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Reactor ready to blow
By Adam Hamilton and Kerry Jordan
November 15, 2008
Auckland Reactor leads the way

Harness racing's hottest property Auckland Reactor has conquered New Zealand and Australia is next.

The most exciting pacer Australasia has seen in the modern era smashed yet another record again yesterday on his way to winning the $NZ260,000 NZ Free-For-All (2000m) at Addington.

Auckland Reactor remains unbeaten after 14 starts, many of them in unthinkably quick times.

Yesterday his 1min 54.1sec mile rate for the 2000m took 1/10th of a second off the NZ record.

His official splits were even quicker than when he broke the best last 800m ever at Addington when winning the Junior Free-For-All earlier in the week.

This time he recorded 54.4sec for the final 800m, consisting of a 26.6sec split (800m>400m) and a 27.8sec closing 400m.

There was a lot more to Auckland Reactor's win than just his times as he came around the field mid-race and sat parked outside Changeover before zooming away past him halfway down the home straight.

Auckland Reactor's next start will be in Sydney, where he will meet the best on offer from all over Australia and New Zealand in the Miracle Mile at Harold Park on November 28.

 

Footnote: horsefabulous has adopted this amazing animal as their pin-up horse hero.

In May of this year Auckland Reactor was crippled after becoming cast in his box, but the very best in veterinary advice and months of rest, treatment and recuperation has helped the horse in his comeback from the brink of disaster. To regain his true form and pick up from where he was before the incident is a miracle. In my experience, nothing short of miraculous. (See Auckland Reactor blasts back)