Kiwi horses fail to fly at Eagle Farm

Published date28 May 2023
The brightest hope of New Zealand success was Solidify, who went into the A$1 million Sires’ Produce as second favourite, but could manage only ninth — a popular finishing position among the Kiwi horses

Also crossing in ninth was Arby in the Queensland Derby, with fellow Kiwi hopeful Waitak 14th, while fellow outsiders The Fearless One (race four) and Platinum Invador (race three) also finished ninth.

Back home at Pukekohe, promising juvenile Saltcoats proved too strong for his rivals in the feature race yesterday, winning the Futurity Stakes.

The son of Ardrossan had looked like he would lap up the 1400m distance after closing off strongly at his first two starts which resulted in minor placings, including finishing third to Solidify at Listed level at his previous outing.

Jockey Kozzi Asano was content to settle the Samantha Logan-prepared runner in midfield during the early stages, although he was caught three-wide in the eight-horse field.

Asano slid forward to issue his challenge on the home turn, where Saltcoats took control as he eased away from the field on the heavy10 surface to record an impressive four-length victory over Paragon and Chantilly Lace.

Logan had been confident of a good showing and got just what she was looking for, as Saltcoats provided the 31-year-old horsewoman with her first stakes success on the flat.

“We gave him his first start over 1300m, so I felt there would be no problems...

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