New Zealand Racing, 2009-10

[my miss storm cat]

Oh damnit I forgot to say happy birthday!

I don't know ed, I thought you would have said Wealth Princess for Sprinter.

Poor Zarzuela, Boundless, Military Move, Monaco, Harris Tweed et al cause no one can win over Katie!

Maybe next year kids.

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Originally Posted by my miss storm cat

I don't know ed, I thought you would have said Wealth Princess for Sprinter.

Maybe. She's the best horse nominated for that award, but she didn't actually win a G1 race (even though she went so close in Brisbane!). She ran in three G1s and ran second in two of them. She broke a track record and won her first five races in a row, but her best win was a G3.

I'd love to see her win it, but I think Tavistock's two G1 wins and Australian G2 win will get him the award.

[my miss storm cat]

Okay got it.

Just curious... does du Plessis have any shot for jockey?

Of course i like Opie as well but just wondering!

Forgot to say hooray for Red Ruler.

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He definitely does.

Mark Walker has gone to train in Singapore this year and taken quite a few of his NZ horses with him (including Tell A Tale ), so John Sargent now has the biggest stable in NZ. Mark's the contracted rider for that stable, and I think he'll have a great season riding horses like Passchendaele, St Germaine, Red Ruler, Banchee and the good 2yos they always have.

Opie might have trouble winning enough races in NZ because he's said he's going to follow Katie anywhere she goes to ride her. It sounds like she'll be doing a bit of racing in Australia from about October. Opie will miss quite a few NZ rides because of that, but I think it's the right choice!

[my miss storm cat]

Interesting about Tell a Tale, etc.

As an aside this is on the hk thread but incase you're one of the thousands who don't look at it Corporal Jones and Handsome Zulu are both in HK (which you probably knew was gonna happen months ago or posted and I had forgotten).

Here's hoping Tell a Tale becomes the star of Singapore racing.

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I knew they were going, but I didn't know when. Military Move is going to HK as well I think.