New Zealand Racing, 2011-12

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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.

[my miss storm cat]

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 )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.

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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.

[my miss storm cat]

Good luck indeed. That was ridiculous.

[my miss storm cat]

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

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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

[my miss storm cat]

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!

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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.

[my miss storm cat]

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!

[my miss storm cat]

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

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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!

[my miss storm cat]

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

Who is up for the Telegraph?

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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

[my miss storm cat]

Poor Bruce.

Originally Posted by _ed_

Sir Slick was 9th; Bruce Almighty 11th.

Current entries for the Telegraph...

Mufhasa Stephen McKee, Ardmore 7 Gelding 111
Vonusti Tim & Margaret Carter, Cambridge 7 Gelding 102
Atapi Richard Otto, Te Awamutu 10 Gelding 98
The Hombre John Bary, Hastings 5 Gelding 95
Upsala Kenny & Lisa Rae, Ruakaka 4 Horse 90

Fainting!

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

[my miss storm cat]

How sweet!

[my miss storm cat]

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 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

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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.

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by _ed_

He's out.

4 54420 Vonusti
6 00X04 Atapi
9 X1272 The Hombre
14 X4220 Upsala

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!

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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