Racing: McIlwrick hoping for smoother passage tonight
Racing: McIlwrick hoping for smoother passage tonight
Rory McIlwrick and Snow Boy might finally be rewarded for perseverance at Forbury Park tonight.
Matt Smith
Racing matters: Hope you don't mind
Racing matters: Hope you don't mind
Tonight - Forbury Park. Tomorrow - I'll be on the couch. Maybe with a beer in hand (after 3pm perhaps), but definitely with my eyes firmly focused on the nine pacing and trotting races from Cambridge.
Think pink at Wingatui
Think pink at Wingatui
The final touches are being made to Wingatui Racecourse as the Otago Racing Club prepares for its inaugural Think Pink Race Day, for breast cancer awareness, on Sunday.
Sole Australian genuine chance
Sole Australian genuine chance
Andy Gath doesn't mind travelling with his horses at all.
Some ideas just don't work out
Some ideas just don't work out
Benji Marshall is heading back to rugby league after humbly describing himself as an ''average'' rugby player. Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, David Moyes' horror first season with Manchester United is over while balls are still being kicked in anger. Matt Smith takes a look at other sporting experiments which should have been left in the laboratory.
Racing: Success aplenty after shaky start
Racing: Success aplenty after shaky start
Phil and Margaret Creighton will be more nervous than most when hot favourite Follow The Stars lines up at the Harness Jewels at Cambridge on Saturday.
Racing: Richards trains 100th winner
Racing: Richards trains 100th winner
Paul Richards admits he is ''no historian'', but he was not complaining when Tudor Lily provided him with his 100th New Zealand training success at Oamaru yesterday.
Racing: Curtain Call worthy replacement
Racing: Curtain Call worthy replacement
As replacements go, Curtain Call is not a bad option.
Racing: Solo Dunedin duck broken
Racing: Solo Dunedin duck broken
Ashburton trainer Ben Waldron has been training for 13 seasons, but he had never cracked a win on his own account at Forbury Park until last night.
Racing matters: What's the word
Racing matters: What's the word
If I was to give form line comments to the communication efforts of the various racing codes in New Zealand, it would go a little something like this.
Racing: Patience with Shya rewarded
Racing: Patience with Shya rewarded
It has been a game of patience for the connections of Shya - a very long game at that.
Racing: Agnus Brown hard to beat with right run
Racing: Agnus Brown hard to beat with right run
Agnus Brown keeps learning all the time and Shankar Muniandy hopes the education will produce a good report card at Oamaru today.
Racing: Ace draw not the ideal
Racing: Ace draw not the ideal
Logic would dictate that barrier 1 in a 1200m pacing race would be the place to be.
Racing: Cullen's Finest - the life and times of a claimer
Racing: Cullen's Finest - the life and times of a claimer
When it comes to harness racing, the claimers are often the forgotten sector of the racing stock.
Racing: Thrilling Marty out of series final
Racing: Thrilling Marty out of series final
The $11,000 Advanced Racing Series Final at Forbury Park today has been robbed of its likely favourite after Thrilling Marty was scratched due to injury yesterday.
Racing: Small gains over dates
Racing: Small gains over dates
The landscape for thoroughbred racing in Otago and Southland is looking better than it could have been after the 2014-15 dates calendar was released last week.
Racing: Thompson adds to tally
Racing: Thompson adds to tally
Keep It Tight provided Invercargill trainer Kelly Thompson with his fifth Great Western Steeplechase success when he ran away to win the 3900m feature by 11 lengths at Riverton yesterday.
Racing: Records set at Oamaru
Racing: Records set at Oamaru
The all-weather surface at Oamaru yesterday must have soaked up some of the sun's warmth, because the times were red-hot with three track records set.
Racing: Nothing short of a win will do for Stradowan
Racing: Nothing short of a win will do for Stradowan
Terry and Glenys Chmiel already have two horses booked in for the Harness Jewels.
Racing: Ideal Belle redeems herself in style
Racing: Ideal Belle redeems herself in style
The tragedy of last week was forgotten by Ideal Belle's connections last night at Addington as she strolled to a 2 length win in the group 1 New Zealand Oaks.