A kind offer from one of Riccarton trainer Peter Rudkin's friends turned into race-day success at Wingatui yesterday.
The name might suggest a heavy track is best for Stormy Rain, but the dead - almost slow - surface at Wingatui yesterday played right into the Hadaad gelding's hands.
Oamaru trainer-driver Colin McKay produced an impressive qualifier at the Oamaru trials on Saturday, giving him some much needed good news.
Ross Doherty is flying high this season, and he hopes to continue the run at Wingatui today.
The Highlanders have again looked to Japan - and to a seasoned player - to bolster their ball-carrying options in an attempt to break out of their slump.
Otago-trained horses were unable to pull off a win in the $50,000 listed Easter Cup at Riccarton on Saturday, but it doesn't matter anyway.
Steve Ashton has latched on to a successful formula with Better To Be Bad, and he hopes it keeps working at Rangiora tomorrow.
If you've got some loose change floating around in your pocket, you might want to have a bid on Black Caviar's half-brother who is in the Inglis Easter sale in Australia next Wednesday.
Four of Otago's best will head to Riccarton for the listed Easter Cup tomorrow. Matt Smith considers their prospects.
Riverton apprentice jockey Rebecca Black was treating Wingatui like her home track yesterday, even if the Riverton club's meeting had been moved more than 200km away.
The rain came, but a wet Wingatui day did not bother Stephen Washington one bit.
Parvesh Shaikh has travelled a long way to make it in racing and he was duly rewarded at Wingatui yesterday.
All is not lost for connections of horses who missed out on a start at the abandoned Riverton meeting yesterday - the meeting will now be held at Wingatui tomorrow.
Shankar Muniandy is thrilled to be back race riding after an enforced lay-off of more than a month. Muniandy was forced to sit out the latter part of February and all of March while he waited for his visa renewal application to be approved by Immigration New Zealand.
Westwood Beach was the place to be this week if you were a horse wanting to win at Forbury Park on Thursday night.
Little Joe may have been retired, but Cullen's Finest is a ready-made replacement for Geoff and Jude Knight in the claiming ranks.
Being a bundle of nerves a year ago paid off for Paul Pearce at Forbury Park on Thursday night.
North Canterbury trainer-driver Gavin Smith has been handed one of the more entertaining assignments in South Island harness racing at Forbury Park tonight.
Galloping buddies will become rivals in the $60,000 Riverton Cup on Saturday.
The Great Southern Star format of a heat and a final has received generally good reviews after its inaugural running in Melbourne last week.