Milestone for Marcoola

Marcoola has sired his first stakes winner, with the Paul Nairn trained Kawatiri Trev taking out the Group 3 NZ Trotting Derby Prelude (1980m) at Addington on Friday night.

Kawatiri Trev enjoyed a terrific trip throughout, much of it in the one-one, and simply proved too strong for his rivals.

The talented 3-year-old launched his run just before turning for home and easily strode past the horses ahead of him to win by three-quarters of a length, recording a career-best mile rate of 1:58.3 in the process.

Kawatiri Trev has now won six of his 12 starts and banked $84,962 in stakes earnings.

Bred and raced by Chris Craddock, he is out of the Bacardi Lindy mare Buller Whitebait.

Earlier in the week, another promising son of Marcoola, Rogue Hero, impressed when he won by three and a half lengths at Kaikoura on Monday afternoon.

From limited opportunities, Marcoola has left a number of nice types to date and, at a service fee of just $1,500 + GST, offers fantastic value for money.