New Zealand Racing, 2010-11

[my miss storm cat]

Hey ed... does Katie Lee run this weekend or next?

[_ed_]

Next weekend (the 11th).

But there are some nice early 3yo stakes races this weekend.

Fillies Stakes:

1 X111X Smoulder 12 78 56.0 Chad Ormsby Graeme & Mark Sanders, Te Awamutu
2 640X1 Elle Tresor 7 74 56.0 Mark Du Plessis Keith & Brendon Hawtin, Te Awamutu
3 6X211 Extra Explosive 2 73 56.0 Andrew Scott, Matamata
4 43012 Faro Rubino 10 70 56.0 Patrick Holmes Carol Kupa, Foxton
5 5104X Miss Marauder 9 68 56.0 Masa Tanaka Matthew Eales, Awapuni
6 31 Tart 'N' Tartan 5 68 56.0 James McDonald (a) Donna, Dean Logan & Chris Gibbs, Ruakaka
7 6X19X L'Amour 14 67 56.0 Kelly Myers Lisa Latta, Awapuni
8 322X2 Rememba Howe 4 59 56.0 Lisa Allpress Evan & J J Rayner, Wanganui
9 3X42 Stardom 8 59 56.0 Andrew Calder Jim Campin, Cambridge
10 63342 Waiana Gold 3 59 56.0 Darryl Bradley Gary Vile, Awapuni
11 2X Reve De Victoire (AUS) 13 58 56.0 Jonathan Riddell Kevin Gray, Copper Belt Lodge, Palmerston North
12 3826 El Menear 1 56 56.0 Craig Grylls Derek Allen, Ruakaka
13 8 Good Gracious 6 50 56.0 Sam Spratt Rachael Frost, Otaki
14 Princess Katie (AUS) 11 50 56.0 Hayden Tinsley Kevin Gray, Copper Belt Lodge, Palmerston North

Smoulder is the best horse here, I think. Elle Tresor, Extra Explosive, Tart 'N' Tartan and Stardom are all good as well. This is a really nice field.


Wanganui Guineas:

1 2322X Cellarmaster 7 88 56.0 James McDonald (a) Kevin Gray, Copper Belt Lodge, Palmerston North
2 1633X Jimmy Choux 2 86 56.0 Jonathan Riddell John Bary, Hastings
3 32012 Shah 12 70 56.0 David Walsh Peter McKenzie, Levin
4 21 Flash Hapi 5 69 56.0 Tasha Collett (a) Kenny & Lisa Rae, Ruakaka
5 0X31 Anotherchancetaken 3 68 56.0 Hayden Tinsley Garry & Steven Barlow, Woodville
6 7X1X Barefoot 4 68 56.0 Robert Hannam Adrian Bull, Hunterville
7 1 Enjoyit 13 68 56.0 Mark Du Plessis Graeme Forbes, Cambridge
8 36616 Fiddler 6 68 56.0 Sam Spratt Tony Gillies, Matamata
9 14 Royal Tap 9 68 56.0 Chris Johnson Kerry King, Isla Bank, Riverton
10 6X3 Above Stratum (AUS) 10 59 56.0 David Walker Warren Bolton, New Plymouth
11 0303 Young Yachtie 8 56 56.0 Lisa Allpress Jeff Bliss, New Plymouth
12 8X477 The Muffin Man 1 57 56.0 Patrick Holmes Paul Marks, Matamata
13 49X12 Fastnet Lady (AUS) 11 70 54.5 Craig Grylls Graeme & Mark Sanders, Te Awamutu

Cellarmaster and Jimmy Choux were great to watch last year. It's 3-2 to Cellarmaster in their head-to-head. But it sounds like it'll be a wet track, and Jimmy handles the wet better.

Enjoyit was also very impressive in his only start, and I think Flash Hapi has a lot of ability as well.

[my miss storm cat]

Oh I wasn't sure if Jimmy was coming back this season. Yea!

[my miss storm cat]

Are you okay, ed?

I have no idea where you are in relation to the earthquake.

Everything okay with you?

[_ed_]

I'm fine. I'm up near the top of the North Island, and the earthquake was down in Christchurch, about halfway down the South Island. And luckily my friends that I stay with when I go down there are in England at the moment.

It's so amazing that no one was killed. The destruction is incredible. I go down to Christchurch every year for the 2000 Guineas and 1000 Guineas, and I can hardly recognise photos of roads I've walked along heaps of times.

[_ed_]

Soooo close. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=To1ZAN4kdmA
Nice effort by Cellarmaster as well.

The fillies race: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2kWUdKhdtA

And also our biggest steeplechase, which was won for the THIRD time by Hypnotize. He's only the second horse in history to do that. This was a great race. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yA0KDfMjU4o

[my miss storm cat]

I'm glad you're okay. I live in LA so I know what it's like, seeing places that don't look the same.

Amazing that everyone is alright!

Those races were great and wow Hypnotize! Why do I not know that name? Just so awesome!

Thank you cause am still recovring from last night.

Let's see...

I was so busy changing something at Flemington that i forgot all about Randwick. I pretty much never change my plays but I decided to change Shocking for Speed Gifted. Great move.

(edit - Just to be clear I put the ones I liked over Heart of Dreams. I really didn't think it would be either Shocking or Speed Gifted but had to use one and being an idiot...)

Meanwhile I remembered to check Randwick results later and, since I didn't play him this time, Lion Tamer decided to win and he paid very nicely.

A grand evening all around.