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Meet Harness Racing’s J Mac.

Emily Johnson is gearing up for a busy night at her home track tonight.

As a trotter Royal Shine won seven races for trainer Sam Smolenski - the last of them when driven by star reinsman Dexter Dunn at Ashburton in 2017.

After a short break in August, the very popular Metro series is back.

A great weekend for turnovers, a permanent change at Addington, a tonne of horse feed and Dex hitting $6m all feature in this week's News Briefs.

There will be a lot of eyes on No 5 in Race 2 at Alexandra Park on Friday night - and for good reason.

These six horses have trialled pleasingly in recent weeks and this week 21/8/25 they head back to the racetrack.

The winners of the Harness Racing New Zealand Owner and Breeder of the Month awards have been decided for June and July.

With the Harness 5000 still four months away, northern trainer Roydon Downey is committed to having one starter there but a question mark remains about his second runner.