Kingman wins the IRT NZ Trotting Cup

Kingman found some form, paid the late entry fee, travelled to Addington and took out the 122nd running of the New Zealand Trotting Cup over Aussie rival Leap To Fame.Trainer and driver Luke McCarthy took the hard way to victory but that didn't bother the 4YO. He sat three wide for the last 1400 metres of the race and this only reiterated how good his victory wasThe leading New Zealand horse was Merlin in third, driven by Zach Butcher and trained by Barry Purdon & Scott Phelan who also trained the fourth horse home in Better Knuckle Up.Republican Party finished 6th after leading the race early on.