New Zealand Racing 2013-14

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Hastings fields.

The Makfi is of course amazing. But look at the 3yo race that opens the card! Four undefeated horses, and some of them are rated so highly - El Roca and Sir Andrew are both entered for the Caulfield Guineas. Then there's Touche, who was so good last season, and Laced Up, who's Jimmy Choux's little sister.

[my miss storm cat]

Laced Up? Great name!

Can't wait!

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Makfi field:



Scratchings are due to the rain-affected track.

Odds:

Final Touch 4.50
Xanadu 5.50
Survived 8.50
Thunderbird One 9
Nashville 10
Postman's Daughter 14
Full Of Spirit 14
Sangster 18
Fleur de Lune 18
Rollout The Carpet 18
Fritzy Boy 21
Pimms Time 21
Miss Pelear 26
Taurus 31
Kekova 41
No Excuse Maggie 41
Amberio 41
Capital Diamond 60

[my miss storm cat]

Whoa that field is TOO good!!!!!

[my miss storm cat]

First off congrats cause I know you had to have had this.

I just watched the replay and am confused... what happened with Miss Pelear and Thunderbird One?

Survived is such a nice horse... pleasure to watch him win and nice run by Full of Spirit, of course. Another brave run from Fritzy but oh... the one who took my breath away was Final Touch, way out wide, and that extra gear she found.

Great race. I hope every one (Miss Pelear, Thunderbird One and poor Leigh!) is alright.

Happy to see The Filly won her race... haven't yet watched the replay but will get to it!

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Survived was fantastic - very impressive win. But, yeah, Final Touch's performance was the standout. How did she get 3rd from that far back? Phenomenal.

As for Thunderbird One and Miss Pelear, here's what happened. It's kind of hard to explain, but I'll try! Thunderbird One has a tendency to misbehave in the starting gate, so a member of the gate staff was holding on to him and keeping him still. They then let go of him just before the gates opened. That caused Thunderbird One to think, "Time to go!" And he charged forward, slamming against the gate. For some reason, that caused both his gate and the one next to it to lock shut while all the others opened. So he and Miss Pelear were hugely disadvantaged and didn't get a fair start. And Thunderbird One was still reacting from hitting the gate, so he bucked and dislodged his rider. No one was hurt, luckily, but it was an unfortunate situation. Stewards declared Thunderbird One and Miss Pelear non-runners because they were denied a fair start.

[my miss storm cat]

Thanks! I couldn't tell what on earth had happened!

Glad everyone is alright.