New Zealand Racing

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He's a 7 year old (Spinning World - Be Yourself), who has now won 8 races from 37 starts and $680,000.

He was usually ridden by Felix Coetzee in his HK career (can't find who trained him sorry), and had 22 starts there in 2004-05, mostly at around a mile, for 4 wins, 3 seconds and 2 thirds. Most of his starts there are listed as 'INT' and 'PRG' grade (intermediate and progressive I assume?), so he didn't race at the very highest level there but was a decent horse.

At the end of 2005 he suffered his injury in a training accident (I can't find what the injury was in particular sorry), and apparently it was a 50-50 decision whether to put him down or try to save him. Luckily they chose to save him!

He was sent to NZ to recover after surgery and he was looked after by Steven Cooper (a British horseman who now lives here), and he has trained him since he returned to racing here in NZ.

He's won 2 stakes races in NZ and ran 4th in a G1 in April.

His legs are still a bit fragile so he refuses to try his hardest on dry tracks, but when the track's a bit softer he's always run well. And that's what he got on Saturday.