A three-year-old race at Riccarton Park on Saturday will be used as a stepping stone towards spring stakes targets for highly talented filly Diablo Blanco.
The glory went the way of local trainers Russell McKay and Ashley Harrington with Spartan in the inaugural Ripple Creek Equine Polytrack $100,000 (1200m).
Michael and Matthew Pitman continued to enjoy a successful week on their local polytrack on Thursday, adding another win to their tally courtesy of Motiontime.
Caravella and Treaty Of Paris both recorded wins to give Te Akau Racing's Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson a winning double at Riccarton's Synthetic meeting.
Bruce Sarginson has always held ambitions of becoming a trainer and at Riccarton’s synthetic meeting on Wednesday he recorded his first win in that role.
Michael and Matthew Pitman went home happy men from Riccarton after scoring four wins and reclaiming the lead for the South Island Trainers’ Premiership.
The Melbourne Cup has often captured the imagination of young racing fans and for newly established Canterbury race caller Daniel Fogarty, he was no exception.
Riccarton Park’s synthetic track is proving popular with Lance Robinson, and he is looking forward to racing there on Wednesday with a handful of runners.