Pegasus 9

Very sad news. RIP Jimmy.

1. Ellerslie R1: 1, 5 2. Ellerslie R2: 4, 7 3. Ellerslie R3: 9, 14 4. Ellerslie R4: 4, 11 BB 5. Ellerslie R5: 4, 5 6. Ellerslie R6: 10, 12 7. Randwick R1: 6, 15 8. Randwick R2: 13, 17 9. Randwick R3: 4, 16 10. Randwick R7: 1, 8 11. The Valley R9: 8,11 12. The Valley R10: 6, 8 BB Cheers

Wouldn’t Hong Kong Racing love to have James riding there full time. Great duels between him and Zac. Another ding dong in Race three last night. And then there was the G1 but that was always going to be Voyage Bubble.

And add another G1 to the Long list. Congrats JMac and Voyage Bubble.

1. Trentham R4: 3, 6 2. Trentham R5: 2, 5. BB 3. Trentham R8: 2, 7. BB 4. Trentham R9: 11, 14 5. Trentham R10: 7, 14 6. Gore R9: 1, 6 7. Rosehill R2: 9, 20 8. Rosehill R3: 8 9. Rosehill R7: 4 10. Flemington R7: 4, 5 11. Flemington R8: 11, 14 12. Flemington R9: 6, 17 Cheers and good luck Team

Wondering who my opponent is please on Team Imperatriz? No4?

I thought they have a good relationship on the programme. Mutual respect, but what do I know. I like all three, MG and Lukey and Emily.

I thought Pot Kettle as well.

Bugger. Terrible luck. Hoping he recovers. Very very good horse.

“Adjourned” Is stewards speak for “ It is never going to happen. “

Ellerslie R1: 3, 7 Ellerslie R2: 2, 8 Ellerslie R3: 4, 5 Ellerslie R4: 4, 5 Ellerslie R5: 9, 10 Ellerslie R6: 4, 14 Cheers

Correct. No accountability . If that had happened in say,Australia, the jockeys responsible for what happened up front causing the chain reaction and chaos, they too would have incurred the stewards wrath. What happens here is nothing and so this rubbish goes on. In fact it’s a wonder a rider got any suspension.

Watched a replay, no stewards vision yet, which by the way is hopeless. Why the delay? The stewards report makes grim reading and the only positive is that no horse died in that shambolic display of another G1 race in NZ. I also think the penalty was very light. But on a positive note the KM night should be a cracker and of course will be enhanced by the some of the very best jockeys riding there.

I think he’s now on 96 wins.

And he ran quicker time for the 1200 than the older horses, King of Sparta’s race.

Storm Boy has won the $3 million two-year-old Magic Millions Classic at the Gold Coast. Pelican is his Mum and her Mum none other than the wonderful Seachange.. He’s a very very very good horse and a great name as well.

My opinion of my selections today “Yuck”

What a shocking display for a Group 1race. No wonder the Aussies question our G1. Bloody embarrassing.

Trentham R1: 3, 8 Trentham R2: 2, 4 Trentham R3: 9, 12 Trentham R4: 1, 2 Trentham R5: 10, 16 Trentham R6: 1, 13 Trentham R7: 3, 12 Trentham R8: 1, 3 Trentham R9: 3, 8 Cheers

I pondered upon that too.

And beat out big hitters Yulong.

Te Akau and Coolmore. Strong combination. https://www.racing.com/news/2024-01-09/news-sales-te-akau-coolmore-splash-13m

Yes please. Happy to be added to any team.

Mick Guerin NZ Herald The glamour relaunch of the new Ellerslie track has secured the mega attraction racing officials were hoping for with superstar Kiwi jockey James McDonald coming home for the TAB Karaka Millions. While Ellerslie will return to racing on Sunday week after a near two-year absence for the installation of a StrathAyr track its official opening and one of the most anticipated race meetings in New Zealand for decades will be on January 27. The meeting will feature $4.45 million worth of races with the Karaka Millions Three-Year-Old boosted to $1.5million, a new $1m four-year-old race, the Elsdon Park Aotearoa Classic, for four-year-olds and the entire support card inflated, with the Westbury Classic now hitting $500,000. The meeting was already guaranteed a world-class jockeys room headlined by the King Of Karaka Millions in Opie Bosson, new hero Warren Kennedy fresh from his bag of seven on New Year’s Day, two-time premiership winner Michael McNab and Australian star Blake Shinn, who returns to partner Molly Bloom in the three-year-old race. But McDonald is the icing on the cake, the massive name Ellerslie officials hoped to get when the Millions meeting became a reality because he brings with him profile, an army of punters and international recognition, having starred in Hong Kong and even at Royal Ascot. McDonald confirmed to the Herald he would return for the meeting and was already booked for Velocious in the Two-Year-Old and Orchestral in the Three-Year-Old race. “I am excited to be coming back,” says McDonald, who lives in Sydney and is the most in-demand jockey in Australia. “Obviously it is great to come home and Ellerslie has long been one of my favourite tracks and I am looking forward to riding on the new surface. “I am hearing good things about it and I am on a couple of really good fillies already. “I know there are some really exciting things happening not only at Ellerslie but in New Zealand racing so I want to be part of it.” McDonald has never ridden the winner of the Karaka Millions two-year-old race but did win the three-year-old on Long Leaf, part-owned by his close friend and mentor Sir Peter Vela in 2019. Velocious was equal $4 favourite for the juvenile event before news of McDonald’s engagement broke and the filly instantly moved into $3.50 outright favouritism. She has been high-class, and beautifully ridden by Sam Spratt in her three starts, and for once the TAB bookies will be yelling for McDonald as they stand to lose $1m to the Boys Get Paid on a stunning futures bet is the other favourite Cool N Fast wins the race. Orchestral moved from $5 to $4 with the TAB after the McDonald news and she was brilliant beating key rival Lupo Solitario at Pukekohe on New Year’s Day. Molly Bloom remains the $3 favourite for that race, which is now the richest in New Zealand. The Millions meeting has all but sold out of hospitality packages and is likely to sell out of even general admission as it not only will include the six rich races but the return of the Ellerslie after party and will have hundreds of overseas guests, who are in Auckland for the NZB yearling sales which start at Karaka the next morning.

Who are you talking about in Hastings incident?