Hot horse racing from New Zealand is about to be served!

Monday, 8 January 2024 by Jason Tan

The next 2-months or so in NZ racing is an undoubted ‘hot’ period with Group 1/2 and high-stakes racing most weekends being served up in delicious fashion!

Those meetings will be covered by HorseTorque NZ providing race-by-race comments and full markets.

Coming up:

Sat 13^th Jan: Trentham – G1 Telegraph Sprint & G1 Levin Classic (3yos)

Sat 20^th Jan: Trentham – G1 Thorndon Mile & G3 Wellington Cup

Sat 27^th Jan: Ellerslie – Karaka Millions night – NZ’s richest raceday (NZ$4.5 mill in stakes)

Sat 10^th Feb: Te Rapa – G1 Herbie Dyke Stakes WFA & G1 BCD Group Sprint

Sat 17^th Feb: Ellerslie – G2 Avondale Cup & G2 Avondale Guineas (3yos)

Sat 24^th Feb: Otaki – G1 Otaki WFA Classic

Sat 2^nd Mar: Ellerslie – G1 NZ Derby (3yos)

Sat 9^th Mar: Ellerslie – G1 NZ Stakes, G1 Sistema Stakes (2yos) & G2 Auckland Cup

Some horses to look out for over this time that have delivered some top figures recently:

PUKEKOHE PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS – 01/01/24

Horse: Speed Rating (SR) / Sectional Rating (XR)

R8:

WAITAK 113/116 (21.7 last-400m best on the day by a long way!)

BONNY LASS 108/103 (mighty after a big check)

R9:

HABANA 115/112

SAINT BATHANS 115/103

TE AROHA – 03/01/24

R7:

ADAM I AM 98/no XR

R5:

GIGI 90/no XR

Thanks for all the feedback about the HorseTorque NZ form, here's to many more winners during 2024 and beyond!

Cheers

Jason Tan

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