Menangle quinella for Auckland Reactor

Harness racing’s former New Zealand Horse of the Year Auckland Reactor, who is standing this season at the new Glen Alvie Stud, Undera (Vic.), of experienced horsewoman Crystal Peacock, sired a quinella at Menangle last Saturday night (Oct. 8).

Jazzy Star, a NZ bred gelding, took full advantage of a pocket trip to cut down Reactor Now in the shadows of the post.

The time for the 1609 metres on a rain-sodden track was a brilliant 1:51.6.

Jazzy Star, who has clocked three sub 1:52 miles, has now won 12 races and $143,008 in stakes.

Auckland Reactor sired a pair of ‘new’ winners last weekend in The Ringmaster (Bathurst) and the three-year-old filly Take My Wallet NZ, a runaway winner after sitting parked in 1:57.7 at Globe Derby Park. She looks a very smart youngster.

Auckland Reactor has sired 95 individual winners in Australia this season and progeny earnings of $1.77 million. In NZ he has 21 winners for $370,000.

by Peter Wharton, for Harnesslink