Home / Sport / RacingMichael GuerinRacing Editor·nzme·3 Sep, 2026 05:00 PM4 mins to read‌First Five was our best sprinter last year but faces a wide draw in the Proisir Plate. Photo / Race ImagesFirst Five was our best sprinter last year but faces a wide draw in the Proisir Plate. Photo / Race ImagesAdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.Disappointment quickly turned to disaster for the trainers of the big boys of New Zealand racing when they saw the field for tomorrow’s $400,000 Proisir Plate at Ellerslie.

Because as bad as many of their barrier draws are, it was a case of the lower they went, the worse it

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