2021 Breeders Crown . many future Champions.

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The Breeders Crown SEMI FINALS are /were on Saturday evening. 2 semis being run for each of 2 yearold then 3 yearolds colts And fillies divisions. 

Will be very keen contests , even for '6th Place' in tonight's races at Melton , as only the 'First 6' in each of the 8 Semi-Finals will make it through.

Kiwi Lad Nathen Purdon trying to qualify ALL 4 of his for the Big Finals next week. including multiple NZ feature winners  Bettor Twist and American Dealer .

and Nathan has Amazing Dream racing at 2 am Sunday morning NZ time lol..... in a Group 3 Breeders crown 'graduation' . Should be a gift for her.

Local EMMA STEWART qualified an Astounding 29 of her 33 runners (2 galloped) from the heats last week for tonights semi's. Interesting how many get a TOP 6 finish to go In Finals.

Race 1 has just completed, and 'He's Charlies Angel ' ran 3rd so is safely through to the 2 yearold colts Final .( .Sweet Lou. fav of Karrots)  

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Two of them drawn in at 5 , but Amazing dream has drawn out at 10 and will have to work, to get near them over the 1720mtrs. 

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1 hour ago, Globederby19 said:

Two of them drawn in at 5

Anthony Butt soon had American Dealer well placed from there anyway , with usual first-class driving. Ran on very well for 2nd . (winner trailed leader)

One of Nathan's 2year olds missed out qualifying for Final but AMORE VITA ran 2nd ok, and through to Final. 

The amazing EMMA STEWART team qualifying 5 all around it. Three of them driven by Junior Drivers, with one taking victory  (and 2 lady drivers as well) Emma gives 'everyone' a go !! fantastic stuff........ and ALL 5 qualified for Final . just rewards .......

Reckon that is the 'first time in history' a leading Trainer has used 3 Junior drivers in one race, to Qualify 3 x 2 year-olds for a BIG Final of any kind, in the world. 

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BETTOR TWIST ( 6 time NZ group 1 winner) looks set to be favourite in next weeks 3 year-old Fillies Breeders Crown Final.

Smashing them for Ant's and Nathen Purdon last night (with a nippy 54 second closing 1/2 mile. very impressive. Fellow kiwi LIFES A BEACH (josh Dickie) will join her in that FInal. And the SIX x Powerful EMMA STEWART trained fillies too.  will be great to see What they can come up with.... to beat the 2 good NZ fillies.

 

3 Year old colts Final, will see the Emma Stewart trained Vic Derby winner ACT NOW, go around at $1.30 i reckon. Emma's other 2 of 'Beyond Delight' and  'Major Moth' (who defeated the NZer American Dealer last night) are some hope . AMERICAN DEALER could take victory for Nate and Ant's  but will need a 'Special' drive. like a mini Interdom! 

 

2 Year old Fillies Final , will also need a Special drive from Ant's for the kiwi AMORE VITA to take victory. Emma Stewart having NINE of the 12 Finalists  !!!!!! stunning. If he can out-manouver that lot , than really deserves the Win. 

 

2 Year old Colts Final, and the Andy and Kate Gath team have the short priced favourite in CATCH A WAVE. hopefully the 2 Sweet Lou's can have a crack for Karrots , and near win it,  in 'He's Charlies Angel' and 'My Ultimate Baxter' (who both placed in the semi's)  QLDer there in 'Tim's A Trooper' too. Go boy ..... 

some great Breeders Crown finals Coming Up real soon, will be fantastic.

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22 minutes ago, karrotsishere said:

Well she's got the draw which is great for connections. Life's a Beach also drawing well and in with a chance. 

 

Here's the 2 Fillies Finals . Notice the 2 year-olds go for $300, 000 compared to the 3 year-olds at $200,000 prize money. same for colts/geldings finals.

Would of been better at $250,000 each , but anyway. Just have to get your horse going earlier to races. 

BETTOR TWIST nz (for NZers Nathan and Ant's) still with one top filly inside her, could pose a problem. Beach Music one 6 of 7 this time in and a 3rd in the Vic Oaks . should lead.

With the 2 year old Final AMORE VITA nz off the 2nd line for Nathan , and a horrid prospect of Nine times 'Emma Stewarts' horses, giving her a hard time.

Emma with 4 lady drivers and 3 junior drivers (and Moran and Sugars) to try and Grand Slam that $300k Final. good luck to em'.

 

7	9:15pm	VILLAWOOD PROPERTIES BREEDERS CROWN SERIES 23 (3YO FILLIES) FINAL (GROUP 1)	2240M
		$200,000 3YO Fillies. 3YO Fillies. RBD. Mobile	2ND LEG DAILY DOUBLE, 3RD LEG QUADDIE

	Form	Horse	Trainer	Other Eng.	Driver		Class	Hcp
1	21146	LIFES A BEACH NZ	Andy Gath		Josh Dickie		NR83	FR1
2	13111	BEACH MUSIC	Emma Stewart		David Moran		NR90	FR2
3	26045	ALIENS EXIST	Chris Svanosio		Chris Svanosio		NR66	FR3
4	1s221	BETTOR TWIST NZ	Nathan Purdon		Anthony Butt		NR115	FR4
5	13s35	SPORTY DANCER	Todd Prest		Chris Alford		NR80	FR5
6	18144	TAY TAY	Alex Ashwood		Alex Ashwood		NR60	FR6
7	45433	TREACHERY	Emma Stewart		Kerryn Manning		NR60	FR7
------------------------------ Second Row ------------------------------
8	s2014	TOUGH TILLY	Emma Stewart		Kate Gath		NR91	SR1
9	46636	DOUGS BABE	Geoff Webster		Michael Bellman		NR60	SR2
10	19167	EVA MATEO (Em 1)	Peter Manning		Jodi Quinlan		NR65	SR-
11	s7353	RUNAWAY CELEBRITY	Emma Stewart		Cameron Hart (C)		NR68	SR3
12	11122	LADIES IN RED	Emma Stewart		David Moran		NR98	SR4
13	12212	JOANNA	Emma Stewart		Jackie Barker		NR99	SR5

 

8	9:44pm	RIDE HIGH BREEDERS CROWN SERIES 24 (2YO FILLIES) FINAL (GROUP 1)	2240M
		$300,000 2YO Fillies. 2YO Fillies. RBD. Mobile	4TH LEG QUADDIE

	Form	Horse	Trainer	Other Eng.	Driver		Class	Hcp
1	41s43	HEAVENLY SIGN	Emma Stewart		Connor Clarke (C)		NR40	FR1
2	21334	RELENTLESS ME	Brittany O'Brien		Jack Laugher (C)		NR45	FR2
3	26s56	OUR LITTLE JET	Emma Stewart		Jodi Quinlan		NR34	FR3
4	41	SOUNDS PERFECT	Emma Stewart		Kerryn Manning		NR41	FR4
5	15s12	PLAYING UP	Emma Stewart		Greg Sugars		NR50	FR5
6	s1s46	SERGIOS ROCKET	Emma Stewart		David Moran		NR39	FR6
7	3s454	JUST HOPE	Russell Jack		Zac Phillips		NR48	FR7
------------------------------ Second Row ------------------------------
8	1s224	ENCIPHER	Emma Stewart		Kate Gath		NR50	SR1
9	13823	FIAMMA	Emma Stewart		Jodi Quinlan		NR47	SR2
10	21367	ELEGANT (Em 1)	Geoff Webster		Geoff Webster		NR39	SR-
11	2s631	PETILLANTE	Emma Stewart		Cameron Hart (C)		NR52	SR3
12	s1112	AMORE VITA NZ	Nathan Purdon		Chris Alford		NR51	SR4
13	12515	RICH BEAUTY	Emma Stewart		Bailey McDonough (C)		NR51	SR5

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The 2 Fillies Breeders Crown 'mini' Interdominion Finals are both run and Won.

The kiwi Nathan Purdon trained fillies went great with a 2nd and a 3rd, for Bettor Twist nz and Amore Vita nz .  ( also American Dealer 5th in the boys final for Nathan)

but local Vic Trainer Emma Stewart takes the 'First prize' in each Fillies race, as just reward, for qualifying so many terrific fillies.

Trifecta in  3 year-old Final  was Ladies In Red 1st -Joanna 2nd- Bettor Twist NZ 3rd( after deathseating)

The 2 year-old Trifecta was Encipher 1st- Amore Vita NZ 2nd  - Sounds Perfect 3rd. 

 

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4 hours ago, karrotsishere said:

The Dream, said this after her last start, be nice to see her get a well learnt rest for her achievements and go for a spell.

Yes I think the Interdominion would of been a bridge too far. Amazing Dream has had an incredible year since that Big Auckland Cup win last New Years Eve.

4 hours ago, karrotsishere said:

Don't get those tactics. Was in the 1-1. No need to pop out to go to deathseat early in race

That was a quality race. As commentator said , "the best three year old fillies field he has ever seen". .Perhaps better to have cover for a bit longer as you suggest with BETTOR TWIST, with the superstar fillies coming from the back at some stage. (Ladies In Red and Joanna) but a very credible 3rd for the NZ Superstar filly.

Here's the Breeders Crown Highlights though . across the 8 x GROUP 1 brilliant races.

*EMMA STEWART winning 4 !! (ActNow in 3yrold colts , LadiesInRed in 3yrold fillies, Encipher in 2 yrold fillies and JustaBitTouchy 2 yrold Trotting Fillies) 

Emma also training both the GROUP 2,  4 year old Breeders Crown graduate' winners on the card as well. 6 of the Best for Emma. what a performance.

*Lady drivers winning 5 for karrots !! of the group 1's (Kate Gath with 3 wins including 2 for Emma and a family one as well , Jodi Quinlan on the champ colt ActNow, and Kerryn Manning winning the 2 yrold trot for her family as well ) great effort ladies. !!

* Ex-pat kiwi Trainer Brent Lilley (a fantastic trotter trainer) winning 2 !! (Chris Alford steering both AldebaranZeus 3 yrold trotting colts and nz bred Queen Elida 3 yrold trotting fillies to victory)  That shows, and reminds them all , Just how Good the kiwis are at preparing the Trotting horses !!! excellent.

*NATHAN PURDON  nz trainer preparing 4 finalists !! that gave a bold site in his first year of training ( finishing with a 2nd, 2 x 3rds and a 5th) fantastic effort.

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16 hours ago, Lightning Blue said:

rifecta in  3 year-old Final  was Ladies In Red 1st -Joanna 2nd- Bettor Twist NZ 3rd( after deathseating)

Some great runs by some of the horses. Bettor Twist just never lies down, incredible staying potential on that run in very quick time.

The standout was the Somebeachsomewhere progeny and his son Captain Treacherous. They are certainly showing some exceptional talent.