No matter what happens to the Otago Spirit against the Auckland Storm today, one thing is for sure - the side will gain in experience.
Seduce Me is an enticing prospect in the first race at Ascot Park today, but beware of a race rival waltzing into contention in the home straight.
A chance to return home and immerse herself in something completely new was too good to pass up for incoming Otago Racing Club chief executive Hannah Catchpole.
This season could be the year Kincaslough really announces herself on the open-class trotting scene - just probably not at Addington tonight.
The harness racing fans on Twitter last Friday went a little bit crazy.
Wins across Australia over the past two weeks have seen plenty of shuffling in both the New Zealand Cup and Dominion Trot rankings.
Las Vegas buffets are the stuff of legend.
The White Robe Lodge juggernaut is just starting to rumble before late spring and summer racing.
An unforgettable season for The Diamond One ended with the ultimate compliment from the Otago racing community at the Otago racing awards at Wingatui on on Saturday.
For a New Zealand Cup-bound stayer, a 1600m open handicap in a fresh state might be a tall order.
One jockey's travel troubles became another one's good luck when Reset The Turbo cleared maidens over 1600m on Saturday.
Punters should not fear the starting tapes with Quite A Moment in tomorrow's D G Jones Trotting Cup at Motukarara.
The Invercargill-based Tricode Racing Syndicates ticked off their missing win with Gotta Laugh's tough victory at Forbury Park last night.
A slow track at Wingatui tomorrow is the only thing that worries Timaru trainer Murray Tapper about stable star Brah Spring.
Franco Cristiano paced a track record in winning his sires' stakes heat at Forbury Park last night - but his driver warns there is still plenty for the gelding to learn.
Before Radio Sport became all about shock jocks trying their best to make contrary statements just to get phone calls, there were more genteel days, when a good half hour or so was spent crossing to Plunket Shield games for bites of commentary at each venue.
The Williamson Racing Stables operation at Totara, just south of Oamaru, is off to a flying start this season.
The TAB bookmakers - and perhaps punters as well - have dodged a sizeable bullet after the abandonment of Saturday's Windsor Park Plate at Hastings.
The heartache of added time - this time, in the form of a shootout - once again crushed the Southern Dogs' hopes of a National Hockey League title yesterday.
The Southern Dogs have progressed to the National Hockey League men's final tomorrow courtesy of a 2-0 win over Midlands in the semi final in Whangarei today.
