Te Akau Pukekohe Preview

Te Akau New Zealand has two horses racing on Sunday 8 April at Pukekohe.

As on Saturday 7 April the conditions were: fine and Dead5, rail out 7 metres. No rain forecast.

1.16 p.m. R3 6 Icebomb (3 f Darci Brahma - Snowdonia) - Shafiq Rusof; won with more to offer when trialling over 1000 metres on 20 March at Taupo, and resumes off 130 days in the $10,000 Maiden 3YO 1200 metres. Stakes placed at two in the Phoenix Park Classic (Gr. 3, 1200m), second in three of her five starts, she clocked the fastest last 600m (33.8) of the day when resuming over 1200 metres last October at Tauranga, and should prove very competitive from barrier five.

2.26 p.m. R5 6 Rock Idol (3 g Rock ‘N' Pop - Edesia) - Shafiq Rusof; debuts from barrier seven in the $10,000 Maiden 1400 metres. He led and stayed on well to win over 1200 metres at the trials on 20 March at Taupo, with Shafiq aboard. Plenty of interest, being by the stallion that won the 2000 Guineas (Gr. 1, 1600m) for the Te Akau Rock ‘N' Pop Syndicate.