Jonny Turner

Cheers could be heard across the country after Mr McLaren raced to victory at Ascot Park yesterday.

Brad Williamson started his season in style yesterday and showed his team is on song for his hometown’s biggest day of harness racing.

Brent Barclay joined an elite group of Southland reinsmen to drive 800 winners at Ascot Park yesterday with a winning treble.

Carter Dalgety made the start to his career all drivers dream of when winning his racetrack debut at Oamaru on Sunday.

Trainer Doug McLachlan did not have too many people to thank after producing Brigadier’s Son to win at Young Quinn Raceway yesterday.

After putting a tumultuous season behind him, Gore harness racing trainer Shane Matheson started the new term off in grand style with the win of Harry H at Ascot Park yesterday.

Kirsten Barclay bagged a goodbye win last night at the track where her successful harness racing career began, ahead of Forbury Park’s coming closure.

Forbury Park stalwart Ray Hanson continued a 35-year association with the Williamson family with the win of Dem Bones Dem Bones on her home track last night.

Tony Stratford's eye for a quality weanling resulted in him completing a rare hat-trick with the debut win of Cherokee Jack at Ascot Park on Saturday.

Nathan Williamson brought up a significant milestone in one of the last meetings at Forbury Park when notching his 900th win as a driver last night.

No other person in New Zealand racing is in the position Sarah O’Reilly has found herself in going into tonight’s meeting at Forbury Park.

Invercargill trotter Mr Olympus added to the mark the Shirley family has made at Forbury Park when he won at massive $122 odds at the Dunedin track last night.

Michael House celebrated almost a year as a Southland trainer by producing a winning treble at Ascot Park on Saturday.

You're So Fine delivered a career highlight for trainer Brett Gray with his national-record-breaking performance in the group 2 Diamond Creek Farm Stakes at Ascot Park yesterday.

Some quick thinking more than five years ago continued to pay dividends for trainer Brent Shirley at Ascot Park on Saturday through the win of Tac Mac.

Vintage Cheddar is on his way back to the scene of his brilliant New Zealand Cup Week double after scoring a deserved win in the Winton Cup on Saturday.

Rider Jacob Lowry proved the difference that finally helped punters cash in on The Gift at Wingatui on Saturday.

U May Cullect was at his stunning best when unleashing a sensational final 400m to beat a small but select free-for-all field at Winton yesterday.

The Dunedin-based Ambie’s Army Syndicate honoured the late Jonny Keen soon after he lost his battle with cancer through the win of Aveross Spitfire at Oamaru yesterday.