Makarewa Sun, who is unbeaten in four starts, heads to Christchurch this morning for a race at Addington on Saturday.
The 6yr-old trotter has gained three of his wins at Invercargill and the other at Winton since he began racing on March 25.
He has been driven each time by Brad Morris, the Invercargill reinsman, who will continue his association on Saturday.
Morris assists Ron Barron, the Makarewa trainer and part-owner of Makarewa Sun. Barron races Makarewa Sun with Ritchie McDonald. Barron bred Makarewa Sun with horseman Graeme Anderson.
‘‘He is a very good horse,'' Morris said.
Makarewa Sun was outstanding in his last race on April 26 after losing about 70m at the start.
Morris has not driven at Addington since he drove Surf City to finish sixth there seven years ago.
He drove Surf City, another trotter by Sundon, in his six wins for trainer Ray Jenkins.
Morris drove Admiral's Highland to win at Addington in 1998.
Roman Gladiator, last-start winner of the Country Cups final at Invercargill, has been entered for a free-forall at Addington on Saturday.
- Montecito, the winner of 12 races, has been exported to the United States.
Formerly trained by Steven Reid at Pukekohe, Montecito has won four races, including the Franklin Cup prelude this season.
Arden's Highlander, winner of five races for Invercargill owner-trainer Tom Kilkelly, has been sold to the United States.
Dream A Moment (4w trotter), Flying Class (4w pacer) Dead Or Alive (3w), Bobecket (2w) and winners Jazzalong, Solana, Birdsringn and Colours Flying are among horses exported to Australia.
- Don Keyote, the capable trotter, is now in the Rakaia stable of Warren Stapleton, who has also taken over pacer Revamy.
Don Keyote has recorded five wins and 10 placings from 25 starts when trained by Kevin Townley. The 6yr-old has not raced February last year.
Revamy has won eight races from the Patumahoe stable of Geoff Small. He was a last-start winner at Palm erston North in November.
- Leading junior driver Dexter Dunn moved to 97 wins for the season with a treble at Gore on Sunday. He is third in the overall premiership behind Peter Ferguson (112) and Mark Jones (99), who drove two winners at Gore.
- Japanese stayer Admire Jupiter guaranteed a start in the Melbourne Cup with a win in the group one Tenno Sho (3200m) at Kyoto on Sunday, AP reports.
Betstar has him at $26 for the Cup on November 4 with Efficient the $15 favourite.
The Tenno Sho was won by Japanese horse Delta Blues in 2006 from his stablemate Pop Rock.
They finished first and second in the Melbourne Cup the same year.
Yasunari Iwata, who rode Delta Blues, rode Admire Jupiter.
Admire Jupiter, a 5yr-old son of French Deputy, ran the 3200m in 3.15.1, 2sec outside the race record set by Deep Impact.
Admire Jupiter was away from racing for 16 months after fracturing a leg as a 3yr-old.
