7 Year Old Season (2011/2012)
Auckland Reactor returned as a 7 year old on 30 September in the Avon City Ford Cup. He showed little sign of his previous standing start concerns, settling towards the back of the field and finished strongly to win by a head. This was followed by a fast-finishing run for fifth in the Canterbury Classic. He then contested the Ashburton Flying Stakes; the main lead-up race to the New Zealand Cup. Here, he moved around the field to sit outside the leader with 1000 metres to go, before running clear in the straight to claim a convincing 2½ length win, breaking his last-800 metre record with a 53.8 second time. The performance made him one of the favourites for the New Zealand Cup; however, a hoof injury forced him to be scratched from that race.
Resuming in Australia in January 2012, Auckland Reactor narrowly won the Pure Steel at Ballarat in track record time. This was followed by a close second off a 10m handicap in the Hunter Cup.
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