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A cautious approach from visiting trainers means Sunday’s huge IRT Harness Jewels meeting is set to be largely unaffected by this week’s Canterbury flooding.

Top class Kiwi pacer Spankem will kick-start a massive couple of months at Albion Park when he steps out next Saturday night.

The deluge sweeping across Canterbury has many in the harness racing community on edge, with hopes that for some the worst may be over.

Fred Fletcher didn’t let the torrential rain dampen his spirits on Sunday, with the veteran trainer taking home a winning double at Addington Raceway.

Promising three-year-old Heza Sport extended his unbeaten streak to three at Addington Raceway on Friday when taking out the Universal Plumbing Mobile Pace (1980m).

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

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.

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

Champion former Kiwi driver Anthony Butt has snared the prized drive on Copy That in his upcoming Aussie raid.