New Zealand Racing, 2014-15

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Wow, very nice win by Zacada on debut today.

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by _ed_

Wow, very nice win by Zacada on debut today.

That was great. Liked the late running 4th place horse (I think he or she ended 4th) but forgot the name as I watched the replay yesterday morning. Duh!

Who do you like for the Gold Cup on Saturday? Not understanding how it is I have never heard of the old man, Little Alfie Brown, what with his 10,000 starts haha! Love Thorn Prince (whoa 59kgs?), Intransigent, Miss Mossman (cannot read the piece on the Informant! ), Kentucky Son (nice last FOUR races!) but I am ROOTING for my boy Storming the Tower - even if he probably won't even hit the board and, if I were betting (and I might) would/will go with Galaktika.
(I am clueless as to whether or not these conditions suit her but she is having a really good year!).

Thanks for the Seachange update! How is Daffodil these days? Any word?

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I like Miss Mossman - the only G1 winner in the field and she gets in with the bottom weight!

She loves Te Rapa and prefers tracks that race that way around.

Daffodil has had four foals so far. Snowdrop has won two races, but Daisy Chain hasn't done much in her two starts.

A 2013 foal by Savabeel sadly died as a baby, but she has a 2014 filly by Savabeel and will have another Savabeel foal in this coming spring.

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by _ed_

I like Miss Mossman - the only G1 winner in the field and she gets in with the bottom weight!

She loves Te Rapa and prefers tracks that race that way around.

Daffodil has had four foals so far. Snowdrop has won two races, but Daisy Chain hasn't done much in her two starts.

A 2013 foal by Savabeel sadly died as a baby, but she has a 2014 filly by Savabeel and will have another Savabeel foal in this coming spring.

Thanks for the update and aww... sorry to hear it.

Happy that Thorn Prince won but that was too bad Miss Mossman had to scratch. Hope she is alright (and Natuzzi too! Just read about him and Postman's Daughter. Can we assume she is now retired or will they continue racing her a couple more times? Any ideas?).

Cannot wait to watch replays.. thrilled Storming the Tower, Spin Doctor and Flower Bomb all hit the board (especially Storming the Tower as I totally did not expect he would).

It's good to be wrong!

[my miss storm cat]

Whoa Thorn Prince... that was an amazing run!

VERY nice for Storming the Tower (Reese Jones really never gets much of a mention, does he?) and oh I do love Blathwayt what with his awesome face and tail but oh wow that was just on an whole other level watching Thorn Prince.

[my miss storm cat]

Here's hoping Habibi is (finally) back to her old self at Woodbine tomorrow.

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No joy. She's not the same horse.

But, yeah, Thorn Prince was spectacular! Big weight on his back but he didn't care.