Latta’s new syndicate rewarded as Coulthard takes TAB Mile at Riccarton

Coulthard won the Group 3 TAB Mile (1600m) at Riccarton on Wednesday for the syndicate Lisa Latta put together to keep him in her Awapuni stable.

The Redwood gelding beat fellow Awapuni-trained gelding Omega Boy by two lengths, with Iron Hawk a further 1-1/4 lengths back in third.

Gerry Harvey’s NZ Thoroughbred Holdings bred and raced Coulthard through his three-year-old season. When the gelding changed hands, Latta encouraged clients to buy him.

“He had a change of ownership this season, with some older clients and some new, young people, which is absolutely fantastic,” Latta told NZ Racing News. “I knew he was an open class horse, and I said to the guys, ‘let’s build a syndicate and buy him, I think he can get through the grades’.”

The win was Latta and Queiroz’s second stakes success of Cup Week, after Platinum Attack defended his title in the Listed Pegasus Stakes on Saturday. Platinum Attack is favourite for Saturday’s Listed Lindauer Steward’s Stakes.