Or more precisely, Dozintmateranyway, part-owned in Otago, produced far and away the run of the race to win the 1600m feature by a long neck over The Solitaire.
Robbie Gibson, the Tarras-based breeder and co-owner, has a Gold Coast campaign in mind for the 6yr-old Danske gelding given his massive run after he was slow out of the gates.
''He's probably going over to Liam Birchley at Eagle Farm now for six or seven weeks,'' Gibson said.
''Liam's a good mate of mine, and he trains on the course. He's one of the leading trainers there.
''We'll start him off slowly and raise the bar accordingly. But when he's capable of running 1.21 and a bit for 1400m and 1.34 for a mile and he's never [been near the rails] on the track, he's got a bit of ability.
Dozintmateranyway is unpredictable in the starting gates, and he was slow out again yesterday for jockey Robert Hannam from his wide draw of 16.
''Sometimes he crashes, other times he doesn't,'' Gibson said.
''He has been known to be a bit slow, and you don't know whether he is going to go or start bucking.''
''If [the jockeys] just leave his mouth alone, he'll be fine.''
Gibson described the run which led to Dozintmateranyway's listed win as ''phenomenal''.
''I thought it was amazing,'' he said.
''When he missed the start, particularly out there from 16, he never got in any further than five wide.
''We've always thought a lot of him, but he's had a disease called Marie's disease twice, which only has a 20% chance of ever coming right.
''It's quite amazing that he can still perform as he does.''
Dozintmateranyway paid $35.90 to win.
''We all had a big collect,'' Gibson said of the connections.
None of the Otago-trained brigade disgraced themselves. The Solitaire kept chasing Dozintmateranyway down the Riccarton straight to finish second, Ridley got clear room late to run third, while Ric O'Shea encountered traffic problems halfway down the straight and finished off into seventh once he found room. Natuzzi was scratched on Friday due to bruising in his front right hoof.
Gibson is joined in the ownership by former Kurow Jockey Club president Walter Cameron, Ken Heckler of Rangiora, and Mike Smith, who was running the Lake Hawea Hotel, but is now working in the hospitality trade in Phuket in Thailand.
The win - Dozintmateranyway's seventh from 23 starts - took the gelding's career earnings over the $100,000 mark.
