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Two of the hotshots of New Zealand pacing are facing a race against time to be ready for their first assignments of their new campaigns, the Canterbury Classic in exactly a month.

It's taken a while but it was worth the wait for Warren Frost when he finally broke through at Rangiora yesterday.

Classy former Kiwi pacer Spirit Of St Louis showed he was right on target for next week’s $150,000 Group 1 Len Smith Mile with an all-the-way Menangle win on Saturday night.

Major Performer will be out to back up her smart debut victory at Ashburton recently when stepping out as part of a strong team Trent Yesberg has entered at Rangiora.

Ben Hope made his New Zealand Cup dream a reality when Mossdale Ben swooped home to win the Group Three Maurice Holmes Vase at Addington on Friday night.

Ben Hope is confident he has returned home at the right time.

There is no doubting the Allied Security Maurice Holmes Vase has some good horses, maybe even very good horses, in it but are they going to be good enough.

Itoje stood tall to win his debut in style amid a drama filled running of a quality maiden race at Wyndham yesterday.

It was an emotional victory for young horseman Nathan Delany at Cambridge on Thursday night and not just because it was his first training success.