New Zealand Racing, 2016-17

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Ellerslie Saturday:

# 7 MANUKA DOCTOR BONECRUSHER STAKES (G3)
1400m, $70000, 3YO SW, 04:24 p.m.
1 1 XIONG FENG 56.5 72
2 2 THE SOULTAKER 56.5 70
3 8 QUANTUM 56.5 66
4 5 MONGOLIANLIGHTNING 56.5 65
5 6 SAVILE ROW 56.5 63
6 4 MONGOLIAN WOLF (AUS) 56.5 63
7 9 BLUE TWILIGHT 56.5 62
8 7 CORPORATE MISSILE (AUS) 54.5 63
9 5 MADEIRA 54.5 63
10 10 HELLO M'LADY 54.5

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Terrible conditions, but that was a nice win for The Soultaker. Seemed to be going backwards, but showed great heart in the stretch.

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Big day at Hastings on Saturday. I hope the weather improves.

# 5 RED BADGE SPRING SPRINT (G3)
1400m, $70000, OPN HCP, 02:53 p.m.
1 9 TAURUS 60.0 100
2 11 ANTONIO LOMBARDO 59.5 99
3 10 RINGO 59.5 99
4 7 ADMIRAL 55.0 90
5 6 BLATHWAYT 55.0 90
6 3 IRISH HEARTBEAT 54.5 93
7 4 REILLY LINCOLN 53.0 89
8 8 PERSUASIVE 53.0 86
9 2 GET THAT JIVE (AUS) 53.0 85
10 5 JUSTLIKEYASISTER 53.0 82
11 1 NEW YORK MINUTE 53.0


# 6 SACRED FALLS HAWKE’S BAY GUINEAS (G2)
1400m, $100000, 3YO SW, 03:31 p.m.
1 5 HEROIC VALOUR 56.5 80
2 2 UGO FOSCOLO 56.5 74
3 1 BARCELO 56.5 72
4 4 WYNDSPELLE 56.5 72
5 3 KINGSMAN 56.5 70
6 7 MONGOLIAN FALCON 56.5 69
7 10 JON SNOW 56.5 63
8 9 O'REILLY'S CHOICE 56.5 63
9 11 TECHNICIAN 56.5 63
10 8 IMPULSIVE HABIT 56.5 54
11 6 BABE 54.5

# 8 LIVAMOL CLASSIC (G1)
2040m, $250000, WFA, 04:41 p.m.
1 17 BENZINI (AUS) 59.0 105
2 5 JULINSKY PRINCE 59.0 104
3 3 AUTHENTIC PADDY 59.0 103
4 12 WILLIE CAZALS (IRE) 59.0 102
5 2 SAINT EMILION 59.0 100
6 13 EL PESCADO 59.0 97
7 16 FARM BOY 59.0 94
8 6 HASSELHOOF 59.0 94
9 10 HUMIDOR 57.5 89
10 15 BATTLE TIME 57.5 79
11 4 RASA LILA 57.0 101
12 14 BOHEMIAN LILY 57.0 97
13 8 PLATINUM COMMAND 57.0 94
14 1 CELEBRITY MISS 57.0 91
15 18 MIME 55.5 99
16 9 FANATIC 55.5 83
17 11 SAVARIA (B1) 57.0 89
18 7 NYMPH MONTE (B2) 59.0

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After getting up at 5am and six hours on the road, I'm at Hastings. The weather is fine, but the damage has been done - the track's officially slow.

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Wow, a couple of upsets already in the first three races. This could be an interesting day.

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Mongolian Falcon was other-worldly today.

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Willie Cazals?! The old man did it. That's a great training performance to bring him back from leg injuries that seemed to be career-ending.