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O'Marilyn! WOW.
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That was the best performance by a 3yo in NZ so far this season, and by a long way.
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Very nice from Darci's Dream at Riccarton. She's a lot better than I thought she was!
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Pure Champion!
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Ed I am so confused... I want to watch this one first but what's up with the replays? They appear fine for the first 4 races and it's like they cease to exist.
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That's not good! Annoying. Hopefully the rest will be put up soon.
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I hope so. You know where you click on the results for a specific race and it says overview / dividends / video? Strange how the video part is completely missing!
I did just watch O'Marilyn and WOW. That was a gutsy ride from Sam! Also watched Darci's Dream and a few others (was going to say Chumana's race but I suppose I should remember it from the winner, Victoryshallbemine, instead of her awesome blaze, huh? ). Surprised to see Amun Ra running against older horses at Matamata but maybe I don't know what I'm talking about. Hope he does well. I really do hope he ends up being all that! |
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That is a bit surprising, but when I talked to the trainer last week he said he needed to give the horse another run before the Hawke's Bay Guineas on October 4 - his plans were messed around by the cancellation of the trials last week.
The rest of the replays seem to be there now. |
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They are and thanks. Watched most of them... beautiful win by Pure Champion and, of course, I Do was great but that was really nice to see Soriano with such a great run (too)!
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Lovely fields for the 3yo stakes races at Ellerslie on Saturday! I just hope the track dries out a bit.
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Great noms for the Livamol Classic (!!!), just watched the Amun Ra race (which I really should call Busta's race... nice win for him. Disappointed though although he did break awkwardly, huh?), shame about Nigelissima... not a career ending injury though, right? What do you think, ed... has Veyron had enough now? Starting to wonder... |
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I'm starting to wonder too. I'll give him one more chance to prove he's still got it.
Nigelissima will be fine. Just a pulled muscle. |
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Exciting photo finish in the first of the day at Ellerslie! Six lengths back to third.
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Whoa, Avisto and Volkstok'n'barrell were so impressive today. Especially Volkstok.
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Also just read your piece in the Informant and am so happy there are big plans for Soriano especially! http://www.theinformant.co.nz/racing...or-Classic-bid (Noms for the Livamol are crazy good)! Almost had a heart attack cause when I looked at the NZ Racing site and seeing a Sangster win pic! I mean that was a truly nice 2nd behind The Cleaner on Friday night but I thought well wait did he go home and race again already (and win!)?! |
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Ha, I noticed that as well! But that was a really nice race for him behind The Cleaner. I hope he does win another one soon.
Wow, I'm getting to write about so many great horses in my preview articles for this week's newspaper - Puccini, Stratocaster, Fix, Silent Achiever, Bounding... I can't believe I'm getting paid to do it! |
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Aw.
http://www.theinformant.co.nz/racing...lined-by-virus It was nice to be the first one to report this, but I wish it hadn't happened. Best wishes for a speedy recovery! |
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Great job (always). Your passion and enthusiasm shine through. (... and yeah that is a shame about Albany Reunion. Get better!). Opie... what on earth is going on? I was surprised to read about his... do we call it a break? |
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Thanks!
Yeah, I'm not sure about this break for Opie either. He's done it a couple of times before, said he might not be back and then come back a few months later. But that was always in the winter, when it was harder to keep his weight down and the racing wasn't that good anyway. This a bit different. But I hope we see him again soon. |
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Arrived at the track. It's freezing! But a beautiful sunny day.
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