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Who is Choice Bro and why is he higher than War Horse?
Interesting list and fun cause I had forgotten how many good ones there were / are! |
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Choice Bro: 1st Sires' Produce Stakes G1, 1st Taranaki Classic G3
Warhorse: 1st Diamond Stakes G1, 1st Eclipse Stakes G3, 3rd Sires' Produce Stakes G1 It was pretty close. I probably would have them the other way around - I guess the fact that Choice Bro beat Warhorse in the SP Stakes went in his favour. |
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And now here are the nomineees for the Horse of the Year Awards! With my predictions...
2012 Broodmare Of The Year Sheila Cheval - Dam of Mufhasa Sunday Joy (Aus) - Dam of More Joyous Triassic - Dam of So You Think and Now You Know Probably Sheila Cheval (I'm thinking this will be a big night for Mufhasa and everyone connected with him!) She's also the dam of retired G1 winner Keepa Cruisin. 2012 Stallion Awards These are just decided by number of wins, number of winners, prize money won, etc. The winners in these various categories are already known: Zabeel, O'Reilly, Pins. 2012 Breeder Of The Year The Oaks Stud (Dick Karreman) - Artistic, Single Minded, Zurella, Smoulder. Wentwood Grange (Hawkins Family) - Little Bridge & At The Heads Piper Farm Ltd (Alex & Cecile Smith) - So You Think & Now You Know Colin and John Thompson - Mufhasa I have to go with The Oaks here. AMAZING season for them, highlighted by the 1-2 in the Oaks with Artistic and Zurella. Jumps Jockey Of The Year Richard Cully - Joint Premiership Winner & Most Stakes Won Richard Eynon - Joint Premiership Winner Matthew Gillies - Most Prestige Jumping Races Won No idea. I don't really follow jumps racing that closely. Maybe Gillies. Jockey Of The Year Lisa Allpress - Premiership Winner Matthew Cameron - Premiership Runner-up (VERY close) James McDonald - Most Group & Listed Races Won, Most Stakes Won Probably James. Dunstan Trainer Of The Year Jason Bridgman - Joint Most Group & Listed Races Won Lisa Latta - Joint Most Group & Listed Races Won Stephen McKee - Joint Most Group & Listed Races Won John Sargent - Premiership Winner, Most Stakes Won Allan Sharrock - NZTA Nominee Sargent. With 111 wins this season, he broke Mark Walker's all-time season record of 107. Owner Of The Year A A Baeyertz, J P Goodin, G A Macdonald, G H Phillips & R W Sharrock - (37 Points) Shez Sinsational A J & Mrs I M Barker - (35 Points) Veyron D L, Ms N N & S C Archer & Mrs D J Wright - (46 Points) Mufhasa & Eight Schillings The Oaks Stud - (62 Points) Artistic, Zurella, Single Minded, Smoulder It looks like this is done on points? I didn't know that. Either way, though, The Oaks Stud dominate here. But honourable mention to the Archers and Wright, who only have a small number of horses - a champion and another stakes-winner this season is a great effort! Champion Jumper Counter Punch Ima Heroine Morpheus Southern Countess Tobouggie Nights Again, I don't know much about jumpers! Ima Heroine won the main jumping race, so maybe her. Champion Two Year Old Choice Bro P.ussy Willow () Rollout The Carpet Warhorse Now we're talking! Oooh, close one. Probably Warhorse, just. I think PW is the most talented of this group, but because of injury she probably didn't do enough to get this award - just a maiden win and a G2 win in her 2 starts. Champion Three Year Old Planet Rock Quintessential Rock ‘N’ Pop Silent Achiever What an amazing group! And others that didn't even get nominated - Artistic, Ocean Park, Knight's Tour, Antonio Lombardo, Burgundy... Wow. We were lucky to have so many good 3yos! But you've gotta give this one to Silent Achiever, the first filly to win the NZ Derby in 19 years. Champion Sprinter (-1500m) Guiseppina Mufhasa Veyron Nice to see Veyron starting to get nominated for these things! But Mufhasa just edges him here. Guiseppina had one incredible win in the Telegraph, but didn't do enough for the rest of the season. It'll be interesting to see how she goes in 2012-13. Champion Middle Distance Horse (1501m-2100m) Jimmy Choux Mufhasa Shez Sinsational Veyron Ooh, tough one. Jimmy Choux had 2 G1 wins in this category (and a Cox Plate placing in Australia), Mufhasa had 3 (two of them in Australia), Veyron 2 and Shez Sinsational 2. They all did so well! I'll say Jimmy Choux, just. Champion Stayer (2101+) Shez Sinsational Single Minded Six O’Clock News Spiro Shez Sinsational's superb G1 Auckland Cup win is enough to win her this one, I think. Single Minded was great in his two G2s, and I think he'll be even better as a 5yo. And old Six O'Clock News had a great win in the G2 Wellington Cup, but he wasn't at his best most of the time. Horse Of The Year Choice Bro Counter Punch Guiseppina Ima Heroine Jimmy Choux Morpheus Mufhasa Planet Rock ***** Willow Quintessential Rock ‘N’ Pop Rollout The Carpet Shez Sinsational Silent Achiever Single Minded Six O’Clock News Southern Countess Spiro Tobouggie Nights Veyron Warhorse Big list - every horse nominated in one of the categories is automatically nominated for this. I'm gonna say Mufhasa. |
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Great lists and I'd agree with so many of your choices but two things...
First off poor Veyron! Can't catch a break. Hopefully next year... Second for Horse of the Year - and you know how much I love Mufhasa, Jimmy et al - I think Shez Sinsational wins it. Of course I'll be thrilled for whichever horse wins as they're all just soooo damned good! Exciting stuff! |
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When do the results come out, ed?
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AWARDS RESULTS
Stallions Awards: Zabeel, O'Reilly, Pins Broodmare: Triassic (dam of So You Think) Breeder: Piper Farm (bred So You Think) 3yo filly (determined by points series): Planet Rock Apprentice jockey: Jason Collett And the more interesting ones: Jockey: James McDonald (25 votes - Lisa Allpress 19) Trainer: John Sargent (41 votes - Lisa Latta & Stephen McKee 2 each) Owner: The Oaks Stud (35 votes) Outstanding contribution to racing: Trevor McKee 2yo: Warhorse (31 votes - Choice Bro 11, P.ussy Willow 1) 3yo: Silent Achiever (40 votes - Quintessential 2, Rock 'N' Pop 1) Sprinter: Mufhasa (42 votes - Veyron 2) Middle Distance: Jimmy Choux (27 votes - Veyron 12, Mufhasa 3, Shez Sinsational 2) Stayer: Shez Sinsational (43 votes - Single Minded & Six O'Clock News 1 each) HORSE OF THE YEAR Mufhasa 37 votes Jimmy Choux 2 Veyron 2 Shez Sinsational 1 Silent Achiever 1 |
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I am so happy to be wrong cause really...just thrilled for Mufhasa and boy was I just waaaay off.
Thanks for results. I don't know why I thought it was this coming weekend. What's happing this weekend? Oh and who won for the jumps? |
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Jumps jockey: Richard Cully (26 votes - Matthew Gillies 16, Richard Eynon 3)
Jumps horse: Ima Heroine (22 votes, and the first mare to win the award - Toubouggie Nights 12 votes, Counter Punch 3, Southern Countess 2) There's a really nice 3yo stakes race at Ruakaka this Saturday. 1 1180X Silver City 6 73 56.5 Trudy Thornton Stephen McKee, Ardmore 2 2011 Buckland Boy 11 72 56.5 Sam Spratt M, M F & M L Rogers, Pukekohe Park 3 11X Sacred Falls 1 72 56.5 Leith Innes Tony Pike & Mark Donoghue, Cambridge 4 0557X Travino 7 72 56.5 Jason Waddell Peter McKay, Matamata 5 57X11 D'Cash Man 8 71 56.5 Cory Parish Kenny & Lisa Rae, Ruakaka 6 4175X Saatchi 4 70 56.5 Opie Bosson Danica Guy, Matamata 7 1332 Silverdale 3 65 56.5 Craig Grylls Stephen Autridge, Matamata 8 25X1 Southern Lord 5 64 56.5 Rogan Norvall Alan Tait, Matamata 9 741 Charlie Farley 2 63 56.5 Mark Du Plessis Patsy Riley, Pukekohe 10 302X1 King Zeus 9 63 56.5 Vinnie Colgan Donna & Dean Logan, Ruakaka 11 1 Elysium 10 63 54.5 Michael Coleman Lance Noble, Matamata Maybe not many familiar names here, but lots of these have looked very good in lower grades. Sacred Falls is undefeated in two starts and is already rated a 7-1 chance for the 2000 Guineas in November. And I really like Southern Lord - he looks super talented. And an old favourite resumes on the undercard: 1 4160X Floria 6 99 59.0 Leith Innes Stephen McKee, Ardmore 2 6260X Undisclosed 3 93 58.0 Jason Waddell Peter McKay, Matamata 3 3026X Capone 7 92 57.5 Mark Du Plessis Danica Guy, Matamata 4 04206 Sandblaster 1 92 57.5 Kevin Kalychurun (a4) Donna & Dean Logan, Ruakaka 5 72938 Nicole Amy 8 95 57.0 Vinnie Colgan Mark Brosnan, Matamata 6 5461X Flash Hapi 4 91 57.0 Sam Spratt Kenny & Lisa Rae, Ruakaka 7 3530X Antonio Lombardo 2 90 56.5 Opie Bosson Peter McKay, Matamata 8 01365 Toma Valea 5 87 55.0 Reese Jones Mark Brosnan, Matamata |