But it is another 3200m race in a year's time that his trainer, Graeme Anderson, has in his sights.
The 4yr-old was given a gorgeous trip in transit by master reinsman Dexter Dunn, who drove five winners on the day, but he still had to finish off the race after three laps of the Forbury Park circuit.
''He can stay. He showed that day when he beat Mark Purdon's horse [Kept Under Wraps] at Rangiora that he could stay,'' Anderson said.
''He's still got a lot to learn, but I've just been patient with him, He is the real deal but he's not 100 % yet. He'll get there - he's still got 12 months to go.''
The target in 12 months is, of course, the New Zealand Trotting Cup.
Titan Banner will get another taste of Addington this year before Anderson again takes the patient approach.
''Cup week and then out for a month is what I'm thinking,'' Anderson said.
''There are a couple of races he can go to. He gets into a nice race on Cup day and we'll see what happens after that.''
'Pegasus Dream is also Addington-bound after his track-record win in the 3200m c2 to c6 trot yesterday.
The 7yr-old sat parked for most of the long trip and held off the late challenge of Monty Python after getting the better of Valmagne in the straight.
''I'll probably go to the Cup meeting. That's what I was planning,'' his Kohika trainer and co-owner, Noel Taylor, said.
The gelding's went into yesterday's race on the back of a win at Methven last weekend, and Taylor believes Pegasus Dream is really starting to hit is straps.
''It is always said Pegasus Spur horses get better and he has actually got better. He's got a wee bit more speed now - he lacked a bit of speed. He's not quick but he's always been tough.''
A move to the unruly has produced the desired result with Circus Boy, who cleared maidens at his fifth start.
His trainer, Tony Barron, opted to move the 4yr-old out of the main draw in a mobile trot at Winton on October 18 and decided to stay there for the standing start yesterday.
''He's a lovely horse but just gets a little bit keyed up at the start. So we put him on the unruly to get him away on his own and it's worked the oracle,'' he said.
''I should have done it at Timaru. We've had to do it with Experiment and a few other trotters - it just relaxes them a little bit more. They find their feet for the first 150m and they're away.''
Circus Boy was a $20,00 purchase for West Melton trainer Cran Dalgety, who has leased the 4yr-old through Barron to Ronnie Hampton and his partner, Connie Gill, who live about five minutes from Barron's Makarewa stables.
They have raced Melody VC (one win) with Barron in the past.
