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2015 Platinum Homes Wellington Cup Group 2 January 24 - Trentham

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Maygrove wins 2015 Platinum Homes Wellington Cup Group 2 NZ$ 200,000 at Trentham (NZ), 2400m.

Maygrove winning the Platinum Homes Wellington Cup.
Maygrove winning the Platinum Homes Wellington Cup. Picture: Trish Dunell

Favourite, the four-year-old Maygrove ran out a comfortable two length winner and in good time. He settled nicely back in seventh place, one off the rails, following a solid pace. He improved well nearing the home turn and challenged on straightening. He took the lead at the 200m and went on to score decisively on his limit weight (52.5kg), putting up a good staying effort.

Perfect Start was past midfield to the 800m before improving between runners at the 600m. But she was blocked badly at the home turn before switching across heels at the 250m. She then came with a strong late finish for an unlucky second.

She's Insatiable was eighth on the rails, looked for a run between runners on turning for home and got through nicely at the 200m going to second at the 100m. She then fought on for a sound third.


ANZ Bloodstock News

Trentham

Saturday, 24th January 2015

9
17:13
(local)

Platinum Homes Wellington Cup (G2)

WT: 52kg Type: OPEN
NZD $200,000
2400m TURF GOOD
9
17:13
(local)
NZD $200,000
2400m GOOD

Platinum Homes Wellington Cup (G2)

WT: 52kg Type: OPEN

Once again an Australian bred stayer won a Group race in New Zealand and this time the 4yo Maygrove was far superior over 2400m at G2. Maygrove ran a very respectable 2:26.65 and under just 52.5kg had them covered turning for home. It was his fifth win in twenty starts and the gelding is a left-hander at this stage and needs good or dead footing. Maygrove is bred to be a stayer being by Authorised and out of a Zabeel dam in Lady Zhivago. He can only get stronger from this point on and a young stayer at last has put his name forward this season with more to come. His stable of Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman can find and improve a young galloper especially at the middle distances and they do so with male and female gallopers. The colours he races in have been going super in the last few years with Group success in New Zealand and Australia via Lucia Valentina and Atlante. Perfect Start ran on stoutly for second after getting further back than the trainer wanted and then finding traffic across the top and turning for home. This mare has bloomed since spring considering she had five runs in Queensland last winter for two fifths, two sevenths and a twelfth of twelve. She’s Insatiable ran on well and the South Island prepared mare had finished third in the G3 NZ Cup over spring behind two old gallopers in Mungo Jerry and Esprit D’Or. Her effort must put a question mark on the form depth as in her two prior starts she was last and ninth of eleven. King Kamada ran a sound fourth but he had been tried five times in Australia too with a fourth at Doomben the best effort. Decorah the mare and stablemate of the winner was brave for fifth as she was never on the track throughout and was still third at the 100m. Langdon ran on late from the back and Dubai Shuffle was not too bad from the back too. Graphic, the winner of this last year, was disappointing when ninth beaten six lengths. He ran over three seconds (eighteen lengths) inferior in winning last year so the stamina difference required today was probably the actual key. The rest got beaten by some massive margins with a G1 winner at WFA two springs ago in Ransomed second last beaten twenty-seven lengths. The winner is the only one you would want as a stayer from this race as he has it all ahead and the breeding oozes stamina. Maygrove only has to become clockwise efficient to open up a myriad of options for this year and next.



FP Horse, Age & Sex
Sire & Dam
Jockey
Trainer
SP
WT
1st 14. MAYGROVE (AUS) 4yo G
AUTHORIZED (IRE) - LADY ZHIVAGO (NZ)
MATTHEW CAMERON
MURRAY BAKER & ANDREW FORSMAN
$4.4
52.5kg
Jml Bloodstock Ltd (Mgr: L Petagna) & P W O'Rourke

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2nd 8. PERFECT START (NZ) 5yo M
PERFECTLY READY (AUS) - ARTEMESIA (NZ)
SAM SPRATT
VANESSA HILLIS
$8.7
53kg
J F Marks, Mr G & Mrs S Bluett

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3rd 13. SHE'S INSATIABLE (NZ) 6yo M
USTINOV (AUS) - CHECKERED PAST (AUS)
ROBERT HANNAM
TERRILL CHARLES
$53.3
52kg
Miss T T Charles & P R Corbett
4th 15. KING KAMADA (NZ) 5yo G
SHINKO KING (IRE) - MARSANNE (NZ)
KELLY MYERS
LISA LATTA
$8.9
52kg

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5th 11. DECORAH (NZ) 5yo M
PINS (AUS) - NORDIC DANCER (NZ)
R J MYERS
MURRAY BAKER & ANDREW FORSMAN
$19.1
52kg

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6th 7. LANGDON (NZ) 7yo G
DON EDUARDO (NZ) - STONECREST (NZ)
LISA ALLPRESS
K ZIMMERMAN
$43
53.5kg

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7th 18. DUBAI SHUFFLE (NZ) 5yo G
DUBAI DESTINATION (USA) - MUSICAL MAGIC (GB)
NOEL HARRIS
GRAHAM RICHARDSON
$14.3
52kg

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8th 4. OUR BEE JAY (NZ) 8yo G
DANSKE (NZ) - SAN DA BELLE (NZ)
DARRYL BRADLEY
LISA VAUGHAN
$56.3
54.5kg
9th 6. GRAPHIC (NZ) 6yo G
VOLKSRAAD (GB) - TAITANIUM (NZ)
RORY HUTCHINGS
MICHAEL MORONEY & ANDREW CLARKEN
$5.9
54kg
10th 9. TEMPELTEN (NZ) 7yo G
JOHAR (USA) - HONOURABLE (NZ)
LEE MAGORRIAN
SCOTT LUCOCK & SALLY GILLESPIE
$50.7
53kg

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11th 1. ALPINE HEIGHTS (NZ) 8yo G
SPARTACUS (IRE) - ALPINE DELIGHT (AUS)
CHRIS JOHNSON
J F PARSONS
$31.8
59kg
12th 12. ANNIESSTAR (NZ) 5yo M
ZED (NZ) - STAR GUEST (NZ)
VANESSA JOHNSTON
GARY VILE
$37
52kg
13th 10. ESPRIT D'OR (NZ) 9yo G
AL JADEED (USA) - QUEEN OF GOLD (NZ)
TRUDY THORNTON
TOMMY BECKETT
$33.1
52.5kg
14th 3. RED RIPPER (NZ) 6yo G
DRAMA CRITIC (USA) - BURNING SANDS (NZ)
JAMIE BATES
KENNY & LISA RAE
$28.7
54.5kg
15th 5. JUST THE TIP (NZ) 6yo G
DANROAD (AUS) - PROSPECTIVE BELLE (USA)
MARK HILLS
JANELLE MILLAR
$14.6
54kg
16th 16. AWESOME GOAL (NZ) 5yo G
GOLAN (IRE) - SWITCH HITTER (NZ)
MARK DU PLESSIS
JOHN WHEELER
$25.5
52kg
17th 2. RANSOMED (NZ) 7yo G
HANDSOME RANSOM (AUS) - SKI QUEEN (NZ)
JOHNATHON PARKES
GARY VILE
$49.1
56kg
18th 17. CURSIVE (NZ) 4yo M
DARCI BRAHMA (NZ) - ITALIC (GB)
DANIELLE JOHNSON
STEPHEN MARSH
$8.9
52kg

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