New Zealand Racing, 2012-13

[my miss storm cat]

I hope you get a chance to do it one day!

What's coming up... is the Telegraph this month or next?

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Yep, that's right! The Telegraph is on the 19th.

And we're already starting to look ahead to the Derby on March 2. Habibi is the 5-1 favourite after her feats at Ellerslie.

[my miss storm cat]

I cannot wait for you annual Derby preview!

We haven't talked about Huffer yet.... any idea what the plans are for her?

Read that Habibi is the Lebanese word for dear one or darling.

Awww!

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I think they're having a bit of a hard time finding races for Huffer - they've entered her in a couple of stakes sprints, and she hasn't quite been able to sneak into the field. She was four horses away from getting a spot in the Railway field, and I think it'll be the same for her in the Telegraph. Maybe they'll try to win another race with her before then to get her rating up.

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat

Read that Habibi is the Lebanese word for dear one or darling.

Awww!

Yeah, the owner (a lovely old lady) mentioned something about that when she was presented with the Championship Stakes trophy. And she said the filly was a dream come true.

[my miss storm cat]

There is a video profile of Veyron on the NZ racing site (dated tomorrow here so brand new).

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That's a great video!

Pinzaara's back at Ellerslie again Saturday. Can't wait! Tough field, though - Barbaric looks pretty good. I'll be delighted if she's in the first three.

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In other news, a couple of great photos of the lovely Habibi winning the G2 Championship Stakes at Ellerslie on NYD.

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by _ed_

That's a great video!

Pinzaara's back at Ellerslie again Saturday. Can't wait! Tough field, though - Barbaric looks pretty good. I'll be delighted if she's in the first three.

Best of luck, hope she wins! How exciting.

Lovely picture of Habibi but oh ed need to ask...

The silly hk name changes are kind of easy to adjust to (although I wish they wouldn't!) and adding the "King" before Mufhasa is at least fitting but changing Warhorse to Tougher than Ever?

What do you think? He will always be Warhorse to me.

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by _ed_

That's a great video!

Pinzaara's back at Ellerslie again Saturday. Can't wait! Tough field, though - Barbaric looks pretty good. I'll be delighted if she's in the first three.

Interesting to see Pus$y O'Reilly's name again! I had forgotten about her.

GOOD LUCK!!!