NZED Stakes Preview

February 20, 2009 hawkz

Welcome to New Zealand for this stakes preview there are 2 stakes races and 1 graded stakes race in NZ this week the biggest race day in a short history. Lets take a look at the stakes races.

The DOGGIE WALACKI Stakes A mile and one sixteenth Firm Turf $75,000
All horses, 4 years old and up.

1 135774 KONTRAHENT(GER) stefanus B Drewrey 2/1

Das doppelte Lottchen trains this 4yrold colt by RANSOM O’WAR from ROSE OF DRESDEN he has started 16 times for 4 wins and 8 placings. All his wins are in allowance races but his stakes starts have produced 2nds in The BANANA JERRY Challenge-Stk and The MIZZEN DIZZIE Stakes-Stk with a 104sp has won at a mile so distance no worry top chance of winning in this small field.

2 114307 GERIECTOR(JPN) deeprock10 M Margolf 14/1

DEEP ROCK STABLES trained mare by GERI from NIGHT PROJECT probably claimed to breed by trying to see if she can snag a stakes place before he does breed her place is best hope here.

3 123708 HIALEAH MIKE(KY) brit4 T Mooney 7/5

Brit4 Stables trained 5yrold horse by KITTEN’S JOY from ACHIEVEMENT MAMA he has raced 26 times for 6 wins surprisingly enough this is his first stakes start. He is a open allowance horse of great calibre and it will be interesting to see how he handles stakes racing the odds makers think pretty well.

4 73844 GENEROUS DREAM(ENG) basalt O Rann 13/1

Kennedy Road Racing Stables trains this 4yrold colt by GENEROUS(IRE) from the he-mare DREAM OF TOMORROW(IRE) the second from outsider for this race he has raced 18 times for 5 wins and $168,146 he has a stakes win over this distance to his credit as a 2yrold in The DEBEE’S LOOPS Challenge-Stk and has always gone well in stakes company maybe the up setter.

5 140167 WYRM FYRE(ENG) khalasar F Inzamam 3/2

Given Stables: Fire and Blood brings this 4yrold son of PIVOTAL(GB) x CAERLEON x STORM BIRD all the way down under for this a beautifully bred turf runner he has race 17 times for 6 wins races well on or around this distance and may pick up his 1^st stakes win here.

The second stakes race is for 2yrolds the MamaTata Breeders Stakes Six furlongs
Firm Turf $90,000 Fillies and mares, 2 years old. Favourite runners include

7 178157 MAJOR ZIG(JPN) vipersix F Inzamam 5/2

Mano Stables trained filly by DAIWA MAJOR (JPN) x DANZIG x REVIEWER

The first by this sire

12 147331 RAVENHURST(IRE) pattips R Chesterman 4/1

Mano Stables 2^nd runner a filly by RAVEN’S PASS x SADLER’S WELLS x RAINBOW QUEST also beautifully bred by an expensive rookie sire.

11 26597 TARGET IS LACED(KY) fager O Rann 5/1

Smokeglack Stables trained filly by HEATSEEKER (IRE) MONTJEU (IRE) COZZENE is the 3^rd favourite for this

Others with a chance are.

5 125599 DEGULCHBOSS(AUS) loveofgame S Dahl 9/1

DEHERE x GULCH x STORM BIRD

1 178720 BROKENTREND(KY) japrufrock GD Mate 10/1

BROTHER DEREK x DEPUTY MINISTER x PACIFIC NATIVE