Whoa, nice debut win for Ryan Jim! Half-brother to Ryan Mark.

That was spectacular from Rasa Lila.

GREAT battle between Emily Monk and Mary Quant at Te Rapa.

Nice result in the Guineas. The Justice League deserved to win one after all his bad luck.

Time for the Oaks!

Wow, what an incredible race.

And now a protest!

And they've taken Sofia Rosa down.

Behind on everything but oh, Buffering!

Ed do you suppose there's something wrong with me... everyone's watching Dubai and I'm watching replays of Storming the Tower (yay!!!!!) winning instead? :D

That was great! But a disappointing day overall, with so much rain.

Nice fields for Saturday, especially the G1 Sires' Produce Stakes.

Yeah that looks great... excited about the other stakes races as well (with The Auld Floozie, Maygrove and Paddy and the one with Nashville, Just the Tip and Scapolo!).

Nice field at Ellerslie with Spoke to Carlo (welcome back, good boy :{>: ), Fully Funded, Queen's Rose et al! Lucky you if you'll be there.

Shame about Vespa.

Yep, I'm here! But hardly anyone else is - one of the smallest Ellerslie crowds I've seen.

Wow, what a great performance by Luna Rossa.

Tavago! :eek:

VERY nice and hooray for Tavago! Outstanding!

Oh and lest we forget, Maygrove. That was awesome. :)

Loving the noms for Te Aroha on Saturday...

Welcome home, Abidewithme. :)

Argh! It was raining this morning and the forecast was bad, so I decided to cover today's Te Aroha races at home. Then what happens? It clears up, the track is perfect and the racing is outstanding. Sigh. Wish I was there.

Hollywood Lass was exceptional.

Lovely wins by Perfect Fit, Snapshot and others, including Sofia Rosa in Sydney, but I can't really enjoy them after Recite. :( This sport is so cruel sometimes.

Have not yet watched any of the replays and I just can't right now. So sad about Recite..,. God.

Very happy to see that both Storming the Tower and Abidewithme hit the board even if they didn't win.

Oh ed, this just sucks. I can't believe it. :(

Good luck to Pump Up the Volume in his race and to both Blizzard and Spoke to Carlo at Tauranga.

Nice field for the Gold Cup at Hawk's Bay with Maygrove, Saint Emillion et al. Godspeed Natuzzi :{>: (and Barbaric as well) in the sprint.

Whatever happened to Graphic, ed? Any idea?

Hope he's happy and well wherever he is! :)

I looked at the form for Giant Turtle and he's had four races since the last time I posted an update from hk... he was 12th all four times. 0-0-0 from 10. :(

I actually don't know about Graphic! I will try to find out.

Really sad to hear about Giant Turtle.

Today is the last G1 of the season. :(

But it's a beautiful day at Ellerslie today and the track looks perfect.

Wow, what a great performance by Astara.

The Championship Stakes was absolutely terrifying. I don't recommend watching the replay.

Thank you for the warning... just went to the informant to read about it.... scary. I will pass.

You are kidding about the final G1, right?

Authentic Paddy!!!

I thought this was sweet and yeah maybe it should go under HK but whatever. :)

http://racing.scmp.com/freeservice/n...ws20160422.asp

Pleasantly surprised seeing Gustavo had won the ANZAC Mile (wow that was a nice field, too! Very nice win for him!) but reading your piece on the Informant... very happy to see him getting attention. Awesome, ed!

I did not watch it and thanks for the heads up but very nice to hear Danielle Johnson was so extremely lucky (although it sounds incredibly painful). Whew! :)

Looking forward to seeing the final fields for both the Breeders and Travis Stakes!

Amazing fields all day. Can't believe the Breeders' Stakes is only a G3 - that's a G1 field!

Wow just looked and totally agree on all these points. ALL really great fields!

(I think I'm finally caught up haha... just read you piece on Kei Chiong form a couple of weeks ago and finally watched McQueen win. That was awesome!). :)

It's great to see Kei doing so well there!

The first three races at Te Rapa have been excellent. Hopefully it's going to get better and better from here. :)

:tro:

Oh, Xtravagant! How great was that? Nice finish from Windbourne. (Liked your piece and the one about Ichiban as well). :)

Why haven't I heard of Barcelo? (Now a fan).

Out of the 7 (no really, seven :D) that I absolutely loved in the Travis, Rasa Lila was not one of them but oh... that was very nice and props to Abidewithme, Gesemi and to The Auld Floozie cause wow that was some finish!

ALL great races but yeah... I did love seeing Fascination Street coming out from so wide to win that first one (that was a seriously nice field) (Too!:D).

I see Amun Ra is entered at Riverton on Wednesday. It would be lovely to see him (finally) get that 2nd win. Wow that was almost two years ago when he looked so good? Fingers crossed.

Again!

A daughter of Jimmy... I couldn't resist!
http://www.adrianclark.co.nz/index.a...eid=2145905386

Yay that is awesome!!!!! :tro:

Going back through the Informant archives to see what I have missed and man, I just get such a kick outta seeing the "dual G1 winner" headline and then seeing the name Julinsky Prince! Some days I frigging hate the sport with the breakdowns and everything but this? This is the kind of thing that just makes my heart melt. :D

Happy birthday, ed. :)

Maybe they're not G1's on Saturday at Ellerslie but a lot of nice horses running!

Thank you! I'm actually on vacation in Australia, so I'll miss the races this weekend. But I'll be getting back into it on Tuesday.

Hope you're having a fantastic time!

I shall have to blow a kiss to Spoke to Carlo through the screen. :D

Nice fields at Trentham tonight (as well as Ellerslie. Duh - hadn't looked)! Not playing, just being a fan.

John Gray! What a game old man!

Props to Leith... Spoke to Carlo just was not there. Very glad the jockey didn't push him and hope he's alright.

That was a really nice break, but I'm back now and happy to be getting back into it. :) It's so good to see that they've put in a soft outside rail at Ellerslie. That's so much safer.

Glad to hear it!

I'll be gone next week (Hawaii... trip 1 of 3... yay haha! England later this summer and Croatia in the Fall - cannot wait)) but in the meantime LOVE some of the fields for the weekend, especially the Storming the Tower / Celebrity Miss / Pump Up the Volume and the one with John Gray, Illumaniti and Fascination Street.

Oh and wow... that race at Wanganui (Ag Challenge Stakes) looks awesome!

I know you must be swamped but Graphic... please remember if you ever hear anything... (?). Thanks! (Also on my favorite girl Pinzaara... would love to hear. Archie as well and the new kid!).

Sounds great! I absolutely love Hawaii.