Awesome! I hope he breaks the record tomorrow.

Guess who's back in light training...


That's who!

His first race back will be in August, so still a little while away.

Oh it's nice to see that face again! :D :tro:

198!

Congrats, James. :)

Cool! :tro:

The 198th: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lWfiBys8ro

I hope everyone you know is okay, ed.

Yeah, all fine, thank you. But the people of Christchurch are going through such a tough time at the moment. Feel so sorry for them. It must be awful.

In more positive news, we have a new young star jockey! I think Rory Hutchings is only 16 years old, and he only started riding at the end of April.

There were 8 races today - he won 4 and was second in another one. :eek:

Nice!

What is James gonna do... is he leaving?

Offers from all over the world... what do you hope he does, ed?

I know he's staying here until November - he wants to stick with some of the good horses he rides, like Scarlett Lady and Keep The Peace.

I think he'll go overseas after that. I wish he would stay here, but the money is just so much better in places like Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai. I think he'll go to one of those. :(

I wish he'd stay too but I guess it's hard to pass up what I'd assume he's now being offered.

Aaah well good for him.

You know I love Jimmy so very much and am thrilled to see the smallest piece on him but awww I feel kinda bad they didn't use a picture of The Hombre!

http://www.thoroughbrednews.com.au/s....aspx?id=53699

Honestly ed is he like the biggest thoroughbred out there or did he just look that way during his last race?

He looked massive! Bigger than Zenyatta and Midnight Lute.

Someone once posted that the two of them crossed paths once at Hollywood Park and it was like an eclipse. :D

Let me know who else is going in this race when you can since I'm a moron and cannot find such things. :wf

The Hombre is HUGE! I think he's the biggest horse currently racing in NZ. I haven't seen any that big for a long time.

He's been a bit disappointing lately. :( He's much better than that.

Here's the field for that race:

1 62780 Our Lukas (2) 58 Shane Scriven
2 X9420 Mr Clangtastic (1) 56 Damian Browne
3 22715 Shuffle the Cash (12) 56 Eddie Wilkinson
4 51X20 Spechenka (10) 56 Ryan Wiggins
5 63120 Gold in Dubai (7) 54.5 Michael Walker
6 22370 The Hombre (13) 54 Jim Byrne
7 62203 Little Stranger (3) 53 Scott Galloway
8 47147 Teary Eyed (9) 53 Jason Taylor
9 21X21 Arcenciel (11) 53 Chris Munce
10 X1365 Danagaze (4) 53 Andrew Spinks
11 80480 Warrior Within (15) 53 Paul Hammersley
12 1X639 American Gangster (8) 53 Nathan Thomas
13 51280 General Mackjosh (5) 53 Melissa Walters (a)
14 74606 Patmoss (6) 53 Joe Bowditch
15 02338 Rambling On (14) 53

So two NZ chances - The Hombre and Arcenciel, who I think is going to be very good but maybe needs a few more months before winning at this level.

Hey ed can you refresh my memory...

Coup Align makes his belated Singapore debut this weekend.

I remember he's a sprinter and that's about it (duh).

Feel like sharing info on this one?

Thanks!

He's a pretty fast horse.

22 starts for 12 wins (5 stakes).

He has run 1:07.79 and 1:08.05 for 6 furlongs, so he can run!

Thanks!

It's a nice little field (R7 on Sunday) with some pretty decent types (Tuxedo Moon, Perfect Pins and Amadeus Mozart... a few others I'm not familiar with at all).

Should be fun!

Seachange's 3yo full-sister, Shipsterns, debuts in a maiden race on Saturday.

Oh cool thanks for the news!

Hows Jimmy doing? Where is he right now and any word on the plans for him?

I haven't heard much recently, but I know he's back in training and his first target is the G1 Hawke's Bay Challenge Stakes on his home track at Hastings. That's on August 27.

Some of the new stallions in NZ for 2011:

Makfi
Rip Van Winkle
Shocking
Paco Boy
Showcasing
Per Incanto

:eek:
I can't wait to see their babies run here in NZ.

Jimmy's younger half-brother has been named - Chouxshine!

But he hasn't even had a trial yet, so we might not see him for a while.