News

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.

Pukekohe based trainer Andre Poutama heads south with three horses tonight in the hopes he can continue his good vein of form at Cambridge Raceway.

The 12 "finalists" have been chosen for the McMillan Equine Feeds New Zealand Junior Drivers' Championships at Cambridge and Addington next month, and it includes two sets of siblings.

Blue September, HRNZ's annual fund-raiser for the New Zealand Prostate Cancer Foundation, has reached the halfway mark, with the total now at more than $26,000.

More than $120,000 will be at stake for the trotting Fillies and Mares in the South Island between now and the end of November, with confirmation that the inaugural Group 3 $40,000 ‘The Dark Horse’ will be run at Ascot…

Trainers Cran and Chrissie Dalgety didn’t know what to be more thrilled about following Republican Party’s win in the Group 3 Placemakers Hannon Memorial at Oamaru yesterday.