He was ridden by stable apprentice Amelia Denby, who took 16 and a-half hours to reach Gore from Christchurch due to flooded roads.
She and fellow apprentice, Courtney Van Der Werf, left Christchurch at 2.30pm on Tuesday.
Their car then became inoperable through water damage and they were stranded at 8pm.
Courtney's parents, David and Karen, were contacted and made the trip from Christchurch.
Karen took the apprentices through the Lindis Pass to Cromwell but ran out of petrol.
They were stranded there from 3.15am until a garage opened at 5am.
The journey was then continued to Invercargill where they spent a short time with friends of Karen to freshen up.
They were travelling back to Christchurch last night.
Van Der Werf rode Kimberley Boy to win for the stable yesterday.
The 7yr-old Lotus broke a 27-race losing streak since he deadheated for first with Under Parr in the Oamaru Cup in July last year.
That was among seven wins for the Keeper-Tio Lotus gelding when trained by Paul Harris at Rangiora.
The wins included the 2009 Reefton Cup.
Lotus, owned by Harris's wife, Donna Thomson, was transferred to Pitman for personal reasons.
"We will discuss on Friday how long the horse will stay with me," Pitman said.
"He [Lotus] just thrived in the few days he has had at Waikouaiti."
Lonely George, another member of the Harris stable, was also transferred to Pitman.
Kimberley Boy is raced by John and Evelyn Carran, who have won nine races as owners since December.
Sand Toyz has won them four races, including the Miss Scenicland Stakes from the Pitman stable.
Jockeys Jason Laking (based at Ashburton) and Daniel Bothamley (Christchurch) did not make it to Gore yesterday due to flooding.
