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Ellerslie Results (Race 5)

Saturday, 22nd April 2017

5
14:09
(local)

Diamond Lodge Champagne Stks (LR)

Age: 2yo Type: OPEN
NZD $50,000
1600m TURF SLOW
5
14:09
(local)
NZD $50,000
1600m SLOW

Diamond Lodge Champagne Stks (LR)

Age: 2yo Type: OPEN

This Listed juvenile mile was a weak field for depth at this moment with just one runner having won a race so no surprise then that Qiji Phoenix scored comfortably. The track was an iffy slow and the times ordinary all day. Qiji Phoenix, an Australian bred juvenile, was unbeaten coming into this with a brace of wins and after sitting outside the lead today took control at the 300m and was clear at the 150m. The colt scored by two lengths in a sedate 1:37.71 and his hattrick has come from 1200m up to the mile and on good, dead and slow ground plus at both directions. The rival he beat home before today was again the quinella in Weather With You and the maiden Australian bred gelding tried hard from the trail but was farcically worse off today at blacktype level by 1.5kg. Scott Base, a maiden that has never paid a dividend before, ran on well for third after being tardy and a clear last early on. Miss Foxy Gal, the only other Australian bred juvenile in the field finished fourth but was seven lengths from the winner. The rest got beaten ten and a half lengths up to thirty-four lengths and many of them could not handle the always tricky Ellerslie footing when wet or are sprinters and not milers. No surprise that Qiji Phoenix won as this was as soft a Listed kill as you will find for the colt. Some of the runners in this may end up reasonable types but in time and as maidens at set weights today against an unbeaten colt they had little hope before the gates crashed open. Weather With You and Scott Base are winners in waiting if seen out again this season against maiden class but they both will be stronger in the Spring as 3yo runners.

Previous Winners

Date Horse Jockey WT Trainer BP
ASTARA (NZ) 2F
DALGHAR (FR) - SVITA (AUS) SUCCESS EXPRESS (USA)
SAMANTHA COLLETT 54.5 D LOGAN 5
BRIGHTON (NZ) 2G
BUFFALO MAN (CAN) - GORE BAY (AUS) DANEHILL DANCER (IRE)
L G INNES 56.5 N W TILEY 11
CADUCEUS (NZ) 2G
LUCKY UNICORN (AUS) - FRENCH LION (AUS) LION HEART (USA)
KELLY MC CULLOCH 56.5 PAUL SHAILER 4
FAST DRAGON (AUS) 2C
FASTNET ROCK (AUS) - SECRET SILENCE (AUS) FUSAICHI PEGASUS (USA)
P A TAYLOR 56.5 B WALLACE 5
SWIPER THE FOX (NZ) 2G
ALIGN (AUS) - CANZANO (AUS) CANNY LAD (AUS)
JASON COLLETT 56.5 LEO MOLLOY 6
DOWAGER QUEEN (NZ) 2F
SAVABEEL (AUS) - DOWER (NZ) PINS (AUS)
JAMES MCDONALD 54.5 GRAEME & DEBBIE ROGERSON 3
LION TAMER (NZ) 2C
STORMING HOME (GB) - LIONESS (NZ) GENEROUS (IRE)
M T COLEMAN 56.0 MURRAY & BJORN BAKER 9
JOEY MASSINO (NZ) 2G
O'REILLY (NZ) - RATIONABLE (NZ) HOUSEBUSTER (USA)
V A COLGAN 56.0 PETER MCKAY 5
SUFFICIENT (NZ) 2C
ZABEEL (NZ) - FLEUR DE CHINE (NZ) CENTAINE (AUS)
L G INNES 56.0 B WALLACE 6
CRUSOE (NZ) 2G
VOLKSRAAD (GB) - CASERIO (NZ) KAAPSTAD (NZ)
B R JONES 55.5 RICHARD COLLETT & SHANE HAPETA 5