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Brodie Ellis injected a dose of youth into the Central Districts training ranks two years ago when taking out his license as a fresh-faced 21-year-old, and he has no intention of leaving the region any time soon.

Craig Ferguson had no trouble smiling for his good friend Rory McCall’s wedding photos on Saturday after Nutcracker won the Group 3 Southland Fillies Classic at Ascot Park.

Former star two-year-old Smooth Deal is likely to have one last race in this country before heading across the Tasman.

CHAMPION thoroughbred trainer John Hawkes has always had a passion for harness racing.

Trainer Steven McRae’s team had a near perfect trip to West Coast this weekend, culminating in a winning double at Reefton on Sunday.

Veteran horseman Murray Pash will have his first drive in three years when he hops in the cart behind Jazelle in the Recreation Hotel Inangahua-Grey Valley Cup (2500m) at Reefton on Sunday.

Pembrook Playboy booked his ticket to some of New Zealand’s biggest Group One races with an explosive win in the Northern Southland Trotting Cup at Ascot Park on Saturday.

One of the biggest shocks of the Alexandra Park season wasn’t a shock at all if you ask the man behind it.

Donegal Carrickfin disappointed his connections when breaking at Addington last week, but he more than made up for it at Westport on Friday when demolishing his rivals in the Cosmopolitan Hotel Mobile Pace (2600m) to win by 10 lengths.