New Zealand Racing, 2011-12

[my miss storm cat]

I know you're busy with rugby right now but what else is coming up, ed?

What's next for Jimmy and Fritzy et al?

I was reading about this one horse last week with a very cute name (Thumbtacks... awww ) and the comments were surprisingly ummm well they practically belittled the poor guy (even though he won one, the assholes!). Was wondering what you know about him andd if you could dig up a replay some day although I doubt he's exactly a stakes horse so not sure how difficult that would be.

Thanks though!

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Jimmy and Fritzy should both be running in the G1 Windsor Park Plate at Hastings next Saturday. Mufhasa will be there too. I think Jimmy might turn the tables on Mufhasa there - the mile will suit him much more.

Thumbtacks seems to be doing well over there in Sydney. I found one replay for him, but I can't link to it directly. So you have to go here: http://horseracing.bigpondsport.com/...5/Default.aspx

Then go 'race archive', 'change date', and go to Sep 3. Then choose Race 1 at Warwick Farm.



It was a great day at Ruakaka yesterday. He's Remarkable resumed with a very impressive win in one of the undercard races, and then Antonio Lombardo won the stakes race by five. Amazing performance. Replays coming soon.

[my miss storm cat]

That was awesome and thanks and sorry cause I stupidly thought he had run in NZ but he's local boy right?

Yea for Antonio.

I was pretty surprised Jimmy didn't win that last one but hey... can hardly be disappointed and yeah that will probably be his only loss for the season!

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Yeah, I think he was born in NZ.

Replay of Antonio's amazing win: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CbwTsqQ8_I

[my miss storm cat]

Soooo easy!

What a nice horse.

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We have a new favourite for the 2000 Guineas in November - BURGUNDY went from 30-1 to 7-1 after he scored an amazing debut win today. He's a half-brother to five-time G1 winner Darci Brahma and looks like a very good colt.