conveniently overlooking the fact that the very few NZ trained runners to have lined up in the Slipper have generally acquitted themselves pretty damn well:
best of all of course was Our Maizcay who got beaten by 1.3 lengths in running 4th from the outside barrier.
The only other NZ trained runners that spring to mind, in the last 25 years or so, were John Wheeler's Scotch & Dry &, I think, Stu Munro's Tasman Dancer. My fading memory tells me that they both finished 5th, but I stand to be corrected.
And then there is the mighty McGint .. he dealt to the Marscay, the eventual Slipper winner, by out sprinting him up the straight, in the Slipper lead-up, on a broken leg. Tell me he wouldn't have given the Slipper a big fright if he had been able to line up??
So Pogo old son, including Dr Green, I make the tally at 4 NZ trained that have lined up in the Slipper in the last 25 years; 3 of them weighed in with 1 a good thing beaten. I wouldn't call that an ambulance dodging record from a country that definitely can't compete with OZ when it comes to 2YO's.