- A week of rain resulted in very heavy going for the third day of the Autumn Racing Season.
- The day belonged to Southland connections, trainers, Kelvin Tyler and daughter Aimee and, owners, his brother Alan and his wife Marie.
- PRINCE ALBY started the day in style with a comprehensive win over 2500 metres. For good measure stable mate DUNHILL ran second with both owned by Kelvin and his wife Vanessa.
- CLASSIC DIVA won race 4 the Rating 75 1600 metres event and SHE’S A CON won race 8 the New Zealand Bloodstock Warstep Stakes, both in the ownership of Alan and Marie. Kylie Williams was the jockey on both occasions.
- LUELLA CRISTINA won the New Zealand Bloodstock Southern Filly of the Year Series on 8 points off the back of two second placings after all four legs were won by different fillies for 7 points each. None collected points in any other leg.
- The days feature event eluded Team Tyler with LIGHTNING JACK finishing third behind TIMES TICKING and CAPO DELL IMPEREO in the time-honoured Coca-Cola sponsored Canterbury Gold Cup. TIMES TICKING followed his last gasp win in the previous Saturday’s Avon City Ford with a much more emphatic victory over the 2000 metres of the Gold Cup. Jacob Lowry, as was the case the previous week was the rider and saw him sign off in style prior to heading to Australia the next morning to link up with the Maher Eustace stable. Opaki trainer Alby McGregor was on course to oversee son Dean and grandson Matthew parade the gelding.
- Anna Furlong and training partner Shane Kennedy continued their good recent form with two winners. LADY’S LEGACY in the Coupland’s Bakeries Maiden and PENVOSE LAD in the D Reynolds Electrical Two-year-old.
