Here Comes Pat was having her second start after a big run for second at Forbury Park on June 3.
She was slow away last night and drifted further off the pace before driver Matthew Williamson bought her along the inner from the 500m.
She is trained by Phil Williamson for breeders Jim Hunter, of Dunedin, and Denis Stumbles, of Ranfurly.
Here Comes Pat is the fourth winner from as many foals to race out of Go Pat (Gee Whiz-Young Pat).
She is also the dam of Be Bee Pat (three wins), Continental Pat and J D Pat.
Be Bee Pat is being bred from by the same owners who also race J D Pat.
• The owners of big winner The Tough Nut, had success last night with Fiery Del, who was having his second start. The 3yr-old Courage Under Fire-Jaclyn Del gelding is raced by Russell Beardsley, of Ashburton, Bill Eggleton, of Cairns, Laurence Hanrahan (the trainer) and Colin Hay, of Gore.
The same owners, with the exception of Hanrahan, raced The Tough Nut, who was trained by Hanrahan to win 15 races including the Invercargill and New Brighton Cups and Nobilo Free-For-All.
Fiery Del, who led for most of the way and won by three lengths, is held on lease from breeders Keith and Bevan Grice.
Fiery Del is a half-brother to Quattro Del, who has won two races for the same connections.
• Cool Fella was claimed for $4000 last night and he will join the Roxburgh stable of Geoff and Judy Knight.
He was eased out of the race in the middle stages which the stipendiary stewards established was due to the horse choking.
The claiming race was won by Shades Of Success.
The 10yr-old, trained at Nightcaps by Jack Lynch, had not won a race for two and a-half years.
Ilumaway was relegated from first to 11th in race 6.
He hung in and struck the hind leg of the pacemaker D'Amore's First at the 300m, causing that horse to tangle.
• The New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club has applied to the Christchurch City Council for a licence to allow gaming machines to be installed and operated at Addington raceway.
"Without gaming machines and the profit they generate, Addington cannot compete with the Auckland Trotting Club who pay out higher stakes, because of 18 gaming machines on site," Shane Gloury, the chief executive of Addington raceway, said.
"Addington estimates that stakes could be increased by $5000 per race with gaming machines installed."
