7 Dickensian Raced wide for the majority of the event. Obliged to steady at entrance of home straight when awkwardly placed between MISTA OMEGA and NIC ME SOME. When asked to comment on tactics adopted from the 600m rider B Thornton advised after settling at the rear of the field, and with the positioned out 10 metres, he was reluctant to come wide from 600m around NIC ME SOME which he believed would not carry him into the race, so he therefore elected to remain inside the heels of NIC ME SOME passing the 500m and attempt to follow MISS BALTIMORE into the race. Stewards noted the explanation of B Thornton. IPSW 30/12/2022 Mista Omega Slow to muster speed in the early stages of the event. IPSW 30/12/2022 Cracking Thunder Stewards inquired into the reasons for CRACKING THUNDER being shifted wider from the 600m until approaching the 400m and losing ground. K Wilson-Taylor, the rider of CRACKING THUNDER, explained that he had directed his mount out toward MICHIGAN in an attempt to help jockey cartwright to regain the use of her offside iron, which was caught behind her saddle, which he was successful in doing, as jockey Cartwright was able to regain her iron shortly afterwards. Apprentice K Wilson-Taylor was none the less admonished for his actions as his actions had a clear effect on his mounts competitive chanc SCST 08/01/2023 Data Patch Held up from rounding the home turn until a point near the 200m. GCST 07/01/2023 River Rocket Held up for clear running and unable to improve from the 400-100m IPSW 22/12/2022 Angels Share Began awkwardly and lost ground. TWBA31/12/2022 See for Yourself Momentarily held up rounding the home turn. TWBA31/12/2022 Race 7 TAB Class 1 Handicap 1800m Critical Thinker Raced wide during the early stages. Laid in under pressure over the final 200m. SCST 08/01/2023 Apataki (NZ) Slow to begin. SCST 06/01/2023 Winston Smurfhill (NZ) Jumped out at the start. SCST 06/01/2023 Poppy Joan Held up for clear running rounding the home turn until near the 150m SCST 08/01/2023 Summit Special (NZ) When asked to comment on the gelding’s performance Jockey S Cormack advised that in his opinion the gelding wasn’t suited by the quick tempo set and failed to quicken when placed under pressure from the 500m which he attributed to the weight impost of 59 kg. A post-race veterinary examination revealed a slow postrace recovery. KCOY 26/11/2022 Rufus Winright Cast a hind plate prior to entering the enclosure and permission was granted for the gelding to race bare behind. IPSW 07/01/2023 Willnotquit (NZ) Raced wide in the early stages. E FM 04/01/2023 Shadyvale Storm Began awkwardly. SCST 06/01/2023 Daulat Machtigamor Raced wide without cover for the majority. GCST 30/11/2022 Venomous Ran at the tail of the field for the majority. Raced wide from the middle stages for the remainder. WARW 26/12/2022
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