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Ellerslie Results (Race 9)

Saturday, 10th March 2012

9
17:43
(local)

Lindauer New Zealand Stakes (G1)

Type: OPEN
NZD $200,000
2000m TURF DEAD
9
17:43
(local)
NZD $200,000
2000m DEAD

Lindauer New Zealand Stakes (G1)

Type: OPEN

The 2:05.28 recorded by Scarlett Lady is more a reflection of the poor footing for the day at Ellerslie and some sluggish times confirmed that plus the majority of the winners were in the middle of the track or wider. This race has been won since the start of this century by a mare seven times and even more poignantly five of them have been four-year-olds. Scarlett Lady joins Showella (2000), Lashed (2004), Gaze (2007) and The Party Stand (2011) as 4yo mare winners. The best ridden runner tactically in Scarlett Lady won narrowly but well and outstayed the big horse Veyron, which may in fact be a tad suspect at the 2000m the last little bit. Veyron is best when the pace is solid, so he is still in the yet to decide basket regarding at 2000m and that all important extra 40m required for the Cox Plate but he has all the other suitable attributes. The majority of this field were either not serious WFA contenders or even G1 quality gallopers or were tired and several had not experienced a win for quite a while so the taste for a kill was long gone. The top two are serious enough performers and Scarlett Lady in particular is a handicap stayer, as her lack of size will be a factor come the big spring fields where no quarter is given.

Previous Winners

Date Horse Jockey WT Trainer BP
THE PARTY STAND (NZ) 4M
THORN PARK (AUS) - CREMISI (AUS) ROYAL ACADEMY (USA)
O P BOSSON 57.0 R JAMES 6
VOSNE ROMANEE (NZ) 7G
ELECTRONIC ZONE (USA) - MADISON AVENUE (NZ) MORCON (GB)
O P BOSSON 59.0 JEFF LYNDS 8
MACO'REILLY (NZ) 5G
O'REILLY (NZ) - DOUBLE BABU (NZ) CENTAINE (AUS)
H S TINSLEY 59.0 DAVID HAWORTH 4
SIR SLICK (NZ) 6G
VOLKSRAAD (GB) - OUR MISS OPERA (NZ) PARIS OPERA (AUS)
B S HERD 59.0 GRAEME NICHOLSON & PAUL ALLBON 7
GAZE (NZ) 4M
CAPE CROSS (IRE) - EYE FULL (NZ) PALATABLE (USA)
MARK DU PLESSIS 56.5 R JAMES 2
KRISTOV (NZ) 6G
SLAVIC (USA) - SANTA BARBRA (NZ) PIPERHILL (IRE)
H S TINSLEY 58.0 PHILLIP STEVENS 3
XCELLENT (NZ) 3G
PENTIRE (GB) - EXCELO (NZ) CENTRO (NZ)
M T COLEMAN 52.5 MIKE & PAUL MORONEY 5
LASHED (AUS) 4M
ENCOSTA DE LAGO (AUS) - TRAFFIC WATCH (AUS) SALIERI (USA)
O P BOSSON 55.5 GRAEME ROGERSON & STEPHEN AUTRIDGE 7
DEEBEE BELLE (NZ) 5M
BIN AJWAAD (IRE) - DEEBEE LADY (NZ) BRILLIANT INVADER (AUS)
A CALDER 56.5 TONY & PAM GILLIES 10
ARMSTRONG (NZ) 5G
CLASSIC FAME (USA) - LILTING STAR (AUS) PLANET KINGDOM (AUS)
B S HERD 58.0 JEFF LYNDS 6
TALL POPPY (NZ) 6M
KAAPSTAD (NZ) - FUN ON THE RUN (NZ) RACING IS FUN (USA)
D M WALSH 56.5 NOEL EALES 8
SHOWELLA (NZ) 4M
LORD BALLINA (AUS) - SHOW QUEEN (NZ) BALMERINO (NZ)
E A WILKINSON 55.5 C & F RITCHIE 8

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