They went hard up front in this so the closers were always going to unleash with furious intent the closing stages and so they did to quinella the Listed event. Whosyourmaster is a sit back cold and launch for one run type of sprinter so he found the right race here and after being narrowly beaten at G1 earlier in the season he should be able to beat these. He clocked 1:08.22 but always take the two chute with a dogleg tracks sprint times with a grain of salt namely Trentham here and Riccarton. It was his first win since September and after a hit and miss campaign of late he found the right race. Trepidation ran on strongly the last bit and this is her style of racing too. She had finished third and fourth in the two of the three biggest G1 sprints (the ones at set weights and penalties it must be noted) for the season so brought in sound formlines. Onlyarose as usual set the pace and ran them along so to stick for third was brave considering when she ran at G1 here three runs ago the mare finished second last in a big field, Angelica Hall ran on well late and is a next upper for sure with the best to come for the mare if she stays sound. Cosmic Cube ran wide across the junction and was disappointing overall while Coup Ay Tee ran off at the same point in disgrace. Whosyourmaster will always be competitive in top end sprints if kept in New Zealand and can swim so with the abundance of wet and watered tracks he will always pay his way. The mares finished second, third , fourth and fifth with the runner up and fourth finisher the eyecatching runs. Trepidation being a 6yo mare is closer to the broodmare paddock but Angelica Hall has it ahead with the 4yo only having just her eighth start today.
Previous Winners
| Date | Horse | Jockey | WT | Trainer | BP |
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NATUZZI
(NZ)
5G COATS CHOICE (AUS) - MONSANTO (NZ) KILIMANJARO (GB) |
C W JOHNSON | 59.0 | PAUL RICHARDS | 8 |
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NATUZZI
(NZ)
4G COATS CHOICE (AUS) - MONSANTO (NZ) KILIMANJARO (GB) |
C W JOHNSON | 57.5 | PAUL RICHARDS | 1 |
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EIGHT SCHILLINGS
(NZ)
4G O'REILLY (NZ) - LANDON (NZ) SHANNON (NZ) |
S C SPRATT | 57.5 | STEPHEN MCKEE | 8 |
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TIP THE WINK
(NZ)
5M STRAVINSKY (USA) - KAPE DANCER (NZ) KAAPSTAD (NZ) |
R J MYERS | 52.5 | M BRESLIN | 6 |
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MAXIMUM STAR
(NZ)
6G HOWBADDOUWANTIT (USA) - YALLAH STAR (NZ) FAMOUS STAR (GB) |
D G BRADLEY | 54.5 | PATRICK CAMPBELL | 6 |
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O'CARTIER
(NZ)
4G MY HALO (ARG) - CARINDA (NZ) THE JOGGER (USA) |
C W TREYMANE | 54.0 | J F PARSONS | 3 |
