New Zealand Racing, 2010-11

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Katie is confirmed.

Spring Plate, Saturday:

1 43310 Cent Per Cent (AUS) 2 97 58.0 Graeme & Debbie Rogerson, Tuhikaramea
2 0114X Rendzina (AUS) 6 96 57.5 Graeme & Debbie Rogerson, Tuhikaramea
3 2463X Sanjeev 5 94 56.5 Ngaire Fraser, Cambridge
4 2310X Katie Lee (AUS) 1 90 55.0 Graeme & Debbie Rogerson, Tuhikaramea
5 6X51X She Rules 3 90 55.0 Brett McDonald, Cambridge
6 2147X Vincent Mangano 4 90 55.0 Peter McKay, Matamata
7 2226X November Rain 7 88 54.0 Tasha Collett (a) Richard Collett, Pukekohe Park

The 1200m might be a little bit short for her, and Vincent Mangano, November Rain and Cent Per Cent are nice horses, but she's a class above these guys.

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by _ed_

Katie Lee
She Rules

[my miss storm cat]

I read that Wall Street is headed to the Windsor Park Plate.

Any idea who else is?

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Yeah Wall Street is, and he'll renew his battle with Keep The Peace.

Here is the list of entries for that race, which is on September 18:

Keep The Peace
Vosne Romanee
Veloce Bella
Wall Street
Hold It Harvey (AUS)
Fritzy Boy
Illuminates (AUS)
My Keepsake
Time Keeper
Eileen Dubh
Booming
St Germaine
Bulginbaah
Pennacchio
Arlington (AUS)
Firebolt

Very nice group.

[my miss storm cat]

Jesus that is some list. There are only 10 that i like there.

I've forgotten... was Vosne Romanee Horse of the Year?

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Yeah, he beat Katie by 12 votes I think it was. I probably would have voted for Katie, but I'm not complaining that he won. He won three G1s last season against great fields.

The step up to the mile will be good for him in this race, and a drier track would help him as well.

[my miss storm cat]

One more question... how good is He's Remarkable?

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VERY good! Roger James said he could be the best horse he's had since Zonda, which is...wow.

Here's his debut on Wednesday:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xer...markable_sport

Also have a look at these two, if you have time:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xer...andready_sport
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xer...-secrecy_sport

I think we have some nice 3yos this season!

[my miss storm cat]

All three links say they'll be available soon (I've never seen that before) but thanks and i will keep checking back.

Nice name and yeah good thing he is cause if he were really slow...

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnPoiQer62k

I'm a bit disappointed.

She has a few excuses - it was her first start since March and she looked a bit fat; there was a bit of a bias towards leaders; there was some rain on the day and the track might have been a bit wetter than she liked - but I was hoping for better.

Hope she improves a lot between now and her next start.

[my miss storm cat]

She will.

[my miss storm cat]

She was 3rd in her first start last season...

Maybe she's like Youmzain and needs a while to get going.

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This is what Graeme says...

"I thought her run today was quite courageous because the track was quite bad - she couldn't handle it. She's as big as a house and had a decent blow, so she needs the racing."

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And Opie...

"The track might have been just a bit worse than we'd thought it would be - it was probably closer to slow than dead. She's never won first up and she had a bit of a blow. She was briefly held up for a run in the straight and when she got out she wanted to quicken down, but couldn't in the ground."

So maybe it's not so bad.

[clyde]

Ed...she's a floater.

Give it up.

[my miss storm cat]

How good does Antonio Lombardo look?

Oh and Upsala is still running, right?

Thanks!

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Antonio Lombardo looks pretty good, but his stablemate Alvesta beat him by six lengths on debut and Peter McKay says "Alvesta's in another class". Alvesta is going to Sydney for his next start. I think Antonio Lombardo is being aimed at some of the big races here between January and April.

Upsala is still running. He's 25-1 at the moment for the 2000 Guineas.

Fields are confirmed for the second big day at Hastings this Saturday...

Windsor Park Plate (G1)

1 144X9 Vosne Romanee 8 110 59.0 Opie Bosson Jeff Lynds, Awapuni
2 23314 Bulginbaah 13 109 59.0 Trudy Thornton Ken Cropp & Catherine Wilson, Wanganui
3 910X2 Wall Street 6 108 59.0 Michael Coleman Jeff Lynds, Awapuni
4 3X203 Fritzy Boy 4 104 59.0 Lisa Allpress Alby MacGregor, Opaki
5 26X30 Hold It Harvey (AUS) 7 103 59.0 Hayden Tinsley Terri Rae, Riccarton Park
6 11976 Eric The Viking 3 94 59.0 Robert Hannam Aaron Bidlake, Opaki
7 06053 Time Keeper 5 92 58.5 Samantha Collett Graeme Nicholson & Paul Allbon, Te Aroha
8 18310 Illuminates (AUS) 2 103 57.0 Chad Ormsby Graeme & Debbie Rogerson, Tuhikaramea
9 1907X Veloce Bella 10 101 57.0 Mark Brosnan, Matamata
10 16115 Pennacchio 14 100 57.0 Andrew Scott, Matamata
11 210X1 Keep The Peace 1 101 56.5 James McDonald (a) Shaune Ritchie, Cambridge
12 11138 My Keepsake 15 92 56.5 Andrew Scott, Matamata
13 63X96 Eileen Dubh 11 84 56.5 Francis Finnegan, Woodville
14 28X85 St Germaine 12 77 56.5 Buddy Lammas John Sargent, Matamata
15 31021 Firebolt 9 96 59.0 Roger James, Cambridge

Great field. I have no idea who's gonna win it.


Gold Trail Stakes (G3)

1 3117X Banchee 15 85 56.0 James McDonald (a) John Sargent, Matamata
2 4111 Dating 2 78 56.0 Opie Bosson Graeme & Debbie Rogerson, Tuhikaramea
3 111X4 Smoulder 12 75 56.0 Chad Ormsby Graeme & Mark Sanders, Te Awamutu
4 311 Magic Briar 4 74 56.0 Mark Du Plessis Ken & Bev Kelso, Matamata
5 22X21 Rememba Howe 1 74 56.0 Lisa Allpress Evan & J J Rayner, Wanganui
6 130X4 Miss Thorn 9 70 56.0 Hayden Tinsley Jason Bridgman, Matamata
7 212 Zennista 7 70 56.0 Kelly Myers Lisa Latta, Awapuni
8 30126 Faro Rubino 8 69 56.0 Patrick Holmes Carol Kupa, Foxton
9 163 Lol 11 69 56.0 Michael Coleman Murray & Bjorn Baker, Cambridge
10 18X2 Ma Belle Ami 13 69 56.0 Craig Grylls Keith & Brendon Hawtin, Te Awamutu
11 13X Sans Souci 3 69 56.0 Noel Harris Jason Bridgman, Matamata
12 150X Irish Jewel 14 68 56.0 Sam Spratt Andrew Scott, Matamata
13 104X5 Miss Marauder 6 68 56.0 Masa Tanaka Matthew Eales, Awapuni
14 2X2 Panthera 10 59 56.0 Vanessa & Wayne Hillis, Matamata
15 2X Macavity 5 57 56.0 Andrew Calder Roger James, Cambridge

This is a wonderful field of 3yo fillies. Great to see Banchee back. Have to respect Dating, Smoulder, Rememba Howe, Zennista, Sans Souci...

[my miss storm cat]

Fantastic fields!

Unreal.

Thanks for the insight on those two.

[my miss storm cat]

Stupid question but is Dating undefeated?

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Almost. She's 3-for-4. She came 4th in her first start after missing the break, and has won 3 in a row since then - the last one was a stakes race.

She is actually the favourite at the moment for the Gold Trail at $4.20, just ahead of Banchee at $5.

Wall Street is the favourite for the Windsor Park Plate.

Sounds like the track is drying out nicely down there today - it's a sunny, warm and windy day.