New Zealand Racing, 2012-13

[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.

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Yeah, I don't really like that. Warhorse was a great name.

I disagree with renaming horses in general, I think. It makes it harder to follow how they're going! I don't mind it so much in Australia - King Mufhasa, etc - because that's due to there being another horse registered there with the same name. It's fine to change the name then, but I don't like it when they're just renamed for no reason.

[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!!!

[my miss storm cat]

You should be very proud of your girl, ed. Tried her heart out.

Next time.

Tough field!

Watched the replay (wow I didn't think Pus$y was gonna do it)... is Barbaric okay? Just not her day?

[my miss storm cat]

Nice win by Ruud Awakening (and Touche looked really good flying there at the end)!

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Yeah I loved that Ruud Awakening-Touche race. Definitely two horses to watch in the Karaka Million on the 27th!

Pinzaara was a naughty girl today - she got herself a bit sweaty before the race, then wasn't paying attention in the gates, so was slow away. But I really liked the way she finished it off down the stretch. Yeah, next time.

I was a bit worried when I saw Barbaric finish way back. Seems to be OK - apparently lost a shoe during the race, and that foot got a bit sore afterwards. But nothing serious.

[my miss storm cat]

Thanks for the update. Your girl did finish well.

Hey if there were a contest for who spent the most time looking for news on the Trentham Stakes I think I'd win.

I know it's next weekend, only wish I knew who were going!

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by _ed_

Yeah I loved that Ruud Awakening-Touche race. Definitely two horses to watch in the Karaka Million on the 27th!

Pinzaara was a naughty girl today - she got herself a bit sweaty before the race, then wasn't paying attention in the gates, so was slow away. But I really liked the way she finished it off down the stretch. Yeah, next time.

I was a bit worried when I saw Barbaric finish way back. Seems to be OK - apparently lost a shoe during the race, and that foot got a bit sore afterwards. But nothing serious.

Just to be clear that is the 27th of THIS month, right? (Can't get on the NZRacing site!).

I know the Karaka Mile is the same day... any idea who will be there?

Not rushing you but cannot wait for your pre-Derby posts!