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Cambridge horseman Rodney Frampton is vying to record his first training win when Monkee Around lines-up in the Racebook Donations Supporting Team Teal Mobile Pace (2200m) at Cambridge Raceway on Thursday.

The latest change in Alert Levels means racing in this country can continue, and it’s very nearly business as usual.

A new “Battle of the Breeds” competition has been called a “big success with a bright future”.

Overwhelming offers of support for the Southern Bred Southern Reared group have demonstrated how close-knit the New Zealand standardbred breeding industry is following this week’s postponement of NZB Standardbred’s National Yearling Sale at Christchurch.

Harness racing will be represented by two finalists at the 2021 Norwood New Zealand Rural Sports Awards.

Christchurch has a tough act to follow when the yearling sales resume next week (Covid permitting).

A total of 30 of the country’s best three-year-olds have been nominated for Auckland’s Group One double-header next month.

The potential sale of Auckland Cup winner Amazing Dream has been delayed by the Covid restrictions put in place this week.

Andre Poutama returned to his hometown of Palmerston North last month and it hasn’t taken him long to settle back into the student city.