For the third straight year, the six "youth'' drivers had too much horsepower for their "experience'' rivals, winning the eight-race competition with a tally of 319 points, 22 in front of their rivals.
And there were few surprises in the individual competition, as world driving champion Dexter Dunn added another driving series title to his bulging CV, which already included a win in the Waikouaiti series in 2014.
Dunn won three of the first seven races but, due to a couple of low scores in other heats, he needed to beat Samantha Ottley home by four spots in the eighth and final heat to win the title outright.
Dunn secured maximum points in the final heat with a win behind Eh Ef El, and Ottley could finish only seventh on Algrancobowjoel, leaving Dunn with 71 points and Ottley with 68.
Ricky May was the leading "experience'' driver home, and finished third overall with 61 points.
May's sole win was with Devil May Care in the $10,000 feature pace, giving Ryal Bush trainer Hamish Hunter his 10th win with the 7yr-old.
"He's raced since he's 2, and he won a race at 2, so he's done well,'' Hunter said.
Devil May Care found the winner's circle after a long absence at Wyndham in February before a stout fifth in the Northern Southland Cup last weekend.
Hunter will now aim the son of Falcon Seelster towards feature racing at Ascot Park next month.
"He's got those country cups finals sort of stuff, so we'll play around and see what's on offer.''
● De Vito provided trainer Billy Heads with his first winner from his Waikouaiti base, but that will be the young trotter's lot for the season.
Part-owner Robert Wilson, of Balfour, took a shine to the Sundon gelding before he qualified in late 2014.
Wilson is not afraid to aim high with De Vito, which is why he is happy to bide his time for now.
"We'll put him out now. We think he'll measure up to the best of them in time.''
Five members of the seven-strong Balfour syndicate were on course.
The name might suggest the members all live in Balfour, but Wilson said they were spread across the country, with one in Auckland, another in Te Anau, and one in Timaru.
● Christchurch man Philip Cusdin is still getting a kick out of racing after 50 years in the racing industry.
Cusdin started off helping out the late Eric Ryan as a 15-year-old at Little River in the 1960s and still races one of his horses, Pure Emotion, in Ryan's colours.
Cusdin was on course to watch Gotta Go Cullen gelding Saramon clear maidens in his eighth start - and the gelding's third for Cusdin, Davey O'Neill, Brent Slagter, Henrietta Westrum, Norm Pugh and Warren Thompson.
O'Neill, a restaurateur in Taupo, is the only member of the Saramon ownership team who does not live in Canterbury.
