News

There was no beating around the bush in Rata’s brilliant first up victory at Winton on Thursday.

It's Friday night and the big guns, including Merlin, are back at Alexandra Park tonight while top trotting filly Empire City returns at Addington as she plots her way to THE ASCENT later in November.

This spring, regally-bred trotter Father Barry will be looking to atone for a late blunder which cost him Group 1 success in autumn.

Kirstin Green is due a change of trotting luck at Winton on Thursday.

Morrinsville trainer Danielle Green almost didn’t believe it when she scored her first training win at Cambridge last night when Shirley Bassey took out the IRT Your Horse Our Passion Mobile Pace.

Merlin's much anticipated return to the race track, Ricky May's treble, and the North Island awards are all featured in this week's News Briefs.

The running of Sunday's Placemakers Hannon Memorial at Oamaru has seen a decent shake-up in the IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup rankings.

John McDermott was delighted with the result, and also the timing, of Hugo's eye-catching performance at Oamaru on Sunday.

A capacity field's been confirmed for one of the country's top races for the two-year-old pacing fillies, at Alexandra Park on Friday night.