- The last Saturday meeting of the Riccarton Park season was run on true winter going with persistent rain and no drying during the week resulting a Going described as Heavy10.
- Winter Cup hopeful ZELENSKI lumped topweight of 60.5kg, reduced to 58.5kg with Kelsey Hannan’s claim to win the days feature the Greenwood Amberley Cup. Whangarei based Kenny Rae was on course to assist daughter and training partner Krystal Williams saddle the gelding from her Christchurch satellite stable.
- THE GOOD SHEPHERD was brought north from Riverton by trainer Stephen Blair-Edie as the lowest rated runner in the Daphne Bannan Memorial but that proved no barrier to winning the open sprint. LOUIE LOUIE ran second ahead of BENAUD.
- The Drug Alcohol Testing Specialists Two-year-old drew a field of 12 starters. Incredibly for this time of year all were first starters. The Brian and Shane Anderton trained MOVE ON rallied to beat CLIODHNA MAEVE from Samantha Wynne’s Prebbleton stable.
- LOQUITA took its recent good form from the Polytrack to the turf to win the last for trainer Lyn Prendergast and owner, harness racing identity, Tony Barron.
- Kylie Williams rode LOQUITA after winning the previous race aboard TARAMEA LAD for Gore trainer Ellis Winsloe and his ownership partners Barry and Heather Gray to be the leading rider on the day.
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