Intrepid turned the clock back some 40 years when he recorded his first win yesterday at Addington.
Intrepid was having his third start and his first after an eight-month break, which gave him time to mature.
He is raced by his Wellington breeder Reg Caldow, who purchased his dam Feverish from America, where she took a mile time of 1.50.8.
Intrepid is trained by Jim Curtin, a son-in-law of Caldow, and was driven by Roddy Curtin, a brother of Jim.
Jim has been sidelined for 11 weeks with a broken wrist.
He had screws inserted in the break two weeks ago to assist the healing.
Intrepid is the third foal of Feverish (Holmes Hanover-Dispron) who recorded seven wins and seven placings in the late 1990s for Dr Onn Chin of Dunedin from the stable of Ray Faithful.
She won the 2000 Wyndham Cup.
The family of Feverish has a prolific winning pedigree.
Dispron is a daughter of the top trotter Dispense (U Scott-Dismiss) who won eight races in the mid-1960s including a heat of the Interdominion series at Alexandra Park in 1968.
Disband, a year older sister to Dispense, won 11 races as a pacer.
Both were raced by their Dunedin breeder Bing Foon and trainer Derek Jones.
Onn Chin, a son of Bing Foon, was in the ownership of Dispense.
Both horses competed at the Auckland Interdominions when Le Chant, Stylish Major, Johnny Gee, Highland Flight and French Pass were among the great depth of trotters.
Disband raced in an era when the pacing ranks included Lordship, Robin Dundee, Great Adios, Allakasam and Waitaki Hanover.
An earlier Intrepid won 16 races in New Zealand the late 1960s and early 1970s.
An entire by Local Light from Idris, trained and driven by Murray Edwards for Jack Hoy, numbered the Kaikoura Cup, National Pace at Alexandra Park, G J Barton Memorial at Forbury Park, Clarendon Free-For All at Addington and Hannon Memorial at Oamaru among his wins.
He accounted for New Zealand Cup winners, Robalan, Globe Bay and Spry in the Clarendon FFA.
Intrepid won further races in North America and took a record of 1.57.
Millionaire trotter One Over Kenny won a workout at Pukekohe yesterday as she began her countdown to a return to racing.
The 9yr-old has not raced since winning the Rowe Cup in May last year due to a quarter crack problem.
Trainer-driver Tony Herlihy is pleased with the progress of the mare who is scheduled to resume racing at Alexandra Park in the middle of next month.
She has the Dominion Handicap as her target.
One Over Kenny has recorded 31 wins from 58 starts for stakes of $1,085,187.
Lyell Creek ($2,961,137) and Take A Moment ($1,164,356) are the only other New Zealand trotters to have earned over $1 million.
Del Sur was claimed for $7500 after finishing second at Addington yesterday.
Russell Williams, the Leeston horseman, had his graduation horseman's licence suspended to August 31 for excessive use of the whip on Hot Wired over the closing stages of race four.
The horse finished fourth.
