He led over the last 1900m and won by two and three-quarter lengths in 3.18 for the 2600m, a useful time in cold conditions.
He ran the last 800m in 56.9 and 400m in 27.5.
It was his 19th win in 37 starts and the $25,000 stake took his earnings to $291,876.
He gave trainers David and Catherine Butt their second successive win in the race.
They won last year with Ohoka Rebel, who was exported to Australia in June.
He has yet to race there.
Bondy has advanced his claim for the $1 million New Zealand Trotting Cup on November 10 with six wins and a second from seven starts in the past three months.
He has come back better than ever after being sidelined with a fractured pedal bone in a hind foot.
He won the Kaikoura Cup two years ago and ran sixth in the New Zealand Cup.
He was away from racing for 14 months between March, 2008 and May this year to recovering from the injury.
It took longer than expected to heal.
Bondy has raced nine times since his return.
"He is a big horse and just slow maturing. I will give him another race or two before the Cup," David Butt said.
The 8yr-old Live Or Die gelding is raced by the Ashburton family of Peter and Jocelyn Cates with their daughters, Nikki Copland and Joanne Lovett.
Monkey King made a bold showing fresh up for second.
He tangled at the start and tailed the field until the 800m.
Her finished a length and a-half clear of stablemate Tennis Ball, who was close up in the open from the 1200m.
Mr Feelgood who improved from the rear to fifth at 1300m, was a head back fourth.
Nearea Franco left stride in the run home when attempting to clear tight quarters.
The TAB has shortened Bondy from $21 to $15 in New Zealand Cup betting.
Auckland Reactor is the favourite at $2.50, ahead of Monkey King ($7), Blacks A Fake and Changeover ($8).
Smoken Up, who won at Melton on Friday night, is at $18.
Power Of Tara, upset winner of the Spring Cup at Alexandra Park on Friday night is at $51.
Changeover was a late scratching from the Spring Cup on veterinary advice.
He sustained an abrasion to his left hip when travelling to the meeting.
The 13yr-old trotter Raymauwarrhen Sun returned to an ovation after his win yesterday. It was his first win of the season and his 19th for Oamaru owners, Warren Bartlett (the trainer), Brendan Ford and Ray Paterson.
The Sundon gelding has won six times at Oamaru where he won in February 2002 as a 5yr-old at his first start.
He was then trained by Patrick O'Reilly.
The Sundon gelding won seven races with O'Reilly.
Raymauwarrhen Sun won four times for Jeremy Douglas and has eight wins for Bartlett who took over the training when the gelding was a 9yr-old.
Raymauwarrhen Sun has won each season he has raced.
Junior driver Carl Hanna had a win as an owner at Oamaru yesterday with the first horse he has raced.
Hanna (20) drove his horse Leza De to win.
The 5yr-old mare, having her 14th start, is trained by Hanna's step-father, Ross Rennie, at Rangiora.
Hanna works for trainers Clark Barron (Makarewa) and Allan Paisley (Longbush).
He bought Leza De three months ago from a client of the Barron stable after she had raced eight times.
"I sent her to Ross so she could be driven by amateur driver John Kemp who works for the stable. I felt it would give her a bit of confidence," Hanna said.
Hanna, who has driven eight winners, has been with the Barron stable for two years after three years with Robbie Holmes at Leithfield Beach.
Cameron Cooper had his first win as a trainer yesterday with the trotter Now In Command.
Cooper (32) works for Burnham trainer Mark Jones.
He was earlier with Bruce Negus at the same stable and has had experience in Australia and America.
He leased Now In Command as a yearling.
He races the 6yr-old mare with Kevin Murray.
Cooper won with OK Girl at Westport in 1996.
She was trained by Greg Payne.
