Aided by a perfect Zachary Butcher drive, Duchess Megxit has taken out tonight’s $225,000 Group 1 Tennant Engineering New Zealand Pacing Oaks at Addington.
The Barry Purdon and Scott Phelan-trained daughter of Sweet Lou was positioned four back the running line from her second line draw while hot favourite Treacherous Baby, All You Need Is Me and Coastal Babe tried to dominate from the front.
But at the 500 mark Duchess Megxit got a nice drag into the race behind Classic Elegance and then quickly gobbled up the field to dart away for a very impressive victory.
It was Butcher’s third Oaks success and his second Group 1 of the night after Meant To Be easily took out the IRT Ace Of Clubs 2YO Colts and Geldings Trot.
In the $140,000 What The Hill New Zealand Trotting Oaks superstar Australian filly Keayang Zahara made it 13 wins in a row.
The star three-year-old worked her way to the lead and although challenged midrace was far too strong in the end to extend her unbeaten run.
Princess Sadie was the best of the rest in second.
In the Betavet Ace of Spades for the 2YO Colts and Geldings it was a walk in the park for hot favourite Marketplace.
The boom gelding made it five wins in a row and six from just 10 starts by dominating right from the outset for driver Craig Ferguson.
