Swede 67 Report post Posted January 14, 2016 Has anyone else noticed the improved depth in Southland racing this season? Mid-grade horses of the calibre of Costa Del Magnifico, Pulp Fiction, I'm Full Of Excuses, Tas Man Bromac as well as up-and-comers like Statham, Southern Pursuit, All Jokes Aside. Throw in Graeme Anderson's horses from up the road in Dunedin and the usual Canterbury raiders might not get things their own way in the big southern cups coming up. Could this herald a return to the glory days (Lunar Chance, Trusty Scott, Sapling, Bonnie's Chance etc)? Probably not, but enjoy it while it lasts. kakama 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Piper 408 Report post Posted January 14, 2016 Southern Pursuit went 2:40.0 today in the 6th race and so is another one to watch. Though did notice Matty Williamson yanked at the reins and his charge "Zenmach" promptly broke when in the trail with about 450m to go. Waiting to see the stipes report on that. His action disrupted the field massively. hooters 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
what a post 811 Report post Posted January 14, 2016 They do run some remarkable times in southland these days and no doubt will be hard to beat down south but I think its just a pipe dream to expect any of the aforementioned horses to come to a premier meeting in Canterbury or Auckland and dominate. What I have noticed is when the likes of costa del magnifico and pup fiction go hard a fair way from home they leave most of the others gasping ,well and truly in arrears. There does seem a very big gap down there sometimes when they go hard.. Drive them similar to that at say a Canterbury premier meeting and you wont find the others stopping. As for the fast times, I see the 1 win grade was won very easily by a drop back horse who probably could have run faster than 2.41.3. As for zenmach ,it looked to be struggling when it broke, maybe checked. This stable not having the greatest run in the last 4 months, not sure why? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Report post Posted January 14, 2016 Jason Teaz and Dave McDonald were getting excited today. One of them said that Southland had the most promising horses in the Country. Absolutely dreaming if they think that!!! Yes they have a few promising horses down there, they always do. Dave McDonald thinks any horse that wins well at Forbury or Southland is a champion, but the truth is that very few would measure up north of Oamaru. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fartoomuch 1,376 Report post Posted January 14, 2016 6 hours ago, Brodie said: Jason Teaz and Dave McDonald were getting excited today. One of them said that Southland had the most promising horses in the Country. Absolutely dreaming if they think that!!! Yes they have a few promising horses down there, they always do. Dave McDonald thinks any horse that wins well at Forbury or Southland is a champion, but the truth is that very few would measure up north of Oamaru. Happens most weeks down that way with those 2. Given the numbers down that way they should perform better up north but drivers let them down a lot of the time. Williamson's being the exception. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Piper 408 Report post Posted January 14, 2016 9 hours ago, what a post said: They do run some remarkable times in southland these days and no doubt will be hard to beat down south but I think its just a pipe dream to expect any of the aforementioned horses to come to a premier meeting in Canterbury or Auckland and dominate. What I have noticed is when the likes of costa del magnifico and pup fiction go hard a fair way from home they leave most of the others gasping ,well and truly in arrears. There does seem a very big gap down there sometimes when they go hard.. Drive them similar to that at say a Canterbury premier meeting and you wont find the others stopping. As for the fast times, I see the 1 win grade was won very easily by a drop back horse who probably could have run faster than 2.41.3. As for zenmach ,it looked to be struggling when it broke, maybe checked. This stable not having the greatest run in the last 4 months, not sure why? Stipes report says the horse outside Zenmach shifted inwards and made contact with him causing the break, Driver of Macardo (A Armour) recieved a $375 fine Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fostermd 59 Report post Posted January 14, 2016 In regards to southland horses. I guess we'll see how they rate when Costa Del Magnifco lines up tonight Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
