New Zealand Racing, 2016-17

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Nice debut from Swiss Precision, 3rd. She's got a lot to learn.

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It's Time For Magic beats Luna Rossa! Huge upset.

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Highlad is a heck of an exciting horse.

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Great field for Ruakaka's biggest race.

# 7 TAVISTOCK NORTHLAND BREEDERS' STAKES
1200m, $50000, 3YO SW, 04:03 p.m.
1 7 HEROIC VALOUR (AUS) 56.5 77
2 6 WYNDSPELLE 56.5 72
3 8 THE SOULTAKER 56.5 66
4 1 FERRANDO 56.5 63
5 3 MONGOLIAN WOLF (AUS) 56.5 63
6 4 MONGOLIANLIGHTNING 56.5 63
7 2 BARABAS 56.5 62
8 11 O'RACHAEL (AUS) 54.5 71
9 10 ASTARA 54.5 69
10 5 SPINDLE 54.5 63
11 9 CLAIRETHEWAY 54.5

Heroic Valour is clearly the best on class, an unbeaten G1 winner, but I've been impressed by a lot of the others too.

Ferrando won his only start by five, Mongolianlightning won his debut by nine, and Astara broke the national 2yo mile record with her most recent win in April.

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That was an amazing win by HV. I think that's his best performance yet - halfway down the stretch he looked like he had no chance.

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Day two of the Hawke's Bay spring carnival on Saturday...

# 5 L I REDSHAW MEMORIAL
1200m, $40000, OPN HCP, 02:38 p.m.
1 6 RYAN MARK 60.0 101
2 8 ANTONIO LOMBARDO 59.5 100
3 1 GINNER HART 55.5 92
4 7 SILVER ECLIPSE 54.0 93
5 4 ELETIST 54.0 89
6 2 MISS APPLETON 53.0 87
7 3 REILLY LINCOLN 53.0 83
8 5 MARKY MARK (AUS) 53.0 75


# 6 HAWKE’S BAY BREEDERS GOLD TRAIL STAKES (G3)
1200m, $70000, 3YOF SW, 03:16 p.m.
1 10 IT'S TIME FOR MAGIC 56.5 72
2 2 VOLPE VELOCE (AUS) 56.5 69
3 1 GOLD RUSH 56.5 68
4 15 BELLA GIOIA 56.5 67
5 5 MYSTERY SHOW 56.5 67
6 6 SASSY 'N' SMART (AUS) 56.5 67
7 3 HONEY RIDER 56.5 65
8 14 BABE 56.5 63
9 7 RAYAS 56.5 63
10 13 INDECISION 56.5 62
11 9 TESIA 56.5 62
12 12 GLASS SLIPPER 56.5 61
13 4 QUEEN OF ZEALAND 56.5 60
14 8 I AM GRACIE (AUS) 56.5 53
15 11 EXHIBIT 56.5 45
16 16 MARGOT 56.5


# 7 AON INSURANCE BROKERS 2000
2000m, $40000, OPN HCP, 03:51 p.m.
1 3 DUFFERS CREEK 60.0 100
2 10 MAYGROVE (AUS) 58.0 96
3 11 MADONNA MIA 56.5 97
4 1 JOCHEN RINDT 55.5 91
5 2 MEESKA MOOSKA 55.0 90
6 9 PENTATHLON 54.5 89
7 4 SAVARIA 53.0 87
8 8 NYMPH MONTE 53.0 86
9 6 GENTIL TONTON 53.0 85
10 7 BALHAM 53.0 79
11 5 HUMIDOR 53.0


# 8 WINDSOR PARK PLATE (G1)
1600m, $200000, WFA, 04:26 p.m.
1 9 KAWI 59.0 113
2 12 JULINSKY PRINCE 59.0 105
3 13 AUTHENTIC PADDY 59.0 104
4 1 EL PESCADO 59.0 97
5 7 FARM BOY 59.0 96
6 6 BATTLE TIME 58.5 75
7 10 RASA LILA 57.0 101
8 3 OUR VERGARA (AUS) 57.0 100
9 2 BOHEMIAN LILY 57.0 98
10 8 CELEBRITY MISS 57.0 92
11 11 FANATIC 56.5 84
12 4 CAPELLA 56.5 83
13 5 MIME 56.5


Kawi's going for his fifth G1, and it's hard to see anyone from the Makfi turning the tables on him here. Rasa Lila's resuming and could make it interesting, though...

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Nice win by Francaletta on the undercard. Two out of two now and definitely looks stakes class.