Wyndspelle wins Saturday's Captain Cook Stakes.

Underrated galloper Shadows Cast gave his rivals weight and a beating when he took out the prestigious Gr.1 Harcourts Thorndon Mile (1600m) at Trentham on Saturday.

The 6YO gelding Shadows Cast became the third Group One winner for rising New Zealand sire Per Incanto when he won the time-honoured Thorndon Mile at Trentham on Saturday.

New Zealand Bloodstock graduates filled the quinella in Saturday’s G2 Manawatu Challenge Stakes at Awapuni, with Per Incanto 6YO Shadows Cast claiming the second Group win of his career.

It was a day for the locals at Awapuni on Saturday when classy sprinter-miler Shadows Cast upset predictions in the Gr.2 Kamada Park Manawatu Challenge Stakes (1400m).