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A photo of Jimmy's public workout at the Hastings races last week.
Looks good! |
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He looks great!!!!!
Fantastic to see this. |
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Finalists for the awards for 2010-11...
My picks are in bold. 2YO: Anabandana Antonio Lombardo Fort Lincoln 3YO: Jimmy Choux King's Rose Lion Tamer Scarlett Lady We Can Say It Now SPRINTER: Coup Align Keep The Peace Mufhasa Wall Street MIDDLE DISTANCE HORSE: Booming Keep The Peace Red Ruler Wall Street STAYER: Bruce Almighty Harris Tweed Showcause Titch HORSE OF THE YEAR: Anabandana Antonio Lombardo Booming Bruce Almighty Coup Align Fort Lincoln Harris Tweed Jimmy Choux Keep The Peace King's Rose Lion Tamer Mufhasa Red Ruler Scarlett Lady Showcause Titch Wall Street We Can Say It Now |
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I think I'd want Antonio Lombardo for 2YO... I agree of course on Jimmy and Mufhasa... Wall Street too (but boy those 3 in the midle distance category are all exceptional).
I love Bruce and Harris soooo much but am a little surprised to see them here(!!!)... STAYER: Bruce Almighty Harris Tweed Showcause Titch I'd say Titch and then Jimmy for HOY of course. Looking at these names... these were some of the best horses and races of the past year. Wow you guys have some incredible horses over there. NZ racing needs a press agent or something! |
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Wow, I had a HUGE surprise today. I went to the Ruakaka races, expecting it to be a quiet little day...
After the second race, all of these horses came out and did a public workout - Keep The Peace, Roi d'Jeu, My Scotsgrey, Showcause and Mufhasa! Mufhasa looked amazing. He wanted to go so much faster. He had his head right down all the way around the track, lunging forward with each stride. I think Sam Spratt would have had sore arms afterwards! |
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Oh my God you must have been dying!!!
How cool.. you are soooooo lucky! Jealous! Hey before I forget when are the awards presented? |
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The awards are August 26.
Field for the G3 Foxbridge Plate on Saturday: 1 95118 Fritzy Boy 9 108 58.5 David Walker Alby MacGregor, Opaki 2 49715 Bulginbaah 7 107 58.5 Catherine Wilson, Wanganui 3 597X3 Sterling Prince 8 98 58.5 Leith Innes Vanessa & Wayne Hillis, Matamata 4 0X312 Master Power 11 95 58.5 Chris Wood, Cambridge 5 X1722 Rusty Devil 2 94 58.5 Paul Taylor Philip Johnson, Avondale 6 114X2 Barinka 12 103 56.5 Hayden Tinsley Karen Zimmerman, Otaki 7 9708X Katie Lee 5 99 56.5 Lisa Allpress Graeme & Debbie Rogerson, Tuhikaramea 8 64231 Sacha 10 99 56.5 Lisa Latta, Awapuni 9 605X6 November Rain 13 97 56.5 Richard Collett, Pukekohe Park 10 1232X Fleur de Lune 4 88 56.5 Mark Sweeney Lee Somervell, Cambridge 11 1902X Smoulder 3 87 56.5 James McDonald (a) Graeme & Mark Sanders, Te Awamutu 12 P10X7 Singapore Sling 6 72 56.5 Lisa Anderson, Te Aroha 13 03113 Dollario 1 77 51.5 Dicky Lui (a) John Sargent, Matamata Can't wait. |
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Second... you will be doing a 2011 / 2012 thread right? Third... ed is this THE Bulginbaah??? The old man??? I love him! I mean I seriously doubt he'd beat the kids here but he's a nice boy and isn't he kinda campaigned in the opposite manner of our good Sir Slick? Is this him or a horsie with a very similar named? |
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It's the same Bulginbaah. He's 11 years old now! He's had 90 starts for 22 wins, 16 seconds and 11 thirds.
He has run in this race, the Foxbridge Plate, in each of the last five years. These have been his results in the Foxbridge: 1st, 1st, 4th, 2nd (by a nose), 1st. Great old horse. I will do a 2011-12 thread! I should start that soon actually. |
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Yes you should and thanks for answering cause suddenly I thought well no I spelled his name wrong and it's someone else and I look like a moron as usual.
Can the final word of this thread be Jimmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmy? YOU post it! |
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Thrilled Fritzy Boy won but they only list the first 3 finishers so where did Katie finish?
Bulginbaah? Thanks! |
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Replay: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhLPdHnB-_c
Fritzy was brilliant - so easy! Nice efforts by Fleur de Lune and Smoulder to be 2nd and 3rd. I thought Katie looked fat before the race, and I think she just didn't quite have the fitness today. She was right in it until halfway down the stretch, when she hit a wall. It was an off track as well, and she's never liked those. She'll be better next time. The news about Bulginbaah isn't good. He didn't run well, and he looked a bit sore after the race. It sounds like he's probably going to be retired. That's not official yet, but I think this is the end of a great and very long career. |
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"... but away goes Fritzy Boy!"
So awesome to see him show how good he is! Poor katie... next time! As far as the old man... last time I couldn't find a full result it was Arakti so I'll be happy to see this one retire cause the alternative... well... Hope he's feeling okay today. Thank God racing is starting up again over there! New thread! New thread! |
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Jimmy Choux: New Zealand's 2010-11 Horse of the Year.
http://www.thoroughbrednews.com.au/i....aspx?id=54966 |
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