Auckland Trotting Club Inc

Made ld,trld 1550,thru,bold on mrks

HAPPY HILL - when questioned with regard to his minimal vigour and failure to activate the removable deafeners in the home straight Co-Trainer/Driver B Hackett stated that the gelding was a twenty start maiden which had proved difficult in its previous racing when breaking for no apparent reason. He further explained that this runner had felt uneven in its gait when the tempo increased down the back straight the final time and had then been on the inside rein when laying out when attempting to use the passing lane in the run home placing him at a disadvantage. Mr Hackett also added that he had reined the horse up over the final stages and that the gelding would race in a fixed deafener hood for the immediate future. Stewards noted his comments.

Chkd,3rd gap,3bk inr,prkd,ld,cut bk

HAPPY HILL - pre-race warmed. Briefly hampered at the start by an outside runner.

Prkd,3-bk inr,prkd,3-bk inr,off,brk

HAPPY HILL - hampered by a breaking runner near the 1200m. Broke near the 700m losing all chance.

Trld,3-bk,held up,off,plggd in mid

4th inr,1x1 bell,off top,bttld well

HAPPY HILL - pre-race warmed. Over-raced middle stages.

3rd,3-bk inr,chkd 400m,off,no spark

HAPPY HILL - over-raced middle stages. Hampered by a breaking runner near the 400m.

Wd,prkd,ld,trld 950,flat 400,wilted

HAPPY HILL - pulled hard in the score up and early stages. Weakened leaving the final bend.

Ld out,set all terms,brk 325m (dq)

HAPPY HILL - trotted roughly rounding the final turn then broke near the 300m losing its chance. A protest was lodged against this runner's 4th placing under Rule 870(3) and the Breaking Horses Regulation alleging that the gelding had broken in excess of 150m. Connections did not contest the protest and HAPPY HILL was disqualified by Stewards. A warning was placed on HAPPY HILL's racing manners.

Straight to ld,got terms,tckld,brk

HAPPY HILL - pre-race warmed. Broke passing the 150m losing its chance.

Made ld,dictated terms,hdd 50m out

HAPPY HILL - pre-race warmed. Lay out under pressure in the run home.

Trld,3-bk 1550,prkd 1100,stuck well

Trld,3-bk 1550,whacked away in gap

PIRAYAS - lay in contacting a track marker near the 1300m.

Into trail,thru 600,ld 350,run down

PIRAYAS - driver T Macfarlane was warned for using his whip with more than a wrist flicking motion leaving the final bend and again late in the run home.

Into trail early,off 450,stout mrks

4th,3-bk inr 1800,sound effort mrks

PIRAYAS - lay in and contacted a track marker near the 1900m and then again rounding the final turn. Lay in and contacted a further track marker passing the 100m. Driver T Macfarlane was warned for using his whip in a continuous manner late in the run home.

Blew the start badly,pulled up

PIRAYAS - stood on the mark checking trailing runners losing all chance and was retired from the event. A warning was placed on the gelding's barrier manners. Driver T Hanara was examined by St John Personnel after being contacted by a trailing runner shortly after the start and was cleared of injury.

3rd inr,3-bk,prkd bell,fght on well

Trld out,4-bk,prkd 700,outfinished

PIRAYAS - pre-race warmed. Raced in restricted room over the final 100m.

Brk start,tacked on,nothing extra

HOME GROWN GIRL - broke at the start losing considerable ground.

3rd inr,3-bk 1800,off,stout in mid

HOME GROWN GIRL - lay in approaching the 1800m losing ground.

Prkd,ld 1850,trld 1150,brk 400m out

WHATEVER IT TAKES - broke rounding the final turn hampering trailing runners losing its chance.

3rd,trld 1800,off top,chased boldly

WHATEVER IT TAKES - broke briefly at the start. Lay outwards during the middle stages. Locked wheels with REWIRI HILL near the 300m when forcing that runner wider on the track.

5th inr,1x1 1400,held up,stern late

WHATEVER IT TAKES - held up final bend.

Blew the start badly,out of action

WHATEVER IT TAKES - broke at the start losing all chance.

Soon ld,allowed terms,too many guns

Ld out,set terms,hdd top,stuck well

5th inr,5-bk,off,wd 550,useful wdst

WHATEVER IT TAKES - Trainer J Young was warned for the late notification of the removal of blinds. Raced wide from the 550m. When questioned regarding the performance Driver M McKendry advised that the gelding had lay in rounding the final turn losing ground at a result.

Wd,prkd,into ld 1550,dictated,tough

HILL BILLIE BUNDY - Co-Trainers P & V Blanchard were warned for presenting the filly to race without the notified blinds.

Trld,brk 1350m,out of action after

HILL BILLIE BUNDY - broke near the 1350m hampering trailing runners losing all chance, with GRACE N ELEGANCE being checked and having to take evasive action.

Brk,rear,otr,wd cvr 600,fght nicely

EYE SEE YOU - began awkwardly.

Brk badly early,tailed off,no hope

EYE SEE YOU - connections advised that the gelding has had both hocks treated since last racing. Broke at the start losing all chance.

Made ld,dictated terms,held nicely

EYE SEE YOU - lay outwards rounding the final turn and throughout the run home.

4th,prkd,ld,trld 800,off,ld,cut dwn

EYE SEE YOU - trotted roughly over the concluding stages.

4th,prd,cvr 1700,wd 450,closed late

EYE SEE YOU - lay inwards rounding the final turn.

Trld,3bk 1850,4bk,flat 450,chkd/brk

CYCLONE SALA - hampered and broke rounding the final turn losing its chance.

7th otr,1x1 1550,wd 600,chased best

Brk badly start,tacked on,bt slows

CYCLONE SALA - broke at the start losing considerable ground. Weakened rounding the final bend.

Chkd early,tacked on,6th otr,no zip

CYCLONE SALA - checked shortly after the start losing considerable ground. Cleared from the unruly for future standing starts.

Left prkd,into ld 400,too tenacious

Trld,3-bk,off,prkd,ld 950,run down

CYCLONE SALA - broke in the score up but was in position at the candy pole.

Slw,rear inr,imp 3-bk,bt stragglers

CYCLONE SALA - slow early. Lay in final turn contacting track markers.

Trld out,shffld,gapped in rear,done

CYCLONE SALA - weakened from the 1000m. A post-race veterinary examination revealed no abnormalities.

6th inr,4-bk,prkd bell,outfinished

Brk start,9th gap,6th bell,plggd wd

SHES ALL LEGS - broke at the start and shifted outwards hampering an outside runner losing ground. Hampered by a breaking runner near the 1200m.

Prkd,3-bk inr 1600,prkd 500,ld,game

3rd inr,4-bk 1600,3-bk,off,tidy mid