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Eel Win, who continued his fine form with a win in the
Kurow Cup yesterday. Photo by Tayler Strong.
Eel Win will now head to Trentham after mastering 58kg to
win the Kurow Cup yesterday.
"I consider him better over a mile," Michael Pitman, his
trainer, said.
The Kurow Cup was over 2000m and Eel Win was allowed to
settle in front by apprentice Amelia Denby.
The win completed a hat-trick of feature races on the holiday
circuit for the Pitman stable.
Eel Win won the $45,000 Timaru Cup (1600m) on Monday and Coup
Bloomsbury won the $11,500 open sprint at Wingatui last
Saturday.
The targets for Eel Win at Trentham next month are the
Anniversary Handicap and Thorndon Handicap, both over the
metric mile.
The Pitman stable earlier won the Kurow Cup with Kazapo (1994
when the distance was 1200m), Snuff (1996) and Super Monarch
(1999).
The stable also won yesterday with Our Mona Lisa, Vintner and
Raewyn Coup.
The trio are acceptors at Waikouaiti tomorrow.
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The Totalisator Agency Board was unable to supply fields for
the Waikouaiti meeting tomorrow with form updated from Kurow
yesterday.
"We now take the database from New Zealand Thoroughbred
Racing and there is nobody working in the bureau to update
the form," Paul Cavie, the racing publications administrator
for the TAB, said.
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An Auckland TAB bettor has collected $776,245 from $2,850
outlaid at the Auckland Racing Club meeting at the Ellerslie
on Monday.
It is a record fixed dividend payout by the New Zealand TAB.
The bettor - who wishes to remain anonymous - placed a boxed
multi bet over six races and chose 57 lines at $50 each.
His final pick, Tanha Strike, won by a head after being
headed in the run home.
The six horses involved and their fixed dividends were:
race 1: Fazzle ($4); race 3: Brave Warrior ($3.80); race 5:
Mary's Book ($9); race 7: Green Supreme ($2); race 9: No Fear
($3.50); race 10: Tanha Strike ($3.80).
