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Trainer Steve Telfer knows B D Joe can beat Krug but just how he tries to achieve that in the IRT Harness Jewels next Sunday remains to be seen.

On May 27th, 2021, a Special General Meeting of all clubs and kindred bodies of Harness Racing New Zealand unanimously approved the decision to change a standardbred horses' birthday from August 1st to January 1st each year.

Trainer Ray Green is taking a pragmatic view to Copy That copping the worst possible draw for next week’s IRT Harness Jewels at Cambridge.

Changes have been announced to the running of the Caduceus Club Fillies Series.

The draws have been done for the IRT Harness Jewels at Cambridge on Sunday, June 6.

A pair of Paul Nairn’s trotters will have their final hit-out at Addington Raceway on Friday ahead of the IRT Harness Jewels at Cambridge Raceway next week.

Invercargill trotter Mr Olympus added to the mark the Shirley family has made at Forbury Park when he won at massive $122 odds at the Dunedin track on Thursday night.

Don’t expect some of harness racing’s autumn stars to play nice at Alexandra Park just because he big dance of the IRT Harness Jewels is still week away.

Harness Racing New Zealand has hailed the decision to change horses’ birthdays as “a defining moment and a catalyst for change”.