New Zealand Racing, 2012-13

[my miss storm cat]

Oh my God I had no idea he didn't win again!

Yeah I remember how really surprised, to use a nice word , you were after that one!

[_ed_]

Haha, definitely. Of the 17 Derby winners I can remember seeing, I'd rate him... 17th best.

Look who's back this weekend! http://www.nzracing.co.nz/News/8933/...t-Ruakaka.aspx

I was thinking about going. That news made the decision a whole lot easier.

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by _ed_

Haha, definitely. Of the 17 Derby winners I can remember seeing, I'd rate him... 17th best.

Look who's back this weekend! http://www.nzracing.co.nz/News/8933/...t-Ruakaka.aspx

I was thinking about going. That news made the decision a whole lot easier.

Oh! I don't know I was so surprised to see his name but I was!

Wish I were going!

[_ed_]

It would be great to see him win. But it's a nice field, and he's going to have to carry 64kg! That's 141 pounds.

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by _ed_

It would be great to see him win. But it's a nice field, and he's going to have to carry 64kg! That's 141 pounds.

Oh wow that is crazy!

You know how much I love this horse and I know you do too but wow Pus$y Willow with MDP up is a scary thought!

(Scary good!).

I remember reading something about Rogan Norvall last year (around the time he was coming back from his injuries) and could have sworn he said that a. Veyron is his favorite horses (awww) and b. that Veyron has taken Sir Slicks place now as the peoples champion.

Is he that popular a horse in NZ? I hope so!

[_ed_]

I think that's probably true, yeah.

His connections are so likeable and hard-working, and they hadn't really had that much success before Veyron came along. I don't think there's anyone in NZ racing who isn't happy for them. And they've taken such good care of the horse as well, which is always so good to see. He probably hasn't captured the attention of the mainstream public yet, the way Seachange, Xcellent, Jimmy Choux and especially Sunline did, but all the racing fans adore him.

Couple of really nicely bred 2yos running at Ruakaka on Saturday too. All Decked Out is the son of Diamond Deck, who's a three-quarter sister to Lonhro. And Diamond Deck was pretty good herself despite her career being cut short by injury, winning the G3 Gold Trail Stakes.

And Big Voices is a half-sister to stakes winner Mygoodgrace, who I always really liked.

[my miss storm cat]

Thanks for that. I hadn't heard any of these names before.

Have a fantastic time!