:D Awesome.

2000 Guineas winner and Derby favourite Rock 'n' Pop did an exhibition gallop between races that day as well. I thought he looked really good. He's resuming in the Karaka Mile on Jan 29.

The Railway was a lovely win but I hope the old man puts him in his place.

There's a difference between beating my good (and not lightning fast :D )boy Upsala and that very nice field (and it was!) and the King, right?

http://www.racingandsports.com.au/ra...r_Atomic_Force

If this were on his turf maybe but not at home. Mufhasa rules. :)

Muf all the way. :) He'll have to carry a big weight, but I think he can do it.

No stakes racing this weekend! What an anticlimax. But Telegraph week is just around the corner.

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News about He's Remarkable and the appeal - http://www.racingandsports.com.au/ra..._On_January_24

Good luck, guys.

Good luck indeed. That was ridiculous.

Hoofit is running in the Ft. Lauderdale this weekend at Gulfstream. :)

Oh, cool! Thanks for letting me know. :)

Marton Cup on Saturday...

1 X0020 Sir Slick 6 102 59.5 Jonathan Riddell John Sargent, Matamata
2 X5250 Spiro 2 98 57.5 Kane Smith Sylvia Kay, Levin
3 22418 Blood Brotha 10 93 55.5 Hayden Tinsley Raymond Connors, Wanganui
4 60905 Six O'Clock News 12 92 55.5 Darryl Bradley Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young, Cambridge
5 37X90 Loose Change 13 90 55.0 David Walker David Haworth & Matt Dixon, Foxton
6 71073 Crocodile Canyon 1 88 54.5 Rosie Myers (a) Kevin Myers, Wanganui
7 36108 Sacha 3 95 54.0 Noel Harris Lisa Latta, Awapuni
8 00052 Bruce Almighty 7 87 54.0 Mark Sweeney Stuart Manning, Tauranga
9 71858 Aussieaussieaussie 5 84 53.5 Robert Hannam Kevin Hughes, Riccarton Park
10 88772 Royal Era 4 91 53.0 Samantha Collett Richard French, Foxton
11 X1503 Better Together 11 87 53.0 Lisa Allpress John Sargent, Matamata
12 71X22 Exquisite Choice 9 81 53.0 Leith Innes Roger James, Cambridge
13 0X537 Phantom Storm 8 80 53.0 Kelly Myers Lisa Latta, Awapuni


And a really nice little handicap at Ellerslie...

1 40X83 Run Like Al 8 99 59.0 Scratching Jakki Good, Waiuku
2 66013 November Rain 4 100 57.5 Tasha Collett Richard Collett, Pukekohe Park
3 X5600 Ego 6 93 56.0 Rory Hutchings (a2) Ben Foote, Byerley Park
4 X1846 Banchee 2 88 54.0 Matthew Cameron John Sargent, Matamata
5 23X4X Gaston 3 87 54.0 James McDonald Graeme & Debbie Rogerson, Tuhikaramea
6 85X12 Charma 7 84 54.0 Alex Forbes (a3) Graeme & Mark Sanders, Te Awamutu
7 43X35 Rough Odds 1 84 54.0 Alysha Collett (a1) Richard Collett, Pukekohe Park
8 0X605 Coretta 5 68 54.0 Sam Spratt A J Morley, Waiuku

Those are really nice fields and not to sound too stupid but where is the Matron Cup?

Good luck to Sir Slick (... and Six O'Clock News, Bruce Almighty, Banchee and November Rain of course).

Who is the favorite in each and how has Bruce done lately?

It would be fantastic to see Banchee win one again.

As far as the other? As long as Sir Slick comes home safe I'm good.

I hope you're going!

I'll be at Ellerslie, as always. :)

The Marton Cup's at Awapuni, which is down south in Palmerston North. They have one of the main 2yo races, the G1 Sires' Produce Stakes, there in April.

Bruce has had quite a bad season, but he ran his best race in a long time at his last start - 2nd. Hopefully he can go well again here. :)

Crocodile Canyon and Exquisite Choice are the favourites there at 5-1. Sir Slick is 13-1 and Bruce is 20-1.

Banchee's the favourite in the other race. But it's only 1100m, which I'm worried might be a bit short for her. Gaston might be hard to beat.

Thanks and have a great time.

Oh forgot to mention Hoofit is at 15/1 on the morning line.

It's a nice field... hope he does really well!

Do you have any idea how many times I've refeshed results?! :D

Crocodile Canyon won the Marton Cup. Bit of a surprise, but he was impressive.

Gaston won the sprint race at Ellerslie. It was a bit too short for Banchee, but she did well for 3rd. She'll step up to a mile next and do much better.

A week to go till the Telegraph!

Thanks, ed! I haven't watched replays yet... hope Sir Slick did okay.

Who is up for the Telegraph?

Sir Slick was 9th; Bruce Almighty 11th.

Current entries for the Telegraph...

Mufhasa Stephen McKee, Ardmore 7 Gelding 111
Atomic Force (AUS) Darren Smith, New South Wales 6 Gelding 107
O'Cartier John & Karen Parsons, Balcairn 8 Gelding 102
Vonusti Tim & Margaret Carter, Cambridge 7 Gelding 102
El Chico Michael Pitman, Yaldhurst, Riccarton 7 Gelding 99
Guiseppina Steven Ramsay & Julia Ritchie, Maungatautari 5 Mare 99
Atapi Richard Otto, Te Awamutu 10 Gelding 98
Stupendous Kevin Myers, Wanganui 7 Gelding 97
Double Barrel Moira Murdoch & Dominic Olson, Waiuku 7 Gelding 96
Imani Terri Rae, Riccarton Park 6 Gelding 95
The Hombre John Bary, Hastings 5 Gelding 95
Baby Guinness Karen Fursdon & Gemma Sliz, Matamata 4 Mare 94
So Elusive Michael Pitman, Yaldhurst, Riccarton 5 Mare 94
Durham Town Donna & Dean Logan, Ruakaka 4 Gelding 93
Ego Ben Foote, Byerley Park 6 Horse 93
Gaston Graeme & Debbie Rogerson, Tuhikaramea 5 Gelding 90
Upsala Kenny & Lisa Rae, Ruakaka 4 Horse 90
Starguru Patrick Campbell, Hastings 4 Mare 88
Charma Graeme & Mark Sanders, Te Awamutu 4 Gelding 85
Eight Schillings Stephen McKee, Ardmore 4 Gelding 85
Rough Odds Richard Collett, Pukekohe Park 6 Gelding 84
Sweet Suitor Graeme & Debbie Rogerson, Tuhikaramea 4 Gelding 84
Kaptain Kirkup (IRE) Michael Moroney & Andrew Clarken, Matamata 5 Horse 82Reuben Thorn Grant Searle, Awapuni 6 Gelding 75
Viva Roma Bruce Wallace, Takanini 4 Mare 74
Spirit Of Boom (AUS) Tony Gollan, Toowoomba 4 Horse

Poor Bruce.

Fainting! :D

Here's Jimmy Choux hanging out with a friend...

How sweet!

Awful weight, lousy barrier for Mufhasa

By Michael Guerin 5:30 AM Thursday Jan 19, 2012

Trainer Stephen McKee will wait until this morning before deciding whether Mufhasa attempts a modern-day weight carrying record in Saturday's $300,000 Telegraph at Trentham.

Mufhasa has been allocated a staggering 61kg :eek: for the group one sprint and to make matters worse he has drawn barrier 16.

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I can't find the barrier draw but I DID look up how many pounds 61 kg is.

What should they do, ed?

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/racing/new...ectid=10779614

He's out.

http://www.theinformant.co.nz/racing...asa-scratching

I think they did the right thing for the horse. That was a huge weight - the highest in this race in more than 20 years. There'll be other races for him. :)

The G1 Waikato Sprint next month (which he also won in 2009 and 2011) is weight-for-age, so he won't have such a huge disadvantage in weight.

I do like Durham Town now.

Field:

1 12121 Mufhasa 16 111 61.0 Scratched Stephen McKee, Ardmore
2 36411 Atomic Force (AUS) 4 107 59.0 Nash Rawiller Darren Smith, New South Wales
3 55745 O'Cartier 12 102 56.5 Hayden Tinsley John & Karen Parsons, Balcairn
4 54420 Vonusti 15 102 56.5 Noel Harris Tim & Margaret Carter, Cambridge
5 41654 El Chico 10 99 55.0 Lisa Allpress Michael Pitman, Yaldhurst, Riccarton
6 00X04 Atapi 18 98 54.5 Jim Byrne Richard Otto, Te Awamutu
7 X3267 Double Barrel 9 96 54.0 Darryl Bradley Moira Murdoch & Dominic Olson, Waiuku
8 12449 Imani 8 95 54.0 Robert Hannam Terri Rae, Riccarton Park
9 X1272 The Hombre 20 95 54.0 Jason Waddell John Bary, Hastings
10 81118 Durham Town 1 93 53.5 Vinnie Colgan Donna & Dean Logan, Ruakaka
11 X5600 Ego 7 93 53.5 Paul Taylor Ben Foote, Byerley Park
12 X2601 Guiseppina 22 99 53.0 James McDonald Steven Ramsay & Julia Ritchie, Maungatautari
13 3X4X1 Gaston 14 90 53.0 Kelly Myers Graeme & Debbie Rogerson, Tuhikaramea
14 X4220 Upsala 11 90 53.0 Matthew Cameron Kenny & Lisa Rae, Ruakaka
15 12101 Baby Guinness 21 94 52.0 Craig Grylls Karen Fursdon & Gemma Sliz, Matamata
16 11441 So Elusive 13 94 52.0 David Walsh Michael Pitman, Yaldhurst, Riccarton
17 11232 Starguru 19 88 52.0 Rosie Myers (a) Patrick Campbell, Hastings
18 5X122 Charma 17 85 52.0 Mark Sweeney Graeme & Mark Sanders, Te Awamutu
19 12512 Eight Schillings 3 85 52.0 Sam Spratt Stephen McKee, Ardmore
20 3X354 Rough Odds 2 84 52.0 Richard Collett, Pukekohe Park
21 25320 Kaptain Kirkup (IRE) 5 82 52.0 Michael Moroney & Andrew Clarken, Matamata
22 76742 Reuben Thorn 6 75 52.0 Grant Searle, Awapuni

The Hombre has to have a good chance too after his great Railway run.

I am SO happy he's out... the right decision.

Good luck to all my usual favorites haha or which The Hombre is the only one I can see having a shot as well. (Unless Vonusti feels like it which I guess isn't likely).

How are the odds on Ego?

Good luck with Durham Town!

Ego's 80-1. He had an injury layoff last season and hasn't shown much in his first few starts back this summer. Hope he turns it around soon.

Full field odds:

Atomic Force 2.50f
O'Cartier 51
Vonusti 18
El Chico 31
Atapi 14
Double Barrel 41
Imani 61
The Hombre 12
Durham Town 9
Ego 81
Guiseppina 5.50
Gaston 16
Upsala 31
Baby Guinness 21
So Elusive 41
Starguru 81
Charma 41
Eight Schillings 26

Wow, AMAZING win by the undefeated 2yo filly in the Wakefield. Definitely the highlight of the day so far.

Whoa, Villifye only fourth in the Anniversary Handicap as 35-1 longshot Fairway Wish prevails. Undisclosed second, Flash Hapi third.

Great 3yo race coming up now. Ocean Park, who was so good when second in the Guineas at Ellerslie on Boxing Day, is the favourite. Burgundy and Nashville are the other strong contenders. All three are going for the Derby in March.

Ocean Park by five! :eek:

Nice!

I just found the results for the race Six O'Clock News was in... yea!

How long till the Telegraph?

God I wish it were on here. Can't wait for replays!

Yeah it was a great win by the old boy! He's so good on his day.

The Telegraph is at 5:46pm NZT, so 55 minutes away.

Very happy!

Okay let us know who wins and I shall jump on and off and cross my fingers... :)

Good luck!

GUISEPPINA!

Amazing win. She flew.

Atomic Force 2nd. El Chico 3rd.

Vonusti and The Hombre were close. Upsala scratched because of his wide barrier draw.

Durham Town fell. Tried to get through along the rail and got pushed into it. Horse and jockey both fine. :) But it was pretty scary.

Oh wow glad he's okay.

I still haven't watched the replay but just looked at results...

Hooray for the 8th, 9th and 12th place finishers. :D

Cheers to Ms Guiseppina. :)

:confused:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news...ectid=10781166

:(
Disappointing and wrong.

In more positive news, two big races down at Trentham this Saturday:

G1 Thorndon Mile

1 05955 Booming 1 103 59.0 Masa Tanaka Jeff Lynds, Awapuni
2 36115 Justanexcuse 4 102 58.5 Darryl Bradley Lisa Latta, Awapuni
3 44208 Vonusti 12 101 58.0 Chad Ormsby Tim & Margaret Carter, Cambridge
4 51171 Platinum Princess 18 104 57.5 Kelly Myers Lisa Latta, Awapuni
5 10951 Postmans Daughter 10 101 56.0 Rory Hutchings (a) Don Walker, Pukekohe Park
6 21115 Final Touch 8 100 55.5 Noel Harris John & Karen Parsons, Balcairn
7 23521 Shez Sinsational 7 100 55.5 James McDonald Allan Sharrock, New Plymouth
8 60130 November Rain 5 99 55.0 Leith Innes Richard Collett, Pukekohe Park
9 05393 Joku (AUS) 11 95 55.0 Johnathon Parkes Jim Litt, Hawera
10 X1639 Dating 15 97 54.0 Michael Coleman Graeme & Debbie Rogerson, Tuhikaramea
11 34121 Sadist 16 95 53.5 Michael Walker John Sargent, Matamata
12 X3476 All In Tempo 13 90 53.5 Mark Hills Bryce Revell, New Plymouth
13 20292 Smoulder 17 93 53.0 Lisa Allpress Graeme & Mark Sanders, Te Awamutu
14 18463 Banchee 14 88 52.0 Matthew Cameron John Sargent, Matamata
15 72211 Say No More 6 88 52.0 Rosie Myers (a) Paul Duncan, Cambridge
16 48270 New Moon 9 85 52.0 Vanessa Johnston Tony Devcich, Cambridge
17 40328 Jetset Lad 2 84 52.0 Sam Spratt John Wheeler, New Plymouth
18 01962 Pinot Express 3 74 52.0 Robert Hannam Stephen Autridge, Matamata


G2 Wellington Cup

1 25050 Spiro 11 98 58.0 Kane Smith Sylvia Kay, Levin
2 00110 Cassini 6 99 56.5 Lisa Allpress Mark Oulaghan, Awapuni
3 09051 Six O'Clock News 17 102 56.0 Leith Innes Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young, Cambridge
4 24184 Blood Brotha 7 93 56.0 Michael Walker Raymond Connors, Wanganui
5 7X903 Loose Change 4 92 56.0 Chad Ormsby David Haworth & Matt Dixon, Foxton
6 X1311 Single Minded 15 92 56.0 Craig Grylls Graham Richardson, Matamata
7 56224 The Jungle Boy 12 92 56.0 Mark Sweeney Shaun Clotworthy, Byerley Park
8 23111 Green Supreme 3 90 55.5 James McDonald Graham Richardson, Matamata
9 42200 Tullaroan 8 89 55.5 Darryl Bradley David Haworth & Matt Dixon, Foxton
10 10731 Crocodile Canyon 19 95 55.0 Rosie Myers (a) Kevin Myers, Wanganui
11 18582 Aussieaussieaussie 2 88 55.0 Robert Hannam Kevin Hughes, Riccarton Park
12 15204 Sum Up 9 88 55.0 Mark Hills Shelley Hale, Cambridge
13 88952 Marea Alta 18 90 53.5 Noel Harris Alexander Fieldes, Wanganui
14 21051 Peace Lilly 5 85 52.5 Sam Spratt Ralph Manning, Cambridge
15 X0023 Top Spot 1 85 52.5 Masa Tanaka Graham Richardson, Matamata
16 1X226 Exquisite Choice 14 81 52.5 Michelle Wenn Roger James, Cambridge
17 X5378 Phantom Storm 13 80 52.5 Kelly Myers Lisa Latta, Awapuni
18 67526 Ascolini 10 71 52.5 Vanessa Johnston Paul Belsham, Wanganui

Really nice fields especially for the Mile!

Good luck to all the usual suspects. :D

I love this!

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news...ectid=10781766

Hope it was worth it, buying that suit. :)

That's a lovely story.

And here's the field for that race, the Karaka Million, at Ellerslie tomorrow:

1 261 Warhorse 15 70 56.5 Matthew Cameron Jason Bridgman, Matamata
2 118 Silver City 8 75 56.5 Leith Innes Stephen McKee, Ardmore
3 2 Ockham's Razor (AUS) 13 68 56.5 Craig Williams Anthony Freedman,
4 211 Green Wings 12 70 56.5 Corey Brown Graham Richardson, Matamata
5 13 Freedom 10 69 56.5 Sam Spratt Stephen McKee, Ardmore
6 15 Taoist Master 3 64 56.5 Jonathan Riddell John Sargent, Matamata
7 21 Mai Guru 2 64 56.5 Damien Oliver Kevin Hughes & Dean Wiles, Pukekohe Park
8 21 Choice Bro 4 64 56.5 James McDonald John Sargent, Matamata
9 218 Deakes 1 64 56.5 David Walsh John Sargent, Matamata
10 1 Sell In May (AUS) 11 72 54.5 Benjamin Melham John Sadler, Flemington
11 126 Silk Pins 14 68 54.5 Hugh Bowman Keith & Brendon Hawtin, Te Awamutu
12 44213 Hogwarts Express 7 65 54.5 Michael Walker Stephen Marsh, Cambridge
13 514 Marechal 9 69 54.5 Lisa Allpress John Sargent, Matamata
14 7218 Dreamcoat 6 63 54.5 Michael Coleman Stephen McKee, Ardmore
15 32 Magic Shaft 5 54 56.5 John Sargent, Matamata
16 331 Lady de Chine 16 63 54.5 Lisa Latta, Awapuni

Good luck, Dreamcoat! Would love to see those guys win. But Warhorse and Freedom will be hard to beat.



And the Karaka Mile for 3yos...

1 10213 Brackenwood 14 85 56.5 Darryl Bradley Lisa Latta, Awapuni
2 12215 Rock 'n' Pop 3 85 56.5 Matthew Cameron Jason Bridgman, Matamata
3 14423 Shanghai Bund 6 82 56.5 James McDonald John Sargent, Matamata
4 X1305 Ginner Hart 5 78 56.5 Leith Innes Alexander Fieldes, Wanganui
5 60487 Fort Lincoln 11 73 56.5 Jonathan Riddell Lisa Latta, Awapuni
6 08274 Vincent Street 9 72 56.5 Damien Oliver Vanessa & Wayne Hillis, Matamata
7 37611 King's Fortune 16 70 56.5 Michael Coleman Don Sellwood, Cambridge
8 57616 Grand Admiral 8 63 56.5 Sam Spratt Peter & Dawn Williams, Byerley Park
9 X3978 Molto Grato 15 62 56.5 Trudy Thornton Robert Priscott & Clayton Chipperfield, Te Awamutu
10 585 Captain Francis 1 47 56.5 Lisa Allpress Jeff Lynds, Awapuni
11 95887 Sighlent Spur 13 45 56.5 Mark Sweeney Brent Wells, Ruakaka
12 6122 Divine Spice 7 68 54.5 Hugh Bowman Stephen Marsh, Cambridge
13 0X41 Mosh Pit 2 64 54.5 Corey Brown Graham Richardson, Matamata
14 20193 Zah Girl 4 64 54.5 Michael Walker Shaun Clotworthy, Byerley Park
15 0198 Matabrahma 10 61 54.5 Samantha Collett Paul Jenkins, Matamata
16 9X723 Classcoroc 12 53 54.5 Noel Harris Graeme Hughes, Te Rapa

Rock 'n' Pop, I think.

Warhorse looked really good in the one race of his I saw...

In the MIle I only know one name. Embarrassing!

Whatever happened to ***** O'Reilly?

She ran in a G3 for 3yo fillies at Trentham just now, actually! But she didn't really feature.

Quintessential won it impressively, beating Capital Diamond and Artistic.

Oh wow too funny!

I don't know what made me think of her but it is pretty funny how we can't post her name.

Good luck, ed! When you have a sec let us know who the favorite is for the Thorndon Mile. :) I'm sure all my picks are at very long odds but not like I can play them!

I would love to see Banchee win this and I am quite sure you would too.(I won't list the other 8 I'm cheering for). :D

It is funny. And a new 2yo filly who looks something special is the same - ***** Willow!

Yeah, definitely cheering for Banchee! The Thorndon's only 15 mins away now!

Odds:

Booming 18
Justanexcuse 22
Vonusti 27
Platinum Princess 18
Postman's Daughter 28
Final Touch 18
Shez Sinsational 4.30f
November Rain 9.60
Joku 44
Dating 19
Sadist 12
All In Tempo 44
Smoulder 18
Banchee 9
Say No More 8
New Moon 59
Jetset Lad 20
Pinot Express 55

Great field.

Dying! :D I keep refreshing this damned page...
http://www.racingandsports.com.au/fo...ate=28/01/2012
and coming back to see if you've posted the winner and I have to leave but I will keep checking back!

(Please let it be Banchee!).

Say No More?! Wow.

Postman's Daughter second, then Jetset Lad and Smoulder.

:confused:
Say No More has come from nowhere. She's suddenly become a really good horse.

Banchee tired herself out before the race even started - jumping around and throwing her head all over the place. And then she had a rough trip. She just had nothing left in the stretch.

SIX O'CLOCK NEWS WON THE WELLINGTON CUP! :eek: :D

Amazing.