Heza Karma Karzi is favourite for the Auckland Cup at
Ellerslie tomorrow with the scratching of stablemate
Passchendaele.
Passchendaele was found to have a hairline fracture of a hind
fetlock after working at Matamata yesterday morning.
His trainer, Jon Sargent, also has Young Centaur in the race.
Heza Karma Karzi is at $5 with the New Zealand TAB, ahead of
Zavite ($6) and Six O'Clock News ($6.50).
Shocking has responded to an antibiotic for what was thought
to be a foot abscess.
The Melbourne Cup winner has been reinstated to the
Australian Cup after being scratched on Saturday morning.
Torrential rain and hail flooded Flemington on Saturday,
causing the Australian Cup and the Australian Guineas to be
postponed for a week.
Shocking will have a gallop tomorrow to confirm his fitness.
Former jockey Patrick Payne yesterday had his biggest day as
a trainer with Capecover winning the group two Adelaide Cup
(3200m) at Morphettville from stablemate Kerdem The
connections had an anxious wait when Payne's sister,
Michelle, who rode the runner-up, lodged a protest against
the winner.
It was dismissed.
Capecover is trained by Alexander Fieldes when he races in
New Zealand but has been with Payne since the Melbourne Cup
in which he finished 17th.
Majestic Music came from near last to win the gr two
Yallambee Classic (1200m).
Transtasman trainer Mike Moroney has called for protocols to
avoid the risk of a disaster when bad weather threatens a
race meeting.
He said he was amazed the Newmarket Handicap was run on
Saturday when lightning was flashing and thunder claps could
be heard on the course.
His runner, King Pulse, finished fourth but fractured a
shoulder and injured a hip on the way back to his stall.
Chief steward Terry Bailey said that 20 minutes before the
Newmarket the weather bureau had told stewards the storm was
30 minutes away.
"Now this has happened surely they will put some protocols
and order in place when there is a storm coming," Moroney
said.
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