Jonny Turner

The pain of missing the South’s premier race day was eased for jockey Jacob Lowry when he won the listed Timaru Stakes at Riccarton on Saturday on Boots ‘N’ All.

Canterbury raider Sheriff showed he was the classiest 3yr-old in town with a dynamic win on Invercargill Cup Day at Ascot Park on Saturday.

Speculation that Racing Minister Winston Peters would make a significant announcement over the weekend were confirmed at Karaka yesterday.

The Otago Sparks finished their three-game series against the Central Hinds by handing them a 140-run beating at Centennial Park in Oamaru yesterday.

Taieri beat Carisbrook-Dunedinby 59 runs at Brooklands Park

The feature trot on today’s Invercargill Cup day card will see an enthralling three-way clash of classy squaregaiters.

If the best-laid plans of mice and men come together at Ascot Park tomorrow, then  Robbie Burns will win the Invercargill Cup.

Star Otago pacer Titan Banner has had his season ended by injury.

Injury-plagued galloper Diamond Courtz burst back on to the racing scene with a tearaway win at Wingatui yesterday.

If the New Zealand team comes home emptyhanded from this year's Winter Olympics in South Korea it will be a genuine shock to chef de mission Pete Wardell.

It is a case of Riverton against the world in the first race at Wingatui today - or more specifically, Riverton against Canterbury and Otago.

Fast horses and rich prize money of more than $2million may not be most attractive thing for the industry at Ellerslie's Karaka Million meeting on Saturday.

One of the South's brightest stars Patrick Erin could be lost to New Zealand racing.

Horse owners will soon get the opportunity to buy Vintage Crop.

Motorsports enthusiasts will get to catch a glimpse of New Zealand World Rally Championship star Hayden Paddon in the Otago Rally in April.

An accidental flourish of the whip is how Oamaru reinswoman Charlotte Purvis celebrated her first winning double at Invercargill.

Cambridge galloper Magic Chai sprinted best off a pedestrian pace to win the group 3 Wellington Cup at Trentham on Saturday.

Pukekohe filly Excelleration drew first blood for the North Island in the South’s first 3yr-old feature of the season at Gore on Saturday.

Former North Islander galloper Who Dares Wins continued his remarkable progression since shifting south by winning the Gore Cup on Saturday.

The group 1 spoils from one of the nation’s premier sprints, The Telegraph, are again heading south.