Post race celebrations for the connections of Coulthard
- After rain all day on Tuesday Wednesday for the 2nd day of the 2026 New Zealand Cup Meeting dawned foggy and became a beautifully fine warm day.
- Lightly raced five-year-old COULTHARD was bought from Gerry Harvey by a syndicate headed by great supporter Craig McNeill with the TAB Mile in mind. So ably prepared by Awapuni trainer Lisa Latta he exploded away to win convincingly and land a multitude of bets. Bruno Queiroz rode the winner and returned to scale to chants of “Bruno, Bruno, Bruno”
- The days new feature the $100,000 Chris Johnson Three-year-old Sprinters Challenge drew a good field. It was fittingly won by DOING TIME trained by Lee Callaway and ridden by Dan Bothamly both of whom shared the jockeys room with the great Christoper William Johnson.
- The VIP Frames & Trusses Premier for the open stayers was won in good fashion by McKHAN trained by Ashley Meadows who beat SUNSET BOULEVARD trained by his uncle Kevin Myers.
- The North versus South battle was 6 to 4 in favour of the southern stables.