El Nino gave driver Kirstin Barclay her biggest win in the $30,000 group three race for 2yr-old pacers. El Nino collected a first prize of $19,000.
The late entry fee for the Sires' Stakes for colts and gelding is $15,000 with the first heat scheduled for Forbury Park on Thursday night.
El Nino tracked favourite, Mapua Legend in the lead and finished strongly to win by a length and a-quarter in a smart 1.55.5 for the mile.
El Nino was within 0.6sec of the New Zealand and race record set by Tribute in 2004.
Mapua Legend held on for second.
El Nino had been placed in two of his other three starts.
McLachlan prepares El Nino for the Riviera syndicate, who have the Live Or Die-Equation gelding on lease from breeders Keith and Bevan Grice, of Ashburton.
The syndicate comprises Peter McLean, of Wyndham, his 80-year-old father, Bob, of Riverton; John Bailey, of Riverton, Russell Phillips, of Invercargill; Murray Nash, of Puddle Alley and Dick McManus (83), of Riverton.
He is the first horse raced by Peter McLean. Messrs Bob McLean, Phillips and Nash won three races with Equation raced on lease from the Grices and trained by McLachlan.
Equation (by Sands A Flyin) was retired with a ham-string injury.
El Nino is her first foal.
"I had wanted to win the Kindergarten Stakes since my cousin, Bill Auld, won the race with Rarest (1991)," Bob McLean said.
Rarest had been raced on lease from the Grices by Auld, Lyndsay Moyle, Morton Potbury and Ken Little and trained by Allan Devery and Henry Skinner.
Rarest was by Rashad out of Barbara Del, who won the 1971 NZ Welcome Stakes and Leonard Memorial and two other races from six starts as a 2yr-old when trained by Doody Townley.
Equation is out of Sweet Elaine by Soky's Atom from Lady Barbara, by Lordship from Barbara Del, who was bred by the Grices.
Indy Village gave Balcairn trainer Robbie Holmes successive wins in the Wyndham Cup when the 4yr-old led over the last 2500m of the 3200m.
It was the third win for Indy Village, raced by Bret and Fiona Robinson, of Hokitika.
Springbank Richard set a track record for a trotter over 3200m of 4.07.1 when he won by three lengths.
"It was good to get that one," Alister Smith, his part-owner said.
Springbank Richard had his previous win in the 4yr-old section of the Harness Jewels at Cambridge in May.
The previous track record was 4.10.4 set by Delcola.
The 3yr-old trotter Jaccka Jack won in 3.06.6 for 2400m which bettered the track record for all ages of 3.07.7 by Zesty in 2000.
Jaccka Jack was within 0.2sec of the NZ record set by Awesome Imace in 2006.
Jaccka Jack outfinished another 3yr-old Doctor Jock by three-quarters of a length. It was his third win in five starts for Jaccka Jack and consideration is being given to a start in the NZ Trotting Derby.
The son of Continentalman and the unraced Janine Jaccka (by Sundon) is raced by Riversdale breeders Charlie and Ailsa Smaill and trained by Murray Gray.
Trainer Earl Swain and his partner Toni Colley had a change of fortune when Supreme Belle won the race for fillies and mares in 1.55.6.
They race Supreme Belle with Colley's sister, Lisa Wyeth.
Swain and Colley lost a yearling by Red River Hanover they had bought for $7500 at the premier sale last month.
He was put down after a complication from being gelded.
He was not insured.
Roman Gladiator has been disqualified from first placing in the Southland Country Cups Final at Invercargill on April 26 after a Judicial Control Authority hearing into his positive swab.
No further penalty was imposed on Robin Swain, the trainer of Roman Gladiator, who lost a winning stake of $18,500.
Here Comes Soky is now the winner of the race.
Roman Gladiator tested positive to dimethyl sulphoxide.
Evidence was heard that Roman Gladiator was administered with dmso for a respiratory infection by Gore veterinarian Ewan Miller on the instruction of veterinarian Brendan Bell.
The administration was made two days before the race on the understanding that the level of dmso had a withholding period of that time.
"There is widespread understanding among veterinarians in NZ that it was acceptable to give up to 200ml of dmso to a horse at least 48 hours before a race," Bell said.
Swain had not appeared on any charge in connection with a positive swab in 30 years' association with racing.
"The disqualification of the horse is mandatory and any further financial penalty on Swain would be against the clear principles of natural justice," the finding of the JCA stated.
The case was heard by Nigel Skelt and Dave Steel.
