New Zealand Racing, 2014-15
 

New thread!

The winners of the 2000 Guineas, 1000 Guineas, Derby and Oaks turned three today. Happy birthday to them, whoever they are, and all the other horses in NZ!

It's the G3 Winter Cup at Riccarton tomorrow, and the Foxbridge Plate is only two weeks away - Veyron, Recite and Spellbinder, among others, are aiming for that. :)

Yea the one and only thread I absolutely cannot wait for every year!!!

Happy birthday, good horsies.

Good luck to I Am Sam in the Winter Cup. I don't think he'll win (2nd or 3rd?) but whatever! :)

No luck for Sam today - too much weight on his back, I think.

Karla did it again! First repeat winner since 1990, and only the third mare in the history of the race to win it twice.

Whew, busy day of work today. But I enjoyed it, and it's only going to get better as the racing gets more exciting!

Welcome to the world, future champion!

http://www.trelawneystud.co.nz/News/...t.aspx?c=20621

Geez... are you there, ed? Wish I were!

Aidan Rodley ‏@Agent200 · 5m
Gallops in order: Pus$y O'Reilly & Viadana, Fix & Xanadu, Whosyourmaster, then Pure Champion.


9:51 PM - 7 Aug 2014 ·

Aidan Rodley ‏@Agent200 · 6m
Exhibition gallops from Matamata today about to play on @Trackside 1, channel 62.

I didn't get to go to those, no! My boss lives near the Matamata track, so he went along to see them.

But I'll definitely be at the Foxbridge Plate at Te Rapa on Saturday! That's an amazing field. Veyron, Viadana, I Do, Xanadu, Pure Champion, Costume, Soriano, Postmans Daughter, Spellbinder...

That's the most amazing field!!!!! Thrilled to see Veyron back. :{>:

Have a fantastic time and oh.. the awards are tonight?

Have a great time at both. Can't wait to see who wins Horse of the Year!

I went back to look at last seasons thread and you were pretty dead on about who would win!

List of winners for anyone interested...

http://www.nzracing.co.nz/OnHorseFil...%20Winners.pdf

Hope it was fabulous!

Hey please give updates on Archie and on Pinzaara when you can. I know you're busy but dying to know how the kids are doing.

It was great, and congratulations to all the winners. They all really deserved it. I thought the 2yo one would be one of the closest races, so I was a bit surprised that Vespa won it unanimously!

I don't think there's much to report at the moment with Pinzaara or Archie. Pinzaara is back at the stable but not doing serious workouts yet, and Archie is doing some walking on an underwater treadmill. But hopefully it won't be too long until they're in action!

Thanks for the update. :)

Have a great time on Saturday. Such an amazing field!

It should be brilliant. I can't wait.

Whoa, the trials down at Taupo on Wednesday have a bit of quality in them!
http://www.theinformant.co.nz/racing...trial-at-Taupo

But I think I'll be stuck in the office working on the newspaper that day. :(

Whoa that is some list!

What a nice win...that must have been a very emotional scene.

Congrats to the beautiful I Do and to her people.

Need to watch the replay again. Fantastic seeing so many great horses in one field and oh... Veyron. I had secretly wondered if we'd ever really see him on the track again so I am just really happy. :)

Amazing performance. She's been a really good horse - that was her 14th win - but this was by far the best field she's faced, and she was way too good for them. Best performance of her career.

And yeah, emotional scenes afterwards. I'm so glad they won.

Some nice runs in behind - Ms O'Reilly was particularly good, and so were Brave Centaur and Soriano.

I'm not disappointed in Veyron, Viadana or Costume. There was a bit of a track bias and it was hard to win from where they were. Plus the race was a bit too short for all of them. They'll do better next time.

I'd recommend looking at races eight and nine as well. Spectacular performances by some possible rising stars.

Great day of racing! And it's only going to get better from here. :)

I laughed when I saw your post... okay yes I guess we shall just have to call her Ms. O'Reilly from here on out and leave it at that! :D

Not disappointed either. It's early yet.

Lucky you getting to go to the awards the other night and these races and yes I just watched the 8th...

Wow!

Gotta say I am impressed that Blue Streak managed to hang on for 2nd cause I don't want to forget that but whoa... El Pescado? Are you kidding me? Awfully nice win and a very good ride from Mr. Cameron. Too bad they don't use Trakus cause that would be interesting to look at with how wide he had to go and all.

I think you're right... a star is born.

Was going to watch the finale a little later but just did and boy am I glad as Pondarosa Miss is now a name I will burn into my brain. That was fantastic! :tro:

Rising stars indeed. :)

And I was so happy to write this story. :)
http://www.theinformant.co.nz/racing...o-not-for-sale

Well done!

I love reading stuff on the Informant and realizing it's something you've written. :tro:

Thanks! It's a dream come true. :)

I'm nervous/excited about having a vote in the awards for this season! I've decided to make an Excel spreadsheet for each category and give points after stakes races. That should help me keep track of everyone!

The races this Saturday aren't great, but there have been some awesome performances at Taupo so far today. Check out Bonniegirl in particular, but I also loved all of the first three home in race two.

And the next race there is for three-year-old fillies - four of them are last-start winners, and three of them are undefeated! Really excited about this one.