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Lady Potent was unplaced in her only start at Hastings over 6f on the 18/4/64.

The devil will be in the detail for these new elite races. What will the nomination and progressive payment fees be? Will they be no more than glorified sweepstakes ? I will await with interest.

A veritable bonanza for racing's elite. Meanwhile at the bottom end stakes will remain unchanged. At Matamata on Wednesday R75, R65 and R60 horses are going around for the same stakes as maidens- $25,000. I suppose we should be grateful that the stakes are not $18,500 as per usual for midweek days.

Flemington R8 New Selections after scratching - 7,14. Thanks.

Trentham R4- 3,6 Trentham R5- 1,2 Trentham R8- 3,4 Trentham R9- 7,11 Trentham R10- 9,13 Gore R9- 1,8 BB Rosehill R2 - 6,9 Rosehill R3- 5,8 Rosehill R7- 2,5 Flemington R7- 1,3 Flemington R8- 2,7 Flemington R9- 9,10 BB Good luck all. Thanks organisers.

Shugar also ran second to Star Harvest in the 1991 Auckland Cup.

Rex Sims trained Shugar a handy stayer who won seven races including two at Flemington.

Her sister Nicole is a Trackside presenter. Her mother Patsy Riley is a current trainer as was her late father Rex Sims.

Tony called the Trials at Foxton today. I can't see any reason why he can't call CD Trials in the future. Entain has no jurisdiction over trial callers as far as I know. Time for CD Clubs to step up and insist that Tony still call their Trial meetings.

Justin Evans the poor man's Tony Lee. It will be a sad day next Saturday when Tony "retires" from the commentary box.

Some observations of the Tauranga meeting I attended on Friday. 1. Free admission: Not much of a crowd but the families who attended were grateful. 2. Two security guards at the course entrance checking bags did a good job. Checking for liquor- fair enough but also checking for chocolate- found this bizarre! 3. Track in great order. Track Manager Craig Settle and his staff presented it well. 4. I saw two horses in the birdcage before their races which were obviously sore. Both ran. Both ran last. 5. Before R1 Elen Nicholas metal probe in hand inspected the track from the winning post to well beyond the 800m mark. I was impressed by her professionalism.

Ellerslie R1- 1,4 Ellerslie R2- 1,8 Ellerslie R3- 1,6 Ellerslie R4- 2,6 Ellerslie R5- 1,9 Ellerslie R6- 4,9 Good luck all.

Trentham R1- 5,8 Trentham R2- 2,4 Trentham R3- 2,4 Trentham R4- 3,4 Trentham R5- 11,16 Trentham R6- 9,10 Trentham R7- 3,12 Trentham R8- 1,7 Trentham R9- 2,10 Thanks guys for the competition. Good luck all.

Ted Amber had Coruba Jak first into the birdcage. Had him nice and relaxed. Looked very well. Raced accordingly. Not easy for owner trainers to compete against the big stables these days. Amber is doing a splendid job with this fellow.

There are enough gravy trains in NZ already without NZTR starting up their own one.

crustyngrizzly I always look at the Australian bred horses in our 2yo races. Quite often they run first and second at least.

Alf Riston thanks. Very happy to join up with you and Rev plus one other.

Please register me. Thanks.

Another asset that Warren has in spades is peripheral vision. Elite sportsmen in any code have it. The ability to anticipate and act quicker ahead of your opposition.

Sensational riding by Warren today. A master of balance and judgement of pace. Only the third jockey to win seven in a day in NZ racing history. Billy Kirk won seven at Wairoa on the 22/1/07 and Albert Whittaker won all seven races at Huntly on the 19/2/10.

Saline drench a day or two before raceday essential when temperatures get high.

Horse fibrillated during the running. Seems to happen quite often these days.

Trentham R1- Bedtime Story Joker Randwick R1- Pisces Randwick R1- Erno's Cube Good luck all.

Ted Coruba Jak was actually a R64 horse going into the Waikato Cup. As a recidivist jockey defender I won't slag Triston Moodley's last two rides- he drew 9 and 13 in those races (both at Te Rapa). He drew 2 in the Waikato Cup. Impossible to get three wide from that draw which was his fate in those last two runs.

Matanuku Blue the horses would stay better if they were worked up and down Matanuku Road!