Red Ruler Wins Wellington Cup
- Saturday, 30 January 2010 06:59
Red Ruler has continued his purple patch of form with a strong victory in Saturday's Wellington Cup at Trentham.
Jockey Mark Du Plessis weaved a passage between runners in the home straight to take the Group Two 2400 metre race from Manonamission and Awesome Planet, who dead-heated for second.
Hayden Allen, spokesman for winning trainer John Sargent, said Du Plessis had pulled off "another great ride".
"He obviously knew what he was doing and it all came off," Allen said.
"It was a truly run race so he gave him a breather halfway through."
Red Ruler's stablemate Heza Karma Karzi won the previous race ridden by Du Plessis.
The Wellington Cup was the third consecutive Group win for Red Ruler and Du Plessis while Saturday's success was Red Ruler's seventh from 28 starts and took his winnings to nearly $NZ1.3 million.
