05/05/2023
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STABLE STARS 🌟
PHOTO FLASHBACK: Stablehand Brooke Kincaid with Riviera Rock, left, and Orepuki Lad at the Eade stable in October, 2021.
Riviera Rock's record now stands at 58 starts for six wins, 13 seconds, six thirds, eight fourths, five fifths and $215,950.
He returns from an injury break next month.
His best win was in the $40,000 Southland Crystals at Ascot Park in December, 2022.
Riviera Rock ran second in the Dunedin Gold Cup this year and in 2022.
Orepuki Lad is now in retirement with a record of six wins, three seconds, nine thirds, a fourth, three fifths and $150,263.
He was a two-time winner of the Invercargill Gold Cup in 2021 and 2019. He also won the Dunedin Gold Cup in 2019, as well as finishing third in it in 2021.
His other placings included a second in the Riverton Cup (2019) and a third in the Waikouaiti Cup (2021).
The 2021 Invercargill Gold Cup success was Orepuki Lad's last race.