Forbury Park Trotting Club's management structure will remain the same after a proposal to introduce a six-person board failed to reach the mark at a special general meeting last night.
A pilot scheme to have alternative venues available for thoroughbred racing in Otago and Southland is being worked through after a winter one trainer describes as the ''winter from hell''.
Wingatui mare The Solitaire is the sole Otago hope in the nominations for the group 2 Coupland's Mile at Riccarton in November.
Wingatui mare The Solitaire is the sole Otago hope in the nominations for the group 2 Coupland's Mile at Riccarton in November.
A special general meeting at Forbury Park tomorrow night is a chance for the trotting club to move with the times, club president Peter Gillespie says.
Some of her future farm mates may end up far and wide around the racing world, but it looks as if White Robe Lodge's first foal of the breeding season might stay right here on the Taieri Plain.
Terry Chmiel would love to hold on to Whitershadeofpale but when the buyers come knocking, it is hard to turn them away.
Matt Smith
A trotting gift
Sad news from across the Ditch with the impending retirement of trotting maestro Chris Lang sen. The 54-year-old Victorian has Raynaud's disease which is affecting the circulation in his hands and making winters close to unbearable. He will give the game away - for a while at least - once his property sells.
If you're a trotter, Ricky Allen's property at Katiki, near Moeraki, is the place to be. And the North Otago property, complete with Katiki Beach to use close by, seems to agree with Zachary Smith.
John Wheeler has been in the thoroughbred racing industry for decades but he has finally has had enough of what he describes as out-of-control spending by the New Zealand Racing Board.
It comes as no surprise to see Terror To Love at the top of the New Zealand Trotting Cup rankings released on Tuesday.
Good form behind two classy pacers suggests Onedin Mach is the one to beat in the junior drivers' race at Forbury Park tonight - and his trainer Nathan Williamson agrees.
LAST SEASON 60 starts, 12 wins, $311,413
To have one runner in the 2yr-old Breeders Crown colts and geldings final in Victoria is one thing.
Craig Ferguson's two drives at Gore tomorrow are a brief snapshot of his career - past and present.
Ferguson began working for Invercargill trainer Wayne Adams at the start of the season, and jumps behind smart pacer Brindy in the 5yr-old's season debut.
The forecast might not be in Snow Line's favour at Timaru today, but if the rain comes - look out.
Last year's inaugural attempt at crystal-ball gazing was a solid if not spectacular effort. Matt Smith tries once again to look into the future and work out what's going to happen in racing in the next 11 months.
LAST SEASON 93 starts, 29 wins, $159,363
It is not generally the done thing for a young New Zealand athlete to look up to a South African.
He's an absolute gentleman around the ladies, but Billies A Star fires up when it's needed most.
