Jonny Turner

South Island thoroughbred stables are facing a nervous wait before Friday's Timaru meeting.

Otago home-grown talents Luke Aston and Sam Timmins have made the most of their opportunities to be named in the Tall Blacks squad that will travel to Lebanon for the Asia Cup next month.

The second-last-placed Botony Swarm has given competition frontrunner the Southern Stampede a wake-up call before the National Ice Hockey League playoffs.

A heavily saturated track has forced officials to abandon the Oamaru Jockey Club's July meeting.

After weeks of speculation, the immediate future of Gallop South has been assured.

Kipkeino will carry the hopes of Waimate in today's Wellington Hurdles at Hastings.

Pay parity for the trotting gait is in the hands of local racing administrators, rather than the sport's national body.

Statistics will be on Princess Brook's side when she lines up in next month's Winter Cup at Riccarton.

The Southern Stampede has gone to the top of the National Ice Hockey League following back-to-back wins over the West Auckland Admiral at the weekend.

The reason Dunedin's sports grounds are a muddy mess is very simple. The city is having its wettest year since 2010.

The Forbury Park Trotting Club has followed New Zealand's major harness racing centres in confirming a funding boost for next season.

The 2017 edition of the New Zealand Junior Drivers' Championships was simply the Rory McIlwrick show.

There was a touch of irony about how Forbury Park's harness racing season ended on Saturday.

Two talented trotting winners at Forbury Park on Saturday will take contrasting paths following their wins.

It is not just trophies and winning glory that Matt Anderson will be chasing in the New Zealand Junior Drivers Championships, which wrap up at Forbury Park on Saturday.

The winter blast hitting the South Island has forced the Forbury Park Trotting Club to postpone the meeting scheduled for tonight until Saturday afternoon.

Trainer Kelvin Tyler will welcome one equine and one human talent from his stable back to the track tomorrow.

The winter blast hitting the South has forced Forbury Park Trotting Club to postpone its Thursday night meeting until Saturday afternoon.

Gallop South's future remains unclear following a meeting of Southland's thoroughbred racing clubs last week.

The Dunedin Thunder and the Southern Stampede will each bring winning form into their provincial derby in Queenstown this weekend.