Shaune Ritchie & Colm Murray continue their staying masterclass this season at Trentham with emerging talent Nereus, the four-year-old outmuscling the older horses under Joe Doyle to win the Gr.2 City Of Palmerston North Awapuni Gold Cup at just his eighth start Carrying the silks of breeder & owner Waikato Stud, Nereus is a son of their champion sire Savabeel, out of Eudora (Pins).