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2016 Haunui Farm Counties Bowl Listed November 19 - Pukekohe Park

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Shezhardtocatch wins 2016 Haunui Farm Counties Bowl Listed NZ$50,000 at Pukekohe Park (NZ), 1100m.

Shezhardtocatch(white cap), winning the Haunui Farm Counties Bowl
Shezhardtocatch(white cap), winning the Haunui Farm Counties Bowl Picture: Trish Dunell

Shezhardtocatch was slow to find her feet and found herself back of midfield when they settled. Jockey Grant Cooksley saved ground along the fence to the last corner, moving off the fence into the straight. At the 250m mark they were presented with a beautiful split deeper out and five wide they headed for the wire, ranged up to the leaders and then lunged just short of the line to win a head bobber.

Consistent mare Snowdrop had a lovely trail, one out and one back to the last corner, moved another width out into the straight and set sail for home. She made the lead at the 250m mark but then the challenges came. In a blanket finish she lost the lead in the last stride, a game, narrowly beaten second.

Top-weight, Perfect Fit, sat in behind the leader to the home straight, got away from the fence once balanced and ran very gamely under her 60kg to the post only to lose in a three-way go.


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Pukekohe

Saturday, 19th November 2016

8
16:35
(local)

Haunui Farm Counties Bowl (LR)

WT: 53kg Type: OPEN
NZD $50,000
1100m TURF DEAD
8
16:35
(local)
NZD $50,000
1100m DEAD

Haunui Farm Counties Bowl (LR)

WT: 53kg Type: OPEN

This Listed 1100m Open Sprint was run at a solid enough clip and saw a tight finish with less than half a length separating the first four home. An in foal Shezhardtocatch scored by a short head and only got up on the line after sitting seventh the fence and then angled out into clear air the run home. She reached third at the 200m and kept coming to win her sixth race from twenty-nine starts and now has a Listed success to go with a pair of G3 wins. Snowdrop was nabbed on the line after looking the winner from the 400m. She sat handy the outer and took over a long way from home in her first attempt at blacktype. Perfect Fit was just a nose from second after carrying 60kg fresh up and trailing the leaders to the home turn. Fire Jet was a huge fourth after being sixth and wide throughout then coming up deeper near the home turn. The 4yo was racing for the first time at this level so his effort after an overland trip was commendable indeed to be so close up at the line. Red Striker ran on well from last on settling and is a next upper. Biggin Hill ran on along the inner okay and Irish Moon fought on okay under 60kg. Snapshot disappointed as did Passing Shot with the latter one of two on pacers that both stopped badly. Some form will come out of this over Summer and Autumn whether it be in pure sprinting or fillies and mares feature events.



FP Horse, Age & Sex
Sire & Dam
Jockey
Trainer
SP
WT
1st 8. SHEZHARDTOCATCH (NZ) 6yo M
ELUSIVE CITY (USA) - PARTY QUEEN (NZ)
GRANT COOKSLEY
BRUCE WALLACE & ALLAN PEARD
$25.1
55kg
Able International Ltd
2nd 9. SNOWDROP (NZ) 5yo M
PINS (AUS) - DAFFODIL (NZ)
DANIELLE JOHNSON
TONY PIKE
$3.8
54kg
G J & M J Chittick
3rd 1. PERFECT FIT (NZ) 5yo M
ELUSIVE CITY (USA) - FAYREFORM (NZ)
MICHAEL COLEMAN
KEN & BEV KELSO
$4.8
60kg
Haunui Bloodstock Ltd, Pinecliff Racing Syndicate, M Duncan, G Madill, J Orton & The Provincial Ltd

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4th 10. FIRE JET (NZ) 4yo G
TAVISTOCK (NZ) - RAVE REVIEW (NZ)
DONI PRASTIYOU
PETER & DAWN WILLIAMS & PAUL RICHARDS
$8.1
53.5kg

Sales Information

5th 7. RED STRIKER (NZ) 5yo M
RED GIANT (USA) - MEGARA (NZ)
SAMANTHA COLLETT
JIM COLLETT
$8.5
55.5kg

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6th 5. BIGGIN HILL (NZ) 7yo G
FALVELON (AUS) - FLYING BABE (AUS)
ALYSHA COLLETT
RICHARD COLLETT
$20.1
57kg

Sales Information

7th 2. IRISH MOON (NZ) 7yo G
O'REILLY (NZ) - MOONSTRUMMER (NZ)
CAMERON LAMMAS
KEN & BEV KELSO
$14.4
60kg
8th 6. SNAPSHOT (NZ) 6yo G
STRAVINSKY (USA) - SNAP (NZ)
CRAIG GRYLLS
GRAHAM RICHARDSON
$8.8
57kg
9th 4. SIR STATHAM (NZ) 7yo G
DANROAD (AUS) - POLYANA (NZ)
MARK DU PLESSIS
SCOTT LUCOCK & SALLY GILLESPIE
$13.8
58kg
10th 3. PASSING SHOT (NZ) 5yo G
SWISS ACE (AUS) - DERRYDANE (NZ)
MATTHEW CAMERON
STEPHEN MCKEE
$9.1
59.5kg

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11th 11. AAJA NACHLE (NZ) 6yo M
FAST 'N' FAMOUS (AUS) - MADHURI DIXIT (NZ)
SAM SPRATT
FRANK RITCHIE
$34.8
53kg

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