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A split second battle won early in Tuesday’s $600,000 IRT New Zealand Cup ultimately won Copy That the war.

Covid stopped him being there but it couldn’t stop Ray Green from delivering the training performance of a lifetime as Copy That staved off his rivals to win the IRT New Zealand Cup at Addington on Tuesday.

Mark Purdon had a New Zealand Cup day to remember at Addington Raceway on Tuesday with six wins, but the one that stood out above the rest was Oscar Bonavena’s victory in the Group 1 Livamol NZ Trotting Free-For-All (1980m).

A stunning display of speed and stamina from Franco Indie delivered the perfect result for Spreydon Lodge in the Group 1 Sires Stakes Final on New Zealand Cup Day.

Cran Dalgety breathed a sigh of relief when his star pacer Krug was first past the post in the Group 3 Dunstan Horsefeeds Junior Free-For-All (2600m) at Addington Raceway on Tuesday.

Copy That's win in the greatest race of them, six driving wins for Mark Purdon and three for Blair Orange - those have been the highlights of New Zealand Cup Day 2021.

The national punter’s club at today's NZ Cup meeting at Addington is set to hit six figures.

On harness racing's biggest day Craig "The Whale" Thompson gives us his thoughts on the late quaddie, starting with Race 9 (4. 33)

Welcome to the New Zealand Cup!  This afternoon at 5. 50pm the 118th running of the New Zealand Cup will be held at Addington Raceway.