NZ HARNESS NEWS
Kiwi raiders have been largely favoured by the draws in the rich Breeders Crown finals at Melton next Sunday.
The Mark Purdon-trained More The Bettor, narrowly beaten after leading in the semifinals of the three-year-old male pacers division by Aussie star Our Little General at Bendigo on Saturday night, has drawn one for the $190,000 final (2240m mobile).
His Aussie rival is in three, but fellow Kiwi pacers Stars Align (eight) and Motu Meteor (10) are on the second line.
Top Kiwi three-year-old filly Partyon, an impressive winner of her semifinal on Saturday, has drawn nine in her $190,000 final, with Aussie ace Petacular in three.
The Ray Green-trained, David Butcher-driven King Of Swing, who was a brave winner of his semifinal in the male two-year-old division, has come up with the ace draw for the $285,000 final.
He beat Aussie star Colt Thirty One (six) narrowly on Saturday, while other top chances Poster Boy, Sicario and Master Moonlite are on the second line.
The draw was kind to Kiwi-trained fillies Our Bettor Joy (two) and Our Angel Of Harlem (three) in their $285,000 two-year-old final, with leading Aussie hopes My Sweetchilliphilly and Nostra Villa on the second line.
The Cran Dalgety-trained Our Bettor Joy was huge in winning her semifinal on Saturday, coming three wide over the last 800m and storming home to beat Nostra Villa by a head after following her up, with Our Angel Of Harlem a brave third for trainer Barry Ward and driver Anthony Butt after leading out.
The winner zipped home over the last 800m in 55.9sec, the closing 400m in 27.9, clocking 2:34.7 for the mobile 2150m, with a mile rate of 1:55.8.
The other two-year-old fillies’ semifinal saw Aussie-trained Red Charmer upset them at $70 after coming from last, with previously unbeaten Kiwi-bred My Sweetchilliphilly over-racing and only battling into fifth.
Dalgety’s three-year-old trotting filly Our Chevron Express has come up with the two marble in her final, with Aussie favourites Dance Craze in five and Une Belle Allure drawn the inside of the second line.
Young Canterbury trainer Jack Harrington’s speedy two-year-old trotting filly Our Renezmae has the ace draw in her final, with Aussie stars Moonshine Linda in four and Aleppo Jewel in 11.
Breeders Crown Final fields:
2YO FILLIES FINAL, $285,000, mob. 2240m:
Passions Delight 1, Our Bettor Joy NZ 2, Our Angel Of Harlem NZ 3, Red Charmer 4, Amelias Courage 5, Hows The Memory 6, Angel Of Arts 7, (2nd row) Goodtime Heaven 8, Captured Delight 9 (E1), My Sweetchilliphilly NZ 10, Molly Kelly 11, Nosta Beach 12, Nostra Villa 13.
2YO COLTS & GELDINGS FINAL, $285,000, mob. 2240m:
King Of Swing NZ 1, Kasbah Kid 2, Forte Courgae 3, Tam Major 4, Braeview Bondi 5, Colt Thirty One 6, Beltane 7; (2nd row) Joe Nien 8, Poster Boy 9, Sicario 10, Master Moonlite NZ 11, Seeuinnashville 12, Tin Roof Raider 13 (E1).
3YO TROTTING FILLIES FINAL, $65,000, mob. 2240m:
Hotjane Bling 1, Chevron Express NZ 2, Four Walls 3, Iona Spider 4, Dance Craze 5, Breezin Around 6, Hiding My Heart Fin 7; (2nd row) Une Belle Azure 8, Andyou 9, Skyeski 10, Kinvara Sue 11, Downtown Miss (UR) 12 (E1), Bigonluck (UR) 13.
3YO TROTTING COLTS & GELDINGS FINAL, $65,000 mob. 2240m:
On Fast Forward 1, The Male Model NZ 2, The Spanyen 3, Aldebaran Prince 4, Kheiron 5, Clarkes Hill 6, War Spirit NZ 7; (2nd row) Claudys Prince 8, Empire Bay 9, Truscott Hill (UR) 10, Mano De Dios (UR) 11, Hammers Law (UR) 12, Jilliby Babaviska (UR) 13.
3YO FILLIES FINAL, $190,000, mob, 2240m:
Shezallapples 1, Gilty Hanover 2, Petacular 3, My Casino Belle NZ 4, Better B Chevron NZ 5, Perfect Look 6, Miss Graceland 7; (2nd row) El Jays Mystery 8, Partyon NZ 9, Lincolns Superstar (E1) 10, Six Elements 11, Be Not Afraid 12, Soho Angel 13.
3YO COLTS & GELDINGS FINAL, $190,000 mob, 2240m:
The More The Better NZ 1, Solid As A Rock 2, Our Little General 3, Albarock 4 (E1), Mista Lombo 5, Big Mach NZ 6, Cruz 7; (2nd row) Stars Align 8, Wrappers Delight 9, Motu Meteor NZ 10, King Solomon NZ 11, Jilliby Kung Fu 12, Rock Diamonds NZ 13.
2YO TROTTING FILLIES FINAL, $90,000, mob. 2240m:
Our Renezmae NZ 1, Miss Kaikoura NZ 2, Princessa Ruth 3, Moonshine Linda 4, Louieville Lass 5, More Success 6, Amour De Frere NZ 7; (2nd row) Meadow Valley Sky 8, Hades Sky 9, Fairytale Hall 10, Aleppo Jewel 11, Di Li 12 (E1), Allthemoves 13.
2YO COLTS & GELDINGS FINAL, $90,000, mob. 2240m:
Kyvalley Frank 1, Wobelee 2, Smashthemcalder 3, One Muscle Hill NZ 4, Majestic Eyes 5, Meziah 6, La Grange 7; (2nd row) More Shades Of Gold NZ 8, Whizzbang Dan 9, Imperial Whiz NZ 10, Runaway Success 11, Beubbalquie (UR) 12, Tomahawk Phoenix (UR) 13 (E1)
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