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2014 Agrodome Rotorua Plate Listed October 18 - Arawa Park NZ

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Soriano wins 2014 Agrodome Rotorua Plate Listed NZ$50,000 at Arawa Park (NZ), 1950m.

Soriano winning the Agrodome Rotorua Plate
Soriano winning the Agrodome Rotorua Plate Picture: Trish Dunell

A patient ride by Rory Hutchings enabled the race favourite Soriano to prove a class above her rivals. Unable to muster early speed, Soriano settled third last at the post with a lap to run and was tenth passing the 800m. She found a clear passage to improve behind runners rounding the home turn and although held up and required to switch ground in search of run, once through a tight gap at the 100m she burst clear.

Noble Warrior worked forward to challenge at the 400m from a handy position in fourth and fought solidly for second, while third placed Little Alfie Brown led early before trailing in third at the 1000m and was gritty in her performance.

In a line up for the minors: Smartly came out of midfield to finish widest on the track in fourth, Sir Elmo closed nicely nearer the rail for fifth and Saint Kitt stuck on well for sixth after improving to second at the 1000m.


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Arawa Park

Saturday, 18th October 2014

6
15:47
(local)

Rotorua Plate (LR)

WT: 53kg Type: OPEN
NZD $50,000
1950m TURF GOOD
6
15:47
(local)
NZD $50,000
1950m GOOD

Rotorua Plate (LR)

WT: 53kg Type: OPEN

The track at Arawa Park was upgraded early then not downgraded enough later or in real time when rain made it progressively a biased slog. Bettors can see when lanes of runners are swooping wide before the home turn that the track has gone so it is an insult to them that nothing is changed as the images show (real time). Soriano easily beat a mediocre line up but carried 59kg for a 5yo mare and that is noteworthy. The rider Rory Hutchings, an apprentice, almost blew it big time as he was jogging on the mare coming up to the home turn wider and then tried to get to the outer but was kept in by Mark Du Plessis on Smartly and was held up ahead by eventual runner up Noble Warrior and Rogan Norvall. He alone steered the mare into a pocket of slamming doors and only possible trouble. The gap luckily appeared 100m later a couple of widths closer in when Norvall could not keep Noble Warrior on the same line and Hutchings burst through to win (the path he was actually on near the home turn) and celebrated across the line. Surprisingly he was not fined for the self-adulation, which must be a first for New Zealand racing, as it is black and white in other jurisdictions that fist pumping and exuberance before or on the line is an automatic monetary penalty. Soriano is no star with today just her fifth win in thirty-five starts so has been raced a lot and is factually as it stands right now a one-in-every-seven starts winner. However she has been G1 placed four times and it does reflect the lack of depth in New Zealand racing. Last year in this same race she finished third under 56.5kg behind the then 10yo course specialist and now jumper Indikator. Soriano is durable and seems to run in everything going so no difference is expected this season. Noble Warrior, an 8yo that had run ninth and tenth at his prior two starts was a fighting second. The 10yo Little Alfie Brown fought hard for third but these are not spring chickens slogging it out at the finish for the placings and does ensure the big asterisk for irrelevant and/or iffy result is placed beside the race. Smartly ran on solidly late down the outer widest and but for a flat spot around the home turn should have been in the money at least as five of the first six over the line were all going up and down on the same spot for the final 150m. Sir Elmo cam along the slower lanes at this stage of the day so to finish fifth beaten two lengths was a sound enough effort. The rest of the field were either poor or are jumpers or had a health/ability issue. Gwynethanne was terrible at first glance for a last start Open Handicap winner at 54kg that today somehow dropped half a kilo to 53.5kg. The visiting mare however was found to have an elevated heart rate and distressed after the race so can be forgiven. Not a strong field at all and more jumpers or future ones than genuine flat performers in this field plus the track turned tricky and biased by this stage of the day. Only the winner gets any credit and for the weight she carried.



FP Horse, Age & Sex
Sire & Dam
Jockey
Trainer
SP
WT
1st 1. SORIANO (NZ) 5yo M
SAVABEEL (AUS) - CALL ME LILY (NZ)
RORY HUTCHINGS
GRAEME & DEBBIE ROGERSON
$2.5
59kg
Miss D Howell

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2nd 2. NOBLE WARRIOR (NZ) 8yo G
LE BEC FIN (NZ) - OUR KUINI ROSE (NZ)
ROGAN NORVALL
GRANT & TANA SHAW
$14.7
56kg
W K Noble & Mrs I J Shaw
3rd 6. LITTLE ALFIE BROWN (NZ) 10yo G
D'CASH (AUS) - CLIPJOINT (NZ)
LYNSEY SATHERLEY
P BLICK
$33.4
54kg
P Blick
4th 8. SMARTLY (NZ) 6yo M
FAST 'N' FAMOUS (AUS) - ARTEMESIA (NZ)
MARK DU PLESSIS
VANESSA HILLIS
$5.4
53kg

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5th 10. SIR ELMO (NZ) 5yo G
SPARTACUS (IRE) - ALMADAAM (USA)
SAM SPRATT
KAREN FURSDON
$37.2
53kg
6th 12. SAINT KITT (NZ) 5yo G
KEEPER (AUS) - SOUTHERN CRY (NZ)
MICHAEL COLEMAN
KELLY BURNE
$22.8
53.5kg

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7th 4. CANTERINO (AUS) 5yo G
ORATORIO (IRE) - SEVILLANO (AUS)
LEITH INNES
PETER MCKAY
$16.1
55kg

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8th 11. BACK IN BLACK (NZ) 9yo G
STORM CREEK (USA) - SHUTRICIA (NZ)
JOSHUA OLIVER
J J STEFFERT
$15.2
53kg

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9th 7. GWYNETHANNE (NZ) 5yo M
HANDSOME RANSOM (AUS) - POP YOUR BUTTONS (NZ)
DANIELLE JOHNSON
K ZIMMERMAN
$6.6
53.5kg

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10th 13. ALFONZE (NZ) 7yo G
A P RULER (USA) - WOODEN MASQUE (NZ)
LEE MAGORRIAN
JOHN & STEPHEN RALPH
$34.1
53kg
11th 3. DANZA LAD (NZ) 6yo G
WOODBURY LAD (USA) - DANZA DAISY (NZ)
DANIEL HAIN
RUDY LIEFTING
$21.8
55.5kg
12th 5. INTRANSIGENT (NZ) 8yo G
REFUSE TO BEND (IRE) - RISIBLE (NZ)
CRAIG GRYLLS
KIRSTY LAWRENCE
$16
54.5kg
13th 9. UNCLE SHAYNE (NZ) 7yo G
BACHELOR DUKE (USA) - ALARMED (NZ)
SAMANTHA COLLETT
DONNA & DEAN LOGAN
$37.5
53kg

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