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A 31-year old Auckland man was airlifted to Dunedin Hospital yesterday morning after being kicked in the chest by a horse at Omakau.

St John Central Otago rural support officer Ron Smiles said the man was biking the Otago Central Rail Trail and was to finish the section on horseback.

He was rounding up horses when he was kicked.

Big Jake might be taller than any other horse in the world, but his owner Jerry Gilbert describes him as a gentle giant.

The person who threw a ballpoint pen into the field of horses nearing the finish of the $1 million New Zealand Trotting Cup at Addington in November has been disqualified for two years and ordered to pay $350 costs after a judicial inquiry.

Ian Signal, who owned, trained and bred the top galloper of the 1960s and '70s Johnny Cash, was a visitor at the Otago Racing Club meeting on Saturday.