New Zealand Racing, 2012-13

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It's next weekend, so we'll see the field on Wednesday.

[my miss storm cat]

Good for Southern Lord. How did he look? Will catch replay over the weekend.

I still haven't looked to see where my girl finished...

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Southern Lord was great! He stormed down the outside. Brilliant performance, and a well-deserved win.

Park Princess was scratched after refusing to go into the gate.

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Captain Cook field:

1 X4154 Mufhasa 6 110 59.0 Sam Spratt Stephen McKee, Ardmore
2 21X32 Veyron 5 110 59.0 Linda Laing, Cambridge
3 31672 Fritzy Boy 2 104 59.0 Hayden Tinsley Alby MacGregor, Opaki
4 222X5 Jetset Lad 10 103 59.0 Mark Du Plessis John Wheeler, New Plymouth
5 11214 Final Touch 8 107 57.0 Chris Johnson John & Karen Parsons, Balcairn
6 47X11 Lady Kipling 9 106 57.0 Opie Bosson Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman, Cambridge
7 X5423 Guiseppina 4 104 57.0 Jonathan Riddell Steven Ramsay & Julia Ritchie, Maungatautari
8 25721 Zennista 7 103 57.0 Lisa Latta, Awapuni
9 0X033 Platinum Princess 3 97 57.0 Lisa Latta, Awapuni
10 64733 Lady Chaparral 1 90 57.0 Kelly Myers Chris Wood, Cambridge

[my miss storm cat]

Wow that is some field!!!!!

I was trying to figure out around how many G1 winners were there and blanked out on Fritzy...

Had he won one a long time ago?

Rooting for Mufhasa of course but will be happy for about half of them should they win (especially Veyron).

(Lady Kipling still doesn't have a G1 win... or does she)?

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G1 winners in the field are...

Mufhasa (x10)
Veyron (x4)
Fritzy Boy (x1 - yep, the 2008 Challenge Stakes!)
Guiseppina (x1)

Lady Kipling hasn't won one yet. She's won three G2s and has been placed in three G1s. Zennista and Jetset Lad have also been G1-placed.

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Final Touch deserved that - such an underrated mare. Great performances by Mufhasa and Lady Kipling too. Veyron had a rough trip.

If you get the chance, watch the replay of the Concorde from Ellerslie - WOW.