Woodend Beach harness racing trainer Nina Hope is grateful the northwesterly wind was blasting her home when fire swept through Tuhaitara Coastal Park this week.
When Tony Music started dispatching fields at QE II stadium in the 1970s, he never thought he would become chief executive of NZ's most powerful greyhound club.
His on-screen persona is fighting for his life in hospital - but Shortland Street actor Grant Lobban was very much alive and enjoying life at Addington Raceway on Sunday.
A legal argument to determine whether the Racing Integrity Board can access evidence from a police probe into alleged corruption and drug use in the Canterbury harness racing industry continues to drag on.