We need your vote for the Ellerslie Awards!

Date: 30 May 2017

We need your vote for the Ellerslie Awards!

The Auckland Racing Club is running a “People's Choice Award” for the outstanding performance of the season - and Gingernuts' Group 2 Avondale Guineas' stunning performance has made the finalists! I am sure you can see why by the outstanding jaw-dropping performance in the above video.

This is why he needs your vote!

Ellerslie wrote:

While Gingernuts went on to win the Vodafone NZ Derby two weeks later, his performance in the Avondale Guineas was one that certainly earns his place on this list. After missing the start by five or six lengths, jockey Johnathan Parkes had no option but to drop the horse to the tail. Coming to the turn the horse was still last but Parkes cut the corner and when he found space, the horse exploded, winning comfortably by over a length. It was a performance for the ages and many on the day thought it might have been a fluke. The horse quickly dispelled that theory by winning the Vodafone New Zealand Derby and Rosehill Guineas in subsequent starts.

If you love “Jerry” aka Gingernuts then please vote for him - Voting closes 5pm this Thursday 1 June and is limited to one vote per person. Send your vote for Gingernuts directly to [email protected] - visit www.ellerslie.co.nz/ellerslieawards for more information. 

Get behind team Te Akau & the G-Nuts army and show your support by encouraging your friends, family and work colleagues who were inspired by this special lad to support him too! It's a fantastic story for New Zealand Racing and we are so proud of him.

Good luck Jerry!

 

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