MINIMAL MOVEMENT IN NZ CUP, DOMINION RANKINGS
September 6, 2016
The second round of Official Rankings has seen only minimal movement within both the Christchurch Casino NZ Trotting Cup and Haras des Trotteurs Dominion.
Within The Cup, Locharburn, after his automatic qualifying win in the Maurice Holmes Vase jumps to a mandatory No. 2.
The only other change for The Cup was Franco Nelson edging ahead of Philadelphia Man to No. 9.
The Dominion rankings saw several small changes. Kyvalley Blur’s win at Melton last week moved him to 12th.
(Our) Overanova broke a track record at Albion Park last week when winning so he moved up to one place 19th ahead of Australian counterpart Sun Of Anarchy.
Realmein’s solid second behind One Over Da Moon earned him a jump of four spots to 30, while Tornado Valley pulled himself off the bottom of the rankings by virtue of a strong showing behind the in-form Sunny Ruby on Friday night.
To date there have been three defections from the two features. Itz Bettor To Win and Expresso Martini have come out of The Cup.
Foray has been withdrawn from The Dominion.
This week there are two key races in the ‘Road to The Cup’.
Friday’s Ordeal Trotting Cup at Addington provides a free ticket into the Dominion, while on Sunday, the time-honoured Hannon Memorial will be contested for the 79th time at Oamaru.
Though not an automatic qualifying race, the Hannon provides some lower in the rankings with a potential springboard into the great race.
RANKINGS
1 Have Faith In Me (2015 Auckland Cup winner)
2 Locharburn (2016 Maurice Holmes Vase winner)
3 Smolda
4 Tiger Tara
Top-ranked NZ Cup entrant Have Faith In Me shown winning the Miracle Mile in February in a record 1:47.5, from Lennytheshark (yellow silks).
5 Mossdale Conner
6 Christen Me
7 Messini
8 Lazarus
9 Franco Nelson
10 Philadelphia Man (Vict)
11 Mighty Flying Mac
12 Costa Del Magnifico
13 Hug The Wind
14 Titan Banner
15 Franco Ledger
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Outside cut line: 16 No Doctor Needed, 17 Alleluia,18 Quick As A Trick, 19 Seel The Deal, 20 Cullect A Guinness, 21 Brilliant Strike, 22 Expressive Victor, 23 Didjamakem Bolt, 24 Maverick, 25 Lewy Risk, 26 Idealindiamonds. 27 Moonrock,
Withdrawn: Itz Bettor To Win (Vict), Expresso Martini.
2016 HARAS DES TROTTEURS DOMINION RANKINGS
NZ Metro TC, Friday, November 11
HARAS DES TROTTEURS DOMINION, $260,000, 3200m.
No handicaps apply. Maximum of 15 starters, with provision for three emergencies. A Group 1 Trotting Masters Race.
RANKINGS
Master Lavros, the Overport Lodge-prepared No. 1 ranked squaregaiter for November’s Dominion, by virtue of winning the race for a second time last year.
1 Master Lavros (2015 Dominion Handicap winner)
2 Monbet (2016 Rowe Cup winner)
3 Keystone Del
4 Glenferrie Typhoon
5 Stent
6 Alley Way
7 Valmagne
8 Sheemon
9 One Over Da Moon
10 Habibti
11 Sunny Ruby
12 Kyvalley Blur
13 Jags Invasion
14 Quite A Moment
15 Daryl Boko
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Outside cut-line: 16 Vincennes, 17 Zachary Binx, 18 Harriet Of Mot, 19 Overanova, 20 Sun Of Anarchy, 21 Harrysul, 22 Scarrymcleary, 23 King Denny, 24 Le Reveur, 25 Monty Python, 26 Golden Gate, 27 Paramount Dream, 28 Waterloo Sunset, 29 Amaretto Sun, 30 Realmein, 31 Cool Cobber, 32 Arya, 33 Belles Son, 34 Pegasus Dream, 35 Arran Chief, 36 Bordeaux, 37 My Tribeca, 38 Tornado Valley, 39 Springbank Eden, 40 Quevert,
Withdrawn: Foray.
Courtesy of Stacey Markham,
Media & Marketing Manager, Harness Racing NZ