Miss Three Stars wins 2016 Riverton Cup Listed NZ$60,000 at Riverton (NZ), 2147m.

Miss Three Stars was allowed to drift despite her nice draw of six and passing the post with a circuit remaining had just two behind her. She remained well back until the 1200m before hunting up three wide to be slightly worse than midfield by the 700m. Continuing to move forward she was right behind the leaders but wide just before the last corner. Into the straight, she settled down to her work to be almost alongside the leading group and a hundred metres later had the lead. She broke clear, was challenged on her inner but held on well to defend her 2015 Riverton Cup title.

Motorboat Mike was fifth down the back but lost his position before starting the bend. Passed by the winner before the last corner, he tracked her into the straight and but stayed close. Once into the clear, he ranged up (inner) but was not able to edge past for a well fought second.

Revelator was fourth last at the 600m, tracked the winner into the straight but took time to wind up. When the race was over he ran on strongly over the last 150m but the first two had too much of a break.