Trained at Matamata by Wayne and Vanessa Hillis, Art Beat finished fourth in the Opunake Cup, won by the outsider Khemosabi at New Plymouth last Saturday. Her most recent win was the listed Lion Red Plate (1200m) on a slow track at Rotorua in October.
Khemosabi, who is in the Winter Cup, has been re-rated 10 points to 92.
Paul Gordon, the Cambridge owner and trainer of Khemosabi, said the Opunake Cup win was the biggest thrill of his life.
Gordon is originally from Taranaki.
The name of the horse emanated from the Lone Ranger series. He was a fictional character who first appeared in a radio show in 1933.
The show was immensely popular and led to a television series made between 1949 and 1957.
The Lone Ranger, a masked ex-Texas Ranger and his native American offsider, Tonto, fought injustice in the American Old West.
Tonto referred to the Lone Ranger as Ke-mo-sah-bee, meaning trusty scout or trusty friend.
"My favourite television show as far back as I can remember was the Lone Ranger and I thought that [Ke-mo-sah-bee] was a great name and declared that if I ever had a racehorse, that was going to be his name," Gordon said.
Khemosabi won his second start when trained at Cambridge by Paul Duncan.
His sale to the Sydney stable of Gai Waterhouse fell through when the veterinary team was not happy with X-rays of his legs.
Gordon said the horse had had minor issues.
"He jarred up on a very firm track when we sent him to be trained in Sydney by Joe Pride. He's good on anything from dead to heavy and we've found that green mussel extract has worked very well with his legs."
The rising 7yr-old Commands-Geordoba gelding has now won five races and been seven times placed in 21 starts for $113,000. He was originally passed in for $60,000 at the 2007 premier yearling sale at Karaka when offered by Swettenham Stud.
Samantha Collett has been engaged to ride Rising Tide in the Taumarunui Cup at Te Rapa on Saturday.
Rising Tide won the Parliamentary Handicap (2200m) at Trentham at his last start in the hands of Lisa Allpress, who is riding at Otaki on Saturday. Collett rode the Mark Oulaghan-trained Rising Tide to finish fourth in the Rangitikei Cup in May.
Allpress has taken the mount on It's All On in the listed Ryder Stakes for 2yr-olds.
The Snippetson-Fairy Fix filly won a maiden race for 2yr-olds at Te Teko at her last start on June 27 with Andrew Calder the rider.
Matthew Cameron has been engaged for The Jungle Boy in the Taumarunui Cup. He rode The Jungle Boy to win over 1600m at Ellerslie last month. Craig Grylls is the replacement for suspended Leith Innes on Noble Warrior.
