Indikator became the first horse to win successive Rotorua Cups in 31 years when successful on Saturday.
The previous two-time winner was Kindled in 1979-80.
Indikator has been ridden in both his wins by Reese Jones, who also won the race on Mickey's Town in 1989.
• Planet Rock has been cleared to hold her third placing in the Karaka Million after a judicial panel ruled breaches of the swabbing instructions may have led to a compromised sample the Sunday Star Times reported..
Peter and Dawn Williams, the trainers of Planet Rock, had been charged after the filly returned a positive test to the anti-inflammatory drug, ketoprofen. The filly had been treated three times with the drug in the week leading up to the race after she injured a leg.
The committee found there were three significant breaches of the rules of swabbing when for the first time at Ellerslie the first six horses were drug tested. in the race on January 30.
The third prize was $75,000.
