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Until now Matthew Williamson was training just the one horse - Boarding Call owned by his wife Charlotte.

One of New Zealand’s best pacing mares is heading off-shore and trainer Mark Jones admits he doesn’t know when to expect her back.

Emotions ran high at Ascot Park on Wednesday when Deus Ex completed a fairy-tale finish to the training careers of Roxburgh couple Geoff and Jude Knight by winning the Northern Southland Summer Cup.

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Rakaia trainer-driver Justin Smith reined home his 100th winner when Some Time produced an upset at Ashburton yesterday.

Alan Edge had his horses ready to win and Ken Barron wound back the clock when the pair combined for a winning double at Ashburton on Tuesday.

Steve and Amanda Telfer have added some major firepower to their assault on the Northern Oaks just weeks after winning their first Group One.

With the sheer number of race meetings over the Christmas – New Year period, major milestones have been achieved, almost daily. So here’s a recap of how 2020 finished and 2021 has started.

Horse racing tends to throw up some pretty unusual events.