November 10, 2025 • 7 mins
The IRT New Zealand Cup will be held at Addington this week, and speculation's brewing ahead of the event.
Thad Taylor from the TAB joined Piney to discuss.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Sports Talk podcast with Duncie Wildergrave
from News Talk ZB.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Cup week at Addington and also at Rickerton. Tab Racing
book maker Thad Taylor is with us on sports Talk.
Thanks for taking the time.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
How big a week?
Speaker 2 (00:23):
First of all is Cup week for the tab.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
Yeah, massively important, Piney, good evening to you for the
ta B New Zealand Cup Week. Look. New Zealand Trotting
Cup Day, which we're obviously on the eve of running tomorrow,
is still the biggest New Zealand day that we have
in terms of turnover. Yes, it's being challenged a little
bit now by the Kraka Million Thoroughbred Meeting and the
NZBI Key Meetings which are run at Allslie a little
(00:48):
bit later in the year, but still massively important. And
we have three big thoroughbred days. We started on Saturday
with one thousand guineas day taken out well well written,
and Wednesday they race at Rickton and the final Saturday,
and it's Tuesday Thursday where Tuesday and Friday should say
we're harness racing take center stage. And we also have
the Greyhounds on the Thursday. So yeah, massive day tomorrow.
(01:08):
It is the clinicle of the week New Zealand Cup
Day in New Zealand and New Zealand Cup Race in particular.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Now I know that the hot favorite is Australian pays
a Leap to Fame. What are you picking third Leap
to Fame to add the New Zealand Cup to his
glittering cv.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
Ah, It's hard to tip against him Pioneer, but I'm
saying that Republican Party for the dal Getty's the leading key.
We hope has been going just super recently and really
taking another step this time. And what makes this particularly
interesting in New Zealand Cup is it's a standing start,
which the Australians aren't overly o fay with Piney. I
(01:45):
know Leap to Fame has had a couple of attempts
at a standing start and the other Australian in the
field is a horse called Kingman. But we will have
an advantage with a standing start as opposed to a
mobile start where they come up behind a mobile barrier arm,
so a lot of it will be down to the start.
Afleep to Fame can get away cleanly and make his
presence felt early. Gee, it's hard to see him being
(02:08):
held out him and he wins eighty percent of his races.
He's had a little couple of little injury scares of
recent times, but prove he's back on tracking. Look, if
you wanted to watch one horse, I'll see one horse
in the flesh this Cup week. I think it would
be Leap to Fame. He is a superstar. He's the
best trotter in Australasia by a country mile, and if
he trots away, as they say in the industry, and
(02:28):
gets away cleanly, he's going to be awfully hard to beat.
The best of the Key Hoaches Republican Party. He has
been flying for Crann and Chrissy del Getty and obviously
our customer base are still pretty keen to see in
New Zealand victory and at this stage now he's a
worse result for us than Leap to fame, as that
might change by the time they get away tomorrow evening.
But yeah, he's a champion. I can't wait to see him.
(02:50):
I will be there for myself tomorrow at New Zealand
Cup Day down at Addington, so I'm looking forward to
seeing him in the flesh.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Brilliant stuff. Some support races as well to look out
for then to Wednesday at Rickerton tab Mile Day headlined
by the two hundred and fifty thousand dollars tab mile.
Any any inside info you can give us a couple
of days out of.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
Course Courser's Piney, you know there is day. Look there's
a horse called Sarah Albert that is the favorite who's
been going particularly well. He will be hard to beat.
He's a four dollar sixty favorite in that race for
Terry Ray. He's looking for a hat trick of wins.
Cannon Hill brings northern form down for Tony Pike. He's
cannon Hill been going particularly well as well, but I
don't mind it. Aws called Matt Scott. Now he's approven
(03:32):
group one gallopers. Matt Scott. I get some with fifty
seven and a half kilograms, which is in a bad
way for him. Yes, he's got an awkward barrier draw
to overcome, but his third last time out leading into
this suggest to me he's getting back to somewhere near
his best. So currently paying twelve dollars and three dollars
seventy Matt Scott. But as you'd expect, it's a very
very competitive tab mile there on the Wednesday at Rickett
(03:54):
and Parker Sir out with the favorite. I thought Max
Scott might have been a little bit of it each
way value in that race.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
Greyhound's on Thursday at Addington, then show Day at Eddington
on Friday. Couple of slot racers and also three group one.
Is it'll be a good day to be there.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
Oh fantastic. And look, I hope you know these horses
that are running the New Zealand Cup, a lot of them.
The decision has made whether they're going to back up
in what we call the free for all on that Friday,
And yeah, I don't know Athleet for Fame would even
conton plate plate it, but still obviously on the table
at this stage that he may back up in that three.
Before you mention those slot racers, they're both for the
(04:29):
three year olds there. The Ascent is for the three
year old trotters and the Velocity is for the three
year old paces. We get to see Marketplace going around.
I think he's a beautifully and his respective race there
on the Friday. But yeah, you say three group ones
on the Friday, it's a banging day over. It gets
the day off on Friday down there in Canterbury as
well Piney Show day, so the crowds are brilliant. Usually
(04:50):
on the crowds are brilliant a week there's no surprise there,
but that Friday is a great meeting if you can
get along to it. You go to the show during
the day, just nip into Addington for that afternoon.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
Session and on Saturday at ricketson New Zealand Cup Day,
the one hundred and sixty second New Zealand Cup time
on it over thirty two hundred meters, this fire out.
What can you tell us, hi?
Speaker 3 (05:10):
Look, there were two horses that ran on the first
day there just Charlie was one of them. He was
super leading into it. And Kevin Myers knows what it
takes to win a New Zealand Cup, but he has
to go up against against a horse called Titty Karka
for Adrian Bullen. He also is a very very good
trainer of stayers. So it's Kevin Myersher's Adrian bull two
Central District's trainers. I know what it takes to train
(05:32):
a New Zealand Cup winner. Who knows the Mayor will
be an interesting runner in this race. She's super talented
and she's sitting out there around six dollars in futures
markets at this stage, and I think she's probably not
a bad player in the races. Who knows, She's be
fresh to the meeting. And those two horses I just mentioned,
Titty Krk and Just Charlie ran on the first Saturday
in the Metropolitan in a lead up to a New
Zealand Cup, but that'll be wide open. It's also two
(05:54):
thousand Guineas Day, Piney for the three year old colts
and Goaldings and the Phillies are eligible to run on that.
There will be a Philly in that race called Tajana
and she'll make her presence felt in that one. So
two thousand Guineas Day and obviously New Zealand Cup Day
that last day. I'm sure the sold out signs will
be up at Ricordham Park to that last day. I've
done a few New Zealand Cup weeks in my past, Piney,
(06:15):
when I was a much younger lad. It is a
test of a true stayer, I can tell you. Particularly
if you're getting along to every event, you do have
to pace yourself. Probably not something I was too good
at back in the day, but it's a fantastic week
you know you can get along to one, two or
even three meetings. It's well worth it. It's a lot
of fun.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
Well, hopefully experience will planty a favor this week that
I know that it will. You'll have learned some valuable
lessons through experience. Enjoy your time in christ Church, mate,
thanks so much for your time and your expertise.
Speaker 3 (06:43):
Tonight, Thank you, Jason. I will indeed, and where else
is hitting down have a lot of fun this week,
I know.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
You will, Sad Thanks indeed, Thad Taylor there a tab
racing book maker ahead of a massive week in christ
Church Cup week and yeah public holidail on Friday, isn't it?
Enjoy that the fine folk of Canterbury.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
For more from Sports Talk, listen Lived and News Talks.
It'd be from seven pm week or follow the podcast
on iHeartRadio.
You're listening to the Sports Talk podcast with Duncie Wildergrave
from News Talk ZB.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Cup week at Addington and also at Rickerton. Tab Racing
book maker Thad Taylor is with us on sports Talk.
Thanks for taking the time.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
How big a week?
Speaker 2 (00:23):
First of all is Cup week for the tab.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
Yeah, massively important, Piney, good evening to you for the
ta B New Zealand Cup Week. Look. New Zealand Trotting
Cup Day, which we're obviously on the eve of running tomorrow,
is still the biggest New Zealand day that we have
in terms of turnover. Yes, it's being challenged a little
bit now by the Kraka Million Thoroughbred Meeting and the
NZBI Key Meetings which are run at Allslie a little
(00:48):
bit later in the year, but still massively important. And
we have three big thoroughbred days. We started on Saturday
with one thousand guineas day taken out well well written,
and Wednesday they race at Rickton and the final Saturday,
and it's Tuesday Thursday where Tuesday and Friday should say
we're harness racing take center stage. And we also have
the Greyhounds on the Thursday. So yeah, massive day tomorrow.
(01:08):
It is the clinicle of the week New Zealand Cup
Day in New Zealand and New Zealand Cup Race in particular.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Now I know that the hot favorite is Australian pays
a Leap to Fame. What are you picking third Leap
to Fame to add the New Zealand Cup to his
glittering cv.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
Ah, It's hard to tip against him Pioneer, but I'm
saying that Republican Party for the dal Getty's the leading key.
We hope has been going just super recently and really
taking another step this time. And what makes this particularly
interesting in New Zealand Cup is it's a standing start,
which the Australians aren't overly o fay with Piney. I
(01:45):
know Leap to Fame has had a couple of attempts
at a standing start and the other Australian in the
field is a horse called Kingman. But we will have
an advantage with a standing start as opposed to a
mobile start where they come up behind a mobile barrier arm,
so a lot of it will be down to the start.
Afleep to Fame can get away cleanly and make his
presence felt early. Gee, it's hard to see him being
(02:08):
held out him and he wins eighty percent of his races.
He's had a little couple of little injury scares of
recent times, but prove he's back on tracking. Look, if
you wanted to watch one horse, I'll see one horse
in the flesh this Cup week. I think it would
be Leap to Fame. He is a superstar. He's the
best trotter in Australasia by a country mile, and if
he trots away, as they say in the industry, and
(02:28):
gets away cleanly, he's going to be awfully hard to beat.
The best of the Key Hoaches Republican Party. He has
been flying for Crann and Chrissy del Getty and obviously
our customer base are still pretty keen to see in
New Zealand victory and at this stage now he's a
worse result for us than Leap to fame, as that
might change by the time they get away tomorrow evening.
But yeah, he's a champion. I can't wait to see him.
(02:50):
I will be there for myself tomorrow at New Zealand
Cup Day down at Addington, so I'm looking forward to
seeing him in the flesh.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Brilliant stuff. Some support races as well to look out
for then to Wednesday at Rickerton tab Mile Day headlined
by the two hundred and fifty thousand dollars tab mile.
Any any inside info you can give us a couple
of days out of.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
Course Courser's Piney, you know there is day. Look there's
a horse called Sarah Albert that is the favorite who's
been going particularly well. He will be hard to beat.
He's a four dollar sixty favorite in that race for
Terry Ray. He's looking for a hat trick of wins.
Cannon Hill brings northern form down for Tony Pike. He's
cannon Hill been going particularly well as well, but I
don't mind it. Aws called Matt Scott. Now he's approven
(03:32):
group one gallopers. Matt Scott. I get some with fifty
seven and a half kilograms, which is in a bad
way for him. Yes, he's got an awkward barrier draw
to overcome, but his third last time out leading into
this suggest to me he's getting back to somewhere near
his best. So currently paying twelve dollars and three dollars
seventy Matt Scott. But as you'd expect, it's a very
very competitive tab mile there on the Wednesday at Rickett
(03:54):
and Parker Sir out with the favorite. I thought Max
Scott might have been a little bit of it each
way value in that race.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
Greyhound's on Thursday at Addington, then show Day at Eddington
on Friday. Couple of slot racers and also three group one.
Is it'll be a good day to be there.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
Oh fantastic. And look, I hope you know these horses
that are running the New Zealand Cup, a lot of them.
The decision has made whether they're going to back up
in what we call the free for all on that Friday,
And yeah, I don't know Athleet for Fame would even
conton plate plate it, but still obviously on the table
at this stage that he may back up in that three.
Before you mention those slot racers, they're both for the
(04:29):
three year olds there. The Ascent is for the three
year old trotters and the Velocity is for the three
year old paces. We get to see Marketplace going around.
I think he's a beautifully and his respective race there
on the Friday. But yeah, you say three group ones
on the Friday, it's a banging day over. It gets
the day off on Friday down there in Canterbury as
well Piney Show day, so the crowds are brilliant. Usually
(04:50):
on the crowds are brilliant a week there's no surprise there,
but that Friday is a great meeting if you can
get along to it. You go to the show during
the day, just nip into Addington for that afternoon.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
Session and on Saturday at ricketson New Zealand Cup Day,
the one hundred and sixty second New Zealand Cup time
on it over thirty two hundred meters, this fire out.
What can you tell us, hi?
Speaker 3 (05:10):
Look, there were two horses that ran on the first
day there just Charlie was one of them. He was
super leading into it. And Kevin Myers knows what it
takes to win a New Zealand Cup, but he has
to go up against against a horse called Titty Karka
for Adrian Bullen. He also is a very very good
trainer of stayers. So it's Kevin Myersher's Adrian bull two
Central District's trainers. I know what it takes to train
(05:32):
a New Zealand Cup winner. Who knows the Mayor will
be an interesting runner in this race. She's super talented
and she's sitting out there around six dollars in futures
markets at this stage, and I think she's probably not
a bad player in the races. Who knows, She's be
fresh to the meeting. And those two horses I just mentioned,
Titty Krk and Just Charlie ran on the first Saturday
in the Metropolitan in a lead up to a New
Zealand Cup, but that'll be wide open. It's also two
(05:54):
thousand Guineas Day, Piney for the three year old colts
and Goaldings and the Phillies are eligible to run on that.
There will be a Philly in that race called Tajana
and she'll make her presence felt in that one. So
two thousand Guineas Day and obviously New Zealand Cup Day
that last day. I'm sure the sold out signs will
be up at Ricordham Park to that last day. I've
done a few New Zealand Cup weeks in my past, Piney,
(06:15):
when I was a much younger lad. It is a
test of a true stayer, I can tell you. Particularly
if you're getting along to every event, you do have
to pace yourself. Probably not something I was too good
at back in the day, but it's a fantastic week
you know you can get along to one, two or
even three meetings. It's well worth it. It's a lot
of fun.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
Well, hopefully experience will planty a favor this week that
I know that it will. You'll have learned some valuable
lessons through experience. Enjoy your time in christ Church, mate,
thanks so much for your time and your expertise.
Speaker 3 (06:43):
Tonight, Thank you, Jason. I will indeed, and where else
is hitting down have a lot of fun this week,
I know.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
You will, Sad Thanks indeed, Thad Taylor there a tab
racing book maker ahead of a massive week in christ
Church Cup week and yeah public holidail on Friday, isn't it?
Enjoy that the fine folk of Canterbury.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
For more from Sports Talk, listen Lived and News Talks.
It'd be from seven pm week or follow the podcast
on iHeartRadio.
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