Love You filly best of a top bunch

It is quickly coming around to that point of the New Zealand harness racing season where we start to hand out the gongs for best performed in each age group and gait divisions.

Harnesslink thought we would do a review of each of the categories with our view on where the contenders sit.

This is our review of the three year old trotting fillies division

1) Habibti Ivy – 2015 Season:    9 starts,    3 wins,    0 seconds,    4 thirds,    Lt $46,629

Very smart Love You filly who raced the boys most of the season with great credit.

Won the Trotting Oaks very comfortably and first filly home in both the New Zealand Trotting Derby and the New Zealand Sires Stakes Final.

Has a better head to head record against both Sunny Ruby and Arya.

Missed the Harness Jewels due to a foot issue but her dominance the rest of the season makes her the top pick for this award.

2) Sunny Ruby – 2015 Season: 20 starts, 4 wins,  4 seconds,  1 thirds,    Lt $78,469    

Very busy season having been racing in September and still going now in June.

Has gone from being a typical Sundon headstrong filly with a tendency to over race to a lovely mannered filly with a lethal sprint.

Ran 2nd in the Trotting Oaks and capped off a great season with a stunning win in the Harness Jewels in 1:54.7

Has finished behind Habibti Ivy both times they have met which makes it hard to place her in front of that filly for this award.

3) Arya – 2015 Season:    9 starts,    6 wins,    0 seconds,    1 thirds,    Lt $118,692

Daughter of Angus Hall having a right old time of it in Australia as her record above shows.

She seems a class above them but real question marks about the quality of the opposition.

Came back to New Zealand for the Trotting Oaks but soundly beaten by Habibti Ivy when she ran fourth there.

Again finished behind Habibti Ivy in the New Zealand Sires Stakes Final before beating that filly home in the Northern Trotting Derby when Habibti Ivy broke.

Hard to make a case for Arya to be New Zealand 3 year old trotting filly of the year when she has one third placing in New Zealand from only three starts this season.

4) Yagunnakissmeornot – 2015 Season: 11 starts, 4 wins,  1 seconds,  3 thirds, LT $41,324  

Very strong early part of the season but not so good when thrown in against the very best.

Unlucky to have struck such a strong crop of quality fillies and did have a few issues especially left handed which explains her missing some of the big races down south.

Selection

Habibti Ivy – She has a better head to head record against all her challengers and won the big race restricted to fillies in the Trotting Oaks.

First filly home in both the New Zealand Derby and New Zealand Sires Stakes  which gives her a big edge for this award.

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