Tony Pike's most productive season as a public trainer hit another notable mark yesterday at Tauranga where the ironically-named Summer's Day took the stable's tally of black type winners for 2015-16 into double figures.
The Cambridge horseman has now produced 76 winners for the term - his previous highest tally was 40 - including the New Zealand Derby with Rangipo, while across the Tasman he recently celebrated group one success with Provocative and Sacred Elixir.
The performance of Summer's Day in the Listed Team Wealleans Tauranga Classic lit up the gloomiest of days and capped her fast rise through the grades.
"She's been a great little mare to us and she's only finished out of the first four twice in 17 starts," said Pike's father Wayne.
"Her work had been very good and we were confident where she was in that respect, but she had never raced on anything like this before."