tanner, Muriwai Beach
8 23231 Salvatore 17 95 58.5 Michael Coleman Anne Herbert, Cambridge
9 1533X All In Tempo 1 86 58.5 Craig Grylls Bryce Revell, New Plymouth
10 82115 Irish Colleen 8 99 56.5 Leith Innes Stephen McKee, Ardmore
11 719X8 Beautiful Girl 14 98 56.5 Matthew Cameron Leanne Franklin, Avondale
12 86213 Miss Raggedy Ann 6 94 56.5 Sam Spratt Andrew Scott, Matamata
13 2310X Katie Lee (AUS) 2 90 56.5 Opie Bosson Graeme & Debbie Rogerson, Tuhikaramea
14 6128X St Germaine 10 77 56.5 Mark Du Plessis John Sargent, Matamata
15 X191X Lion Tamer 9 79 51.5 Murray & Bjorn Baker, Cambridge
16 3X14X Chimichangas 15 80 58.5 Kristine Stead, Te Rapa
17 30X61 Lamington Vegas 5 78 56.5 Andrew Scott, Matamata

Obviously Katie Lee is the best horse in the race, but the track could be quite wet, and that'll cause some trouble for her.

Run Like Al was amazing last start, so will be very hard to beat here.

And you always have to respect Bulginbaah - a winner of 20 races, including this race in 2006 and 2009. He also likes it wet. But he is 10 years old now.

And just some names of 3yos to keep an eye on that have really impressed me so far this season in clearing maidens:

Able Charm
Flash Hapi
Mackadoo
Oforawesome (*sigh* but a very nice horse)
Blue Minx
Magic Briar
Zafer

[my miss storm cat]

Aside from the best horse in the field (... and if she needs one back that's okay). good luck to Red Ruler and to Lion Tamer.

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They've decided it's just too wet for Katie today, so she's scratched. I hope they can still get her fit in time for the G1 Mudgway on August 28.

Now the odds say it's between Run Like Al, Bulginbaah, Vonusti and St Germaine. Lion Tamer is 11-1, and Red Ruler is 31-1! Too short for him, I guess.

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Bulginbaah - 77 starts, 21 wins, 15 seconds, 10 thirds.


9 stakes wins, 7 seconds, 5 thirds.

4 starts in the Foxbridge Plate for 3 wins (2006, 2009, 2010) and a second (2008, beaten a nose).

What a great old horse. A mudder, sure, but a great one.

Replay: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTi7FBDyQc8

There's a nasty two-horse spill in this race. Both horses (Who Knows and Irish Colleen) were OK, and Sam Collett kept riding for the rest of the day. Leith Innes was taken for X-rays on his elbow, so it doesn't sound too bad for him either.

But the accident caused a ton of interference to some of the other good runners in the race. You can forget some of them (Vonusti, Lion Tamer, St Germaine) even ran.

We know nothing more about the Mudgway at this stage. It will most likely be a dry track, so all of these horses will perform differently. Then you've got Katie Lee, Keep The Peace, Mufhasa and others going straight to that race without a prep run.

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Good news about Leith:
http://www.thoroughbrednews.com.au/n....aspx?id=48303

[my miss storm cat]

Sounds terribly painful but yeah, he is lucky.

Glad to hear the latest.

Any news on Culminate, Juice or our good Sir?