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Awapuni Results (Race 9)

Saturday, 28th March 2015

9
17:19
(local)

Ezibuy Awapuni Gold Cup (G2)

Type: OPEN
NZD $100,000
2000m TURF GOOD
9
17:19
(local)
NZD $100,000
2000m GOOD

Ezibuy Awapuni Gold Cup (G2)

Type: OPEN

This was a very slowly run G2 over 2000m at set weights and penalties and the easy winner from the trail was Iamishwara in 2:04.04. The gelding has come solid of late with a G1 win at WFA over a mile three starts ago then a respectable sixth at G1 under WFA at 2000m clockwise two starts ago. He was winning his first middle distance race today and his twelfth victory overall from fifty-eight starts so has been a busy gelding. The pacemaker and runner up Jubilate was having his first crack at 2000m and got away with a ludicrous tempo throughout that amounted to a 400m sprint home in essence. King Krovanh was third in his first attempt at G2 after sitting midfield the inside mostly not spending an extra penny. Emerald Queen defied the race finish pattern by coming home strongly late from the rear trio mostly and she really found the line well the final stages. Ringo loomed large turning for home and fought on okay while Scapolo did not quite run the trip after sitting outside the leader plus he may need wet ground these days. Nashville warmed up too late for eighth but in a race as pedantic as this was never going to be a factor at the finish. Farm Boy got found out under the weight conditions of the race while The Tidy Express was poor and Survived even worse. The Tidy Express can be forgiven as the race was a sprint home and Survived choked down the run home. This is not a trustable G2 race as purely a sprint home and five of the first six on settling filled those positions at the finish bar Emerald Queen that ran on gamely. A miler finished second and a four-win gelding finished third at his first ever G2 attempt. The winner Iamishwara was way too good at 58kg but so he should have been as he won at G1 under WFA under 59kg three starts back.

Previous Winners

Date Horse Jockey WT Trainer BP
SORIANO (NZ) 4M
SAVABEEL (AUS) - CALL ME LILY (NZ) JUST A DANCER (NZ)
N G HARRIS 53.5 GRAEME & DEBBIE ROGERSON 11
BETTER THAN EVER (AUS) 6G
FRENCH DEPUTY (USA) - SONGFEST (AUS) UNBRIDLED'S SONG (USA)
H S TINSLEY 58.0 JASON BRIDGMAN 7
RIOMORAL (NZ) 5G
CAPTAIN RIO (GB) - IMMORAL (NZ) LAST TYCOON (IRE)
P J TURNER 55.0 KARYN MCQUADE 3
HOLD IT HARVEY (AUS) 6G
KING CUGAT (USA) - DALY CHARM (AUS) BEST WESTERN (AUS)
J S BULLARD 57.0 TERRI RAE 2
SIR SLICK (NZ) 8G
VOLKSRAAD (GB) - OUR MISS OPERA (NZ) PARIS OPERA (AUS)
SAMANTHA COLLETT 58.0 GRAEME NICHOLSON & PAUL ALLBON 5
MACO'REILLY (NZ) 5G
O'REILLY (NZ) - DOUBLE BABU (NZ) CENTAINE (AUS)
H S TINSLEY 59.0 DAVID HAWORTH 5
SIR SLICK (NZ) 6G
VOLKSRAAD (GB) - OUR MISS OPERA (NZ) PARIS OPERA (AUS)
B S HERD 59.0 GRAEME NICHOLSON & PAUL ALLBON 7
SIR SLICK (NZ) 5G
VOLKSRAAD (GB) - OUR MISS OPERA (NZ) PARIS OPERA (AUS)
B S HERD 59.0 G NICHOLSON 9
TUSKER (NZ) 4M
VOLKSRAAD (GB) - STELLA ARTOIS (NZ) STAR WAY (GB)
D M WALSH 56.0 M BAKER 4
DISTINCTLY SECRET (NZ) 6G
DISTINCTLY NORTH (USA) - TE AKAU SECRET (NZ) LORD BALLINA (AUS)
J S BULLARD 58.0 MARK WALKER 11
IRISH ROVER (NZ) 6G
KENFAIR (NZ) - STERLING LEA (NZ) ONE POUND STERLING (GB)
DAVID WALKER 58.0 E CARSON 6
DISTINCTLY SECRET (NZ) 5G
DISTINCTLY NORTH (USA) - TE AKAU SECRET (NZ) LORD BALLINA (AUS)
O P BOSSON 58.0 MARK WALKER 2
MAZE (NZ) 4M
HOUSEBUSTER (USA) - STRANGEWAYS (NZ) VELOSO (NZ)
G J GRYLLS 56.0 M MURDOCH 7
CENT HOME (NZ) 6G
LORD BALLINA (AUS) - CENTURIA (NZ) CENTAINE (AUS)
DAVID WALKER 58.0 JAMES WALLACE 5
CRONUS (NZ) 8G
ZABEEL (NZ) - FOREIGN COPY (NZ) BOLD VENTURE (NZ)
V A COLGAN 58.0 R JAMES 4
CRUZEIRO (NZ) 7M
KAAPSTAD (NZ) - JANEIRO (NZ) MARCEAU (AUS)
J W WALKER 57.0 GEOFF GEORGETTI 8