Jonny Turner

Canterbury reinsman Ben Hope is out to seal his spot in next month's New Zealand Junior Drivers' Championships at Invercargill tomorrow.

Popular Wingatui rider Shankar Muniandy will have to navigate his charges across all parts of his home track to notch wins today.

The chance to set up his family's future is the driving force behind Blair Orange becoming only the second driver in New Zealand to win 200 races in a season.

Harness Racing has a new king of the breeding shed.

Otago second five-eighth Kilistina Moata'ane became part of rugby history when she became one of the first 28 female 15-a-side players professionally contracted in New Zealand yesterday.

Leviathan Chinese owner ``Mr Wolf'' has dangled a $10,000 carrot in front of South Island broodmare owners ahead of the next breeding season.

The job of trainers preparing horses for Otago's premier jumping races just got a lot trickier after it was confirmed the Great Western Hurdles and Steeplechase would not be run this season.

Slashing puddles on the Riverton racetrack forced the abandonment of its Great Western Hurdles and Steeplechase race day yesterday.

Gore jumper Tai Ho is set to say tally ho to his rivals in tomorrow’s Great Western Steeplechase at Riverton.

Waikouaiti trotter Heard The Whisper is an each-way chance in the feature trot at Oamaru tomorrow.

Tonight's group 1 New Zealand Oaks at Addington has all of the hallmarks of last month's New Zealand Derby.

Wingatui trainer Claire Anderton is hoping a frustrating run with her stable star The Precious One will end at Riccarton today.

Minister for Racing Winston Peters announced a $4.8 million tax cut for the New Zealand racing industry in today's Budget.

For a man with no background in racing, Jack McLeod sure has made an incredible contribution to the industry in Otago.

Star New Zealand-born jockey James McDonald showed he has not lost any of his class after 18 months out of the saddle with a returning win in Sydney today.

Trainer Jamie Richards has gone from the Taieri to become the head of New Zealand's richest racing stable.

New Zealand's racetracks needs to be better resourced to serve the racing industry - that was the key message heard from the New Zealand Racecourse Managers Association in Dunedin yesterday.

Wheelchair Norm raced into canine immortality at Forbury Park yesterday, becoming New Zealand's most winning greyhound.