I know Vonusti probably won't win tomorrow but good luck anyway. :)

I haven't watched it yet.

I guess it wasn't his day, huh?

Not today. :( It was an off track, and a lot of horses weren't handling it.

But a great win by Villifye. She's been close in a lot of big races this season, so she deserved that.

I still haven't watched it yet but was just surprised seeing where he and Smoulder finished and a few others.

Congrats to the winner though.

What's coming up next weekend?

It's the G1 Sires' Produce Stakes next weekend! I hate to admit it, since it's not in Auckland, but it's probably NZ's 2yo championship race. It's been better in the last 10 years than our Diamond Stakes.

Three other stakes races on their card as well, so it should be a good day.

He is just so beautiful.

... and bolder... yes!

Hey do you happen to remember a horse named Dullingham (trained by Jim Collett)? Anyway he's now Kyara and won at Sha Tin last night, beating a really nice field.

Who should we be looking forward to seeing in the race next weekend?

I have to say I don't remember Dullingham, but here's his NZ record:
http://www.nzracing.co.nz/GoRacing/H...le.aspx/269661

He won a race by almost eight lengths! So the talent was obviously there.

The G1 this weekend is going to be a rematch of the memorable (for all the wrong reasons) Diamond Stakes - Warhorse v the very naughty Rollout The Carpet. Hope they both go straight this time and we find out who's the best. There are also some undefeated horses taking on the big guns for the first time - one called Fix has impressed me in both of her races so far, so I'm looking forward to seeing how she copes at G1 level.

And my girl (well, 3% mine) is running at Te Rapa tomorrow!

1 24362 Gunsmoke 8 65 59.0 Rory Hutchings (a2) Jason Bridgman, Matamata
2 3431X Kiwi Spirit 16 64 58.5 Chad Ormsby Michael Moroney & Andrew Clarken, Matamata
3 6715X Savvy Dancer 15 63 58.0 Scratching Michael Moroney & Andrew Clarken, Matamata
4 39789 Molto Grato 4 62 57.0 Christopher Dell (a3) Robert Priscott & Clayton Chipperfield, Te Awamutu
5 06436 Amadeo 5 61 57.0 Cameron Lammas Margaret Falconer, Cambridge
6 9215X Daisy Louise 6 64 56.5 Shannon Doyle John Wheeler, New Plymouth
7 62740 Innovation 10 64 56.0 Lisa Allpress Ralph Manning, Cambridge
8 1746X Miss Evita 7 63 56.0 Lisa Cropp Toni Croon, Cambridge
9 14507 A Cool Change 11 59 55.5 Jason Waddell Keith & Brendon Hawtin, Te Awamutu
10 5314 Sora Dawning 12 62 55.0 Matthew Cameron Andrew Scott, Matamata
11 64619 Pinzaara 14 61 54.5 Craig Grylls Stephen McKee, Ardmore
12 41478 Diamonds In Time 3 60 54.5 Alysha Collett (a1) David Medcalfe, Takanini
13 058X0 Kaapdiva 1 60 54.5 Alex Forbes (a3) Stephen Marsh, Cambridge
14 3108X Katya Grace 9 60 54.5 Michael Coleman Shaune Ritchie, Cambridge
15 18X8X Mojave Aster 13 60 54.5 Shohei Shirahama (a2) Steven Ramsay & Julia Ritchie, Maungatautari
16 4080X Gee Oh 2 59 54.0 Aimee Taylor (a3) Graeme & Debbie Rogerson, Tuhikaramea

She's drawn a terrible gate - almost in the car park. :( But hopefully Craig can somehow give her a miracle trip!

Managed to sneakily find a TV at work and watch it. She ran so great! Really proud of her.

Oh my God ed!!!!!

Is this right??? Second???

I am thrilled for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congrats!!!


28/03/2012 Te Rapa

2 Saturn Rock Hcp (65) 1400m
WT:54.0 API:0.71 $7,000
Race Record: 1:21.00 Roman Toia 05 Feb 2011 RST90 SOT:G G

FP BM RSSF API HORSE TAB JOCKEY TRAINER WT BP SP NSW VIC UNI BF
1 0.0 77.9 0.8 Gunsmoke 1 R Hutchings Jason Bridgman 59.0 8 $1.0 $2.9 $2.8
4G O'Reilly (NZ) The Gem (NZ) (Personal Escort (USA))
2 1.8 76.1 0.6 :) Pinzaara :) 11 Craig Grylls Stephen Mckee 54.5 14 $8.0 $13.9 $27.6
3F Pins (AUS) Barzar Babe (NZ) (Danasinga (AUS))
3 4.6 73.3 0.8 Miss Evita 8 Lisa Cropp Toni Croon 56.0 7 $9.0 $21.2 $40.4
4M San Luis (AUS) Niece'S Gift (NZ) (Bakharoff (USA))
4 - 72.3 0.0 Kaapdiva 13 A Forbes Stephen Marsh 54.5 1 $14.0 $64.1 $28.3

5 - 71.9 0.4 Amadeo 5 Cameron Lammas Margaret Falconer 57.0 5 $5.0 $17.9 $17.8

6 - 71.4 1.3 A Cool Change 9 Jason Waddell Keith & Brendon Hawtin 55.5 11 $6.0 $13.3 $14.9

7 - 71.3 1.4 Kiwi Spirit 2 Chad Ormsby Michael Moroney & Andrew Clarken 58.5 16 $7.0 $12.8 $11.0

8 - 71.1 1.0 Sora Dawning 10 Matthew Cameron Andrew Scott 55.0 12 $4.0 $12.3 $10.3

9 - 70.7 0.7 Katya Grace 14 Michael Coleman Shaune Ritchie 54.5 9 $10.0 $36.7 $47.0

10 - 70.5 0.8 Molto Grato 4 C Dell Robert Priscott & Clayton Chipperfield 57.0 4 $3.0 $8.2 $9.4

11 - 70.4 1.0 Innovation 7 Lisa Allpress R R Manning 56.0 10 $2.0 $6.4 $6.4

12 - 70.2 0.6 Diamonds In Time 12 Alysha Collett David Medcalfe 54.5 3 $11.0 $28.1 $20.2

13 - 68.6 0.1 Gee Oh 16 A Taylor Graeme & Debbie Rogerson 54.0 2 $15.0 $73.2 $114.4

14 - 66.9 1.0 Mojave Aster 15 S Shirahama Steven Ramsay & Julia Ritchie 54.5 13 $13.0 $39.5 $30.6

15 - 63.7 0.0 Daisy Louise 6 Shannon Doyle J Wheeler 56.5 6 $12.0 $40.7 $29.6

So proud!

I have to admit I didn't put a bet on her. I should have more faith!

And it's a NZ invasion in the G1 Rosehill Guineas in Sydney tomorrow! Including the great filly.

1 128321X803 SANGSTER (NZ) Trent Busuttin Danny Nikolic 7 56.5kg 105
2 X373112X00 INDUNA Peter Snowden Christian Reith 3 56.5kg 90
3 1221X5132 ROCK ’N’ POP (NZ) Jason Bridgman Jim Cassidy 10 56.5kg 98
4 318121X570 DOCTOR DOOM Guy Walter Rod Quinn 16 56.5kg 92
5 21X1113X99 GALAH Peter Snowden Joshua Parr 2 56.5kg 88
6 752315X527 STRIKE THE STARS Anthony Cummings Blake Shinn 4 56.5kg 95
7 1X1312X096 DARCI BE GOOD Bede Murray Peter Robl 15 56.5kg 90
8 X04313X864 SABRAGE Michael Moroney Damien Oliver 12 56.5kg 89
9 34324X3351 HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Peter G Moody Luke Nolen 6 56.5kg 95
10 13X2122 SAID COM Chris Waller Dwayne Dunn 20 56.5kg 94
11 111X275 PROLIFERATE Mick Price Michael Walker 13 56.5kg 87
12 281134X844 AMBIDEXTER Peter Snowden Mark Zahra 8 56.5kg 91
13 11X13 LASER HAWK Gai Waterhouse Nash Rawiller 9 56.5kg 92
14 6X58111316 MERLIN MUSTANG Michael J Murphy Brenton Avdulla 19 56.5kg 78
15 5511X846 BIG TIME Chris Waller Corey Brown 5 56.5kg 75
16 112128 OCEAN PARK (NZ) Gary Hennessy Glen Boss 11 56.5kg 90
17 31X1734 HOYLONNY Chris Waller Michael Rodd 18 56.5kg 74
18 2131111 SILENT ACHIEVER (NZ) Roger James Hugh Bowman 17 54.5kg 103
19e 332 ETHIOPIA Pat Carey Rhys McLeod 14 56.5kg
20e 441226 ON EVERY LEVEL Scott Aspery Jay Ford 1 56.5kg 66

And she's the 3-1 favourite. :)

Let me know once she's won so I remember to go watch the replay. :)

Good luck to all 4!

Choice Bro won the G1 2yo race.

This was a nice performance, but I'm not convinced about this year's 2yo crop. None of them have really impressed or excited me.

But Silent Achiever didn't debut until four months into her 3yo season, so there's still hope that there are some good ones that haven't come out yet!

Speaking of Silent Achiever, less than 90 minutes to go...

Eagle Mountain 4th in the G2 Awapuni Gold Cup! He ran a great race.

Ooooh. Silent Achiever 3rd in a three-way photo finish. She had a rough trip as well. That was a really good effort.

Where was I?

I don't know Sir Slick was in this race or Vosne Romanee who I guess did okaaay.

Cheers to Silent Achiever.

Loved the names of the races at Ellerslie on the 31st. Very cool.

Need some good news... what's coming up next weekend?

This weekend is a G1 race for the fillies and mares. Sounds like it'll be a nice field - Postman's Daughter, Fazzle, Lady Kipling, Smoulder, Say No More, Do Ra Mi, Villifye, Xanadu and others.

But the most exciting thing is we're less than two weeks away from the Easter Handicap. So that means... http://nzracing.onsport.co.nz/video/...f-jimmy-choux/

Can't wait!

Hey is Mufhasa gonna don the crown and go to Rosehill on Saturday?

I think so. It was mentioned as a target for this campaign a while ago. I haven't heard anything since, but I see he's in the field with Nash booked to ride. So it looks like he'll be running. :)

He's Remarkable is also in the race.