Hopefully 3rd time lucky in Kiwiland for Big Blitz.
The 3 faves have drawn wide in the Northern Trotting Derby at least, so if he handles the track better this time hopefully they can see his best again like his first run there where he had the toughest run and was only sprintlaned out by 20cm!!!
Should be a great Rowe Cup too, Stent very impressive last week, can Vulcan get his mojo back?
Oh and that average horse Christen Me is Havin a run too!!he will smash em again!
He Won!!!
Big congrats to Ross Payne who actually drove him tonite and he smashed them.
Got to the lead, was taken on twice by Royal Aspirations who pulled too hard and finished near last
Blitz broke Soveriegntys 3yo track record by 4 seconds!!!! And was only a bees knee from Stigs record!
Habibti had the sit but could not get anywhere near him, there was no sit sprint opportunity for the filly to sprintlane him tonite cos he ran too hard too fast, he broke her.
Great win.
A very talented crop of 3yr olds. Royal Aspirations found the front which allowed him to settle a lot better. Blitzemcalder went off stride for no reason and then went super. Both horses have issues but both can run time like no 3yr olds before them. Nz records have fallen all season. Last night they broke I Can Doosits Nz record for 2200mtr. The jewels will be really interesting as over a mile at Ashburton these two could run something special.
They certainly will Viv,Originally Posted by Viv Strangman
whoever leads has the greatest chance, although have to think Blitz may have got Royal Aspirations if he had of trotted all the way last night.
The Jewels will again be a great race, do you know if RA is coming to Aus for Breeders, i think i read the little filly is, Habibti.
Dont know if Royal Aspirations is headed to Aussie or not. I cant recall his trainer Fred Fletcher ever taking a horse to Australia and he has trained plenty of top horses in his time such as Sundon and Roydon Glen. Royal Aspirations is a natural frontrunner and Melton would suit him bigtime but history would suggest he may not leave NZ.
Great Jewels race this weekend with Blitz drawn inside second row behind Royal Aspirations.
Go Blitz, good luck will need it from there...
lol thats crazy
not to mention a lovely bottle of bubbly!!!
Struggling big time to believe the figure quoted. There is absolutely no leeway at all in Europe with regards to trotters who leave their gait at any stage. Blitzemcalder would have been disqualified in five of his last six starts in Europe. While our age group trotters have improved dramatically over the last few years , there is still a large gap between them and the American and European age group trotters. It makes no sense at all to pay that kind of money for a horse with issues to take on the best in Europe.
I am one of Blitzthemcalder's biggest fans. In fact , I started a thread in these forums after his brilliant debut 2YO win raving about his performance.
His run tonight was very disappointing , although he tried hard. At his best with that run he should have won by the length of the straight. Right now he seems tired and needs a spell. It probably will not happen but that's a personal opinion.
If that rather dubious offer for him from overseas was ever true, which is really VERY laughable, then I hope they just move on and forget it.
If he can have a well deserved break he can come back as a 4yo and show us what he is made of. I believe he will be one of our greatest ever trotters.
Last edited by David Summers; 06-15-2013 at 12:54 AM.
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