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Te Rapa Results (Race 3)

Saturday, 9th June 2018

3
12:10
(local)

Futurity Stakes (LR)

Age: 2yo Type: OPEN
NZD $50,000
1400m TURF SLOW
3
12:10
(local)
NZD $50,000
1400m SLOW

Futurity Stakes (LR)

Age: 2yo Type: OPEN

This Listed juvenile over 1400m drew a disappointing field in both size and depth and saw a maiden filly in Peaceful win easily. The footing was a tricky slow and with the rail out a massive 15m (almost 50 feet) it created manmade bias on a track already known for greatly favouring on pacers. Every winner on the ten-race card bar one came from no worse than the trail and the one that came from sixth in an 8-horse field was two lengths maximum from the leaders poised waiting for clear air turning for home. Peaceful was fifth early then moved up ominously fourth and four-wide at the 600m before striding up second turning for home. The filly led at the 300m and then drew away impressively to score by two lengths in 1:27.29, a time that compared well to an Open Handicap later in the day of 1:26.81 (just under three lengths superior). Peaceful was winning her first race in five starts and wet ground seems to suit her with the 1400m today relished and the promise that she will run a mile and middle distance next season. Cyber Attack was one of just two in the field that had won a race and he fought on well after racing third and reached second at the 100m. Sol Invictus, also a maiden, sat second the outer and then took the lead across the top before being headed at the 300m. He fought on okay and should be a stronger proposition next season. Ole Ole trailed on the inner and weakened in the footing to be a distant fourth with the 1400m proving too far at this stage though that should not be an issue next season. Platinum Rapper, the other race winner in the field, was awkwardly away and clearly a length last from the jump and never recovered from that point onward. Elle D'Berry got back and came wide across the top but could not sustain it and finished sixth beaten almost a dozen lengths. Expressive on debut showed leader speed but once headed across the top stopped badly while Senor Moss got back on the inner and never fired a shot. This field had no depth whatsoever and the winning filly Peaceful looks the only takeaway at this stage with most of the others needing more development and ringcraft. To be fair the rail out this far at this biased track already was a massive spoiler plus the kickback of sand is both substantial and does make many horses give up quickly let alone juveniles not used of such a surfeit of stinging grains.

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