Wednesday wrap
Canterbury Race Day Recap – Heavy 9
Race 1 – INFUSION sat pretty, peeled out and went zoop! past them to win nicely. MISS JONES over-raced like she’d had six Red Bulls for breakfast, still stormed into 3rd – just needs some racing manners (or Ritalin). MAQUISA was the flashing light – trapped in the M5 tunnel for most of the straight, finally saw daylight and flew late. Should’ve won. Straight to the black book.
Race 2 – SAPPHIRE ROSE powered home like she had jets on, swamping them late for the win. ISSY’S STAR jumped like she was late for work, hit the front, fought hard… just got swamped. DIVO led them up, copped pressure and stuck on for 2nd like a soldier. ALPHARD? Horror show. Buried, blocked, butchered. Even Stevie Wonder saw that was a black book run.
Race 3 – Field shrank to four after scratchings… more of a barrier trial than a race. SIGNOR TORTONI toughed it out to beat KILONOVA who looked the winner but wilted late. Not much else to say – blink and you missed it.
Race 4 – CENTENARIO timed her run beautifully, gobbled them up late like a seagull on a chip. STARPHISTOCARED stuck on well after hitting the front – she’ll pinch one soon. NARBOLD was sneaky good, plenty of upside – keep your eye on him.
Race 5 – DESI EMPEROR said “Catch me if you can,” jumped, led, and kept going. MAFIA looked sharp first-up for the new camp, definite follow. Rest were just making up numbers.
Race 6 – HANAU snuck up the fence like a cat burglar, saw daylight and kaboom – race over. SILENTSTAR jumped, led, and turned into a statue late – 3rd was fair. THE REPLICANT is slowly piecing it together – might snag a win in 2037.
Race 7 – MONARCHS BRAE loves Canterbury like a tradie loves a bacon & egg roll – jumped, led, too tough. MAJORIAN absolutely launched from nowhere – big eye-catcher. KAZALARK was solid, HAVLAND found nothing but bad luck, and LENAPE had his chance but looked around, found Sniper aiming at him late. That’s enough – sacked.
Summary:
The track was heavy, the rides were wild, and the ducks were thrilled. Some horses flew, others flopped, and a few might need counselling after today. Add MAQUISA, HANAU, MAJORIAN and ALPHARD to your black book – and maybe a rubber duck for good luck.
