The wide winning margin was impressive, but equally so was the fact that Saturday's track worked right against speedsters and on-pace runners.
"She had to do a bit early from her wide draw," said co-trainer Murray Baker in admiration yesterday.
He said Orbity arrived back at the Cambridge stable as if she had not had a race.
"She's bounced through it."
Baker said the stable will freshen Orbity and aim her at the listed fillies' event at Wanganui on September 7.
Luck was with the Baker/Forsman stable right through Saturday.
Promising staying filly Sharakti was narrowly beaten by Wattle Bay in her first middle-distance start at Te Rapa, but won on protest. In the judicial room the co-trainer Graeme Sanders and rider Mark Sweeney did not plead a case for Wattle Bay, who was first over the finish line. "Sharakti is not that good when the track is heavy, so we'll try and find the right race for her in the weeks ahead."
The filly is a sister to Arakti, a promising stayer who met his demise via a broken leg in the group one Whakanui International at Te Rapa.
"This filly has essentially the same owners, so this Te Rapa win was important,"said Baker.
At Awapuni, the stable produced Chill Bill to win his third in a row.
"You can say I said it has more to do with the fact he's out of a Zabeel mare than because he's by One Cool Cat."
If Opie Bosson is beaten by Matt Cameron in the Jockeys' Premiership he'll rue not riding Saturday's Te Rapa juvenile winner Congressman.
Bosson was offered the Congressman mount after the pair finished a promising debut third as beaten favourite behind boom horse Cauthen at Te Rapa three weeks ago.
"I told Opie that the horse would improve with the first-up run," said trainer Nigel Tiley.
Bosson ended up on the favourite, Dilly, also a good debut placegetter at Te Rapa at her only start.
Perhaps that was an underlying factor in Congressman paying a surprising $9 for the win. "I'm not disappointed with the price," said Tiley.
Bosson's life partner Danielle Johnson rode Congressman and the pair had a no-quarter struggle as Johnson attempted to push Dilly out of her way early in the home straight.
Bosson may have to do the dishes all week for the force he used in trying to block Congressman in a pocket behind the leader, but the eventual winner was travelling much better of the pair and squeezed out.
"I'll give him a few days off and see where we are with him," said Tiley.
On the point of dividends, you have to ask how Kapsboy paid more than $11 in winning the 3-year-old race.
Okay, it was a smart field, but if you didn't like Kapsboy's 2.3 length win at Tauranga two starts back you weren't paying attention.
He subsequently found the sticky track too much for him at Awapuni, but was perfect on the footing at Te Rapa on Saturday.
The half brother to Fleur De Lune was always in control and worked away in the closing stages to score easily under Jason Jago.
"I can't work out why punters went off him," said trainer Lee Somervell.
The Cambridge horseman was just as delighted with the exhibition gallop provided by Fleur De Lune immediately after Kapsboy's victory.
The high-class mare will resume in the Foxbridge Plate at Te Rapa in three weeks. "She's been arthritic through her career and this time in she's the best she's been.
"Jason [Jago] said he can't remember when she felt so good."
Fleur De Lune was hitting out strongly after her solo 1000m in 61sec, breaking 36 for the final 600m.
