A Smokey

I've been going over a lot of race replays the last few days for an article I'm doing on the NZ Derby.

He's no Derby horse, actually I don't even think he's eligible, but I may have found a horse capable of winning his way out of maidens pretty quickly.

Dullingham is his name. At his most recent start, which was just his second career run, he ran midfield to Green Supreme at Ellerslie on 28 December.

You may laught at this but I just liked the way he got round the corner into the straight. He took it at speed and it's never easy to do, particularly for an inexperienced horse.

Once he got balanced into the straight he was running on again at the finish despite looking like he wanted to hang in a bit. He'seems to have a nice stride on him.

Paste him away.