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Juvenile continues hot stable form

Tony Pike’s hot holiday trot continued at New Plymouth on Saturday with a satisfying family victory courtesy of the two-year-old Boodles.

Boodles winning the Dave & Eddie Mdn
Boodles winning the Dave & Eddie Mdn Picture: Race Images PN

The Cambridge trainer enjoyed a memorable Boxing Day at Ellerslie with Allez Eagle and Huka Eagle successful while Rock Diva, Polish and Sancerre gave bold accounts of themselves with second place finishes.

“It was a great day and I thought I had five winning chances, but a couple of them didn’t have that much luck – you shouldn’t be too greedy though and they all ran well,” Pike said.

Luck was taken out of the equation with Boodles, who cleared the barrier smartly for rider Darryl Bradley and led all the way to win the Dave & Eddie 2YO at the Pukekura Raceway.

The performance came as no surprise to Pike, who prepares the youngster for his parents Wayne and Vicki.

“He’s pretty smart and he did things well off the back of one trial,” he said.

“I don’t know much about the ones he beat, but he couldn’t have done it any easier. He’s a lovely-actioned horse and we’ve always had a good opinion of him.

“I’ll see how he pulls up and we’ll probably look for another race in about a month. I think he’s capable of winning a really nice race in the autumn.”

A son of Showcasing, Boodles is out of the winning Bertolini mare Molly’s Dolly and Pike’s parents will offer a full-brother to the juvenile in their Longlands Stud draft at Karaka next year.
NZ Racing News



New Plymouth Raceway Saturday, 27th December 2014

4f214y TURF DEAD
NZD $7,000

Dave & Eddie Mdn

NZD $7,000
Age: 2yo Type: MDN
4f214y TURF DEAD
FP Horse, Age & Sex
Sire & Dam
Jockey
Trainer
SP
WT
1st 2. LIM'S SHOWCASE (NZ) 2yo G
SHOWCASING (GB) - MOLLY'S DOLLY (NZ)
DARRYL BRADLEY
TONY PIKE
$1.5
57.5kg
LIM'S STABLE
2nd 1. LIM'S SHINE (NZ) 2yo G
SWISS ACE (AUS) - JESTER HIT (AUS)
JONATHAN RIDDELL
ALLAN SHARROCK
$3
57.5kg
LIM'S STABLE
3rd 4. SOUTHERN HUSSLER (AUS) 2yo G
HUSSONET (USA) - BELLE D'ORLEANS (AUS)
R J MYERS
TRENT BUSUTTIN & NATALIE YOUNG
$2
57.5kg
SHANE DONALD BAERTSCHIGER

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4th 3. NEWSTEAD (NZ) 2yo G
NADEEM (AUS) - CELESTIAL TRUMP (NZ)
SHANNON DOYLE
JOHN WHEELER
$2
57.5kg

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5th 7. FAIRY QUEEN (NZ) 2yo F
SHINKO KING (IRE) - EXCUSE MOI (NZ)
MICHAEL DEE
L NOBLE
$2
55.5kg

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