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WINNING
MOMENTS
Madison County“麦迪逊郡”的坚尼大荣耀
Guineas Glory And The Whisper Of A Prayer
2018 G1 NZ 2000 GUINEAS
新西兰2000坚尼锦标一级赛赛
2018 G2 SACRED FALL HAWKE’S BAY GUINEAS
圣灵瀑布霍克海湾坚尼二级赛
2019 G1 LEVIN CLASSIC
利云经典一级赛
2018 G1 NZ 2000 Guineas 新西兰2000坚尼锦标一级赛 He’s got the depth of girth necessary to hold a strong Text| MICHAEL SMITH 文| 麦思民
robust heart and lungs, enough length of body to
He’s the little horse that could. Only a get over a route of ground, and the right angles and
NZD36,000 purchase from Book 2 of the structure to make him biomechanically efficient.
Karaka Yearling Sales, there was nothing
to indicate that he would be winning the Madison County put his hand up asserting that
Group 1 NZ 2000 Guineas in two years’ time. he may be a very good horse in my mind in his first
trial as a 3-year-old when he comfortably beat home
Madison County is a neat, balanced horse, medium the 2016 NZ 2000 Guineas winner Ugo Foscolo and
in size, and with a good action and positive outlook. older stakes horse Excelleration. While only a trial, a
spring 3-year-old up against older stakes class horses
at the start of the season is unusual and, to win it, even
more so.
From here he went to Ruakaka for the Group 3
Northland Breeders Stakes. Settling near the back of
the pack until coming around the turn, he screamed
down the straight, routing the field to come within a
length and half of the winner. Exceptional horses do
things they shouldn’t and, in his brave run for second,
Madison County defied the on-pace bias of the day to
confirm the class we suspected he may have.
In his next start, he won the key NZ 2000 Guineas
trial of the season, the Group 2 Hawkes Bay Guineas
and was quickly installed as favourite for the grand
final to come in five weeks time.
Fast forward to November 10, 2018, Guineas day.
The rain had lashed down the night before and left
the track wetter than we would have liked due to his
inside draw. But the sun shone, the wind blew and the
track improved with every hour until his race. Matt
Cameron gave him a peach of a ride, getting out off
the rail onto the better ground, all the while travelling
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