Otago horsemen topped yesterday's South Island thoroughbred sale in Christchurch when dual-code trainer Graeme Anderson bought a rising 2yr-old filly from the White Robe Lodge draft.
Southland's star act U May Cullect helped his trainers, Kirstin Barclay and Paul Ellis, score a quartet of wins at their province's biggest race day at Ascot Park on Saturday.
Harness racing trainers from across New Zealand have slammed the country's handicapping system, and claim it has been ruining the careers of young horses.
Canterbury junior driver Ben Hope scored a career highlight when he drove Muscle Mountain to victory in the group 3 New Zealand Trotting Stakes at Addington on Saturday.