Orl Black collected a $16,000 stake for his owners, Ross Stanbury, of Banks Peninsula, Clive and Rona McKay, of Christchurch, Peter and Debbie Smith, of Kaiapoi, and Patricia Smith, of Christchurch.
It was the second successive win in the Kindergarten Stakes for reinsman Dexter Dunn.
Orl Black is trained by his employer, Cran Dalgety, at West Melton.
A colt by In The Pocket from Cracker Kate, Orl Black is a three-quarter brother to Christian Cullen, the champion racehorse and sire.
He is the second foal of Cracker Kate, whose other progeny, Black Cracker, won at Waikouaiti this month.
Cracker Kate ran 1.56.3 for a mile in a time trial and she was minor placed eight times.
Orl Black was bred by Wally and Neil Radford and Diane Richardson, of Rangiora.
Christian Cullen won four of his five starts at two in the 1996-97 season but he did not contest the Kindergarten Stakes.
The McKays were in the ownership of Sir Clive, winner of the Kindergarten in 2008.
Orl Black, who started from the second line, settled sixth and Dunn improved to second outside the pacemaker Ardghal at the 800m.
Orl Black ran home in 56.8 to complete the mile in 1.58 and won easily by a length and a-quarter.
The favourite, Monaghan, settled at the rear of the nine-horse field, showed up wide entering the stretch and finished seventh.
His driver, Mark Jones, said the way the race was run did not suit Monaghan.
Vi Et Animo, who overcame the backmark of 30m to win the Wyndham Cup, had undergone extensive acupuncture treatment since his previous start.
"He tore a muscle in his back and could barely walk after the Invercargill Cup [January 29]," Brent Shirley, the driver of Vi Et Animo, said.
Shirley is closely involved with the training of Vi Et Animo.
"I had the vet, Phil Burns, look at him and he suggested his wife, Dana, could do acupuncture on the horse.
"She treated Vi Et Animo five or six times and ended up with up to 50 needles in him. I have only seen it done in England."
Vi Et Animo, who has won 15 races, was at 300 to one for the Interdominion Final on April 8 before betting was suspended following the earthquake in Christchurch.
"Betting was suspended because TAB rules specify a venue for any meeting where bets are taken and we are unsure about Addington.
We have also suspended betting on the Auckland Cup because there may be more Australian horses there if the Interdominion is shifted to Auckland," Kevin Gutschlag, a bookmaker at the TAB, said.
It was the first win for Vi Et Animo with Mary-Jane Thomas, an Invercargill lawyer, in the ownership. It was her first win as an owner.
It is understood she was leased a token share by owners Wayne and Allison McCulloch, of Myross Bush, before the Invercargill Cup.
"I have always been connected with horses and interested in horses of Brent Shirley," Thomas said.
Thomas is a daughter of Graham Thomas, who operated the Ascot Stud near Invercargill with Brent's father, Gil Shirley.
• Mah Sish, an all-the-way winner at Wyndham, has remained at Gore to race at Winton on Wednesday.
The 4yr-old is trained at Ladbrooks by Dean Taylor, who had also planned to race River Black and the 2yr-old, Pete's Reward, at Winton.
River Black became ineligible after his win at Wyndham on Saturday. The race for 2yr-olds was abandoned.
Taylor may have to return to Southland with River Black to qualify for the Supremacy Stakes on April 30.
The colt is outside the top 12 qualifiers for the final with the $4200 stake he earned on Saturday.
It was the fourth win in 11 starts for River Black, a $40,000 purchase at the 2009 premier yearling sale by Ron and Colin Bennett, of Christchurch.
• Race meetings scheduled for Addington on Thursday (Rangiora Harness Racing Club) and Sunday (Cheviot Trotting Club) have been shifted to Rangiora.
The Cheviot meeting, featuring a group three race for 2yr-old fillies, was run at Rangiora until 2003.
• King Kenny, a $75,000 yearling purchase, won a maiden trot at Ashburton yesterday at his fourth start.
The 3yr-old Pegasus Spur-One Under Kenny gelding is trained by Tim Butt.
• Beaudiene Bad Babe has been retired after failing to respond to treatment for a muscular problem.
"She was going to stud at the end of the season anyway and she has nothing to prove," Murray Brown, her Invercargill trainer, said.
Beudiene Bad Babe won 22 races, including the group one Harness Jewels as a 4yr-old at Cambridge last June and the gr 2 Premier Mares Championship twice at Addington.
She amassed $404,898 in stakes from 42 starts.
