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The promise became a reality at the Karaka standardbred yearling sales on Sunday.

Ben Hope will be out to continue keep up his winning form after driving Muscle Mountain to one of the most powerful trotting wins of the season at Addington on Friday night.

Kirstin Barclay capped a dream weekend when U May Cullect dug deep to win the Riverton Cup just hours after Watch Me Now landed the trainer-driver her first Group One victory.

Now the balancing act really begins with Muscle Mountain.

As anticipation builds for NZB Standardbred’s 2021 National Yearling Sale, viewers from around the globe can look forward to an enhanced sale broadcast over the duration of the five day event.

It was a night of upsets at Addington Raceway on Friday night, with a couple of southerners downing their more fancied northern rivals.

Brian and Gareth Hughes left Alexandra Park on Friday night happy men after they took out a third of the card with a couple of exciting three-year-olds.

Robyns Playboy will be out to redeem himself with a flying beginning in Saturday’s Riverton Cup.

Thirty-two three-year-old pacers have been nominated for the Group One $200,000 Diamond Creek Farm New Zealand Pacing Derby, when nominations closed this week.