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Track invader avoids disaster
It was a casual game of backyard cricket that spilled onto Avondale Racecourse.
It was a casual game of backyard cricket that spilled onto Avondale Racecourse.
Vavasour's return to winning form has presented her connections with an array of longer-term options now she is a candidate for international travel.
Soriano's class and versatility were showcased at Avondale where the mother-to-be added another major title to her record.
There are a few angles you could take with this year's New Zealand Cup winner Jimmy Mac.
Significantly more than a million dollars went into the river on multi-bet tickets when Soriano narrowly beat Kawi in the $100,000 Tauranga Stakes on Saturday.
The giant trotter won his second Dominion in two years, his manners and Jones's perfect rating of him in front meaning Addington's greatest trot was over as a contest a long way from home.
Serena Miss did not win last week's 2000 Guineas, but Debbie Rogerson feels the filly's third place was good enough to have confidence she can take today's $300,000 New Zealand Bloodstock Guineas.
Champion trainer Barry Purdon believes Sky Major can bounce back in tomorrow's $250,000 NZ Free-For-All - and the bookies agree.
The handicapper and the weather forecast will have a massive say in the result of today's $230,000 Coupland's Bakeries Mile at Riccarton.
After a year from hell, a fourth place still felt like a victory for Sharon McKay yesterday.
History made at Addington Raceway as Australian Kerryn Manning becomes the first woman to win the NZ Trotting Cup.
A crowd of more than 20,000 is expected for the glitz and glamour at Christchurch Casino New Zealand Trotting Cup Day.
TAB bookies admit they have backed themselves into a corner that could see Sky Major start a surprise favourite in their New Zealand Trotting Cup book.
Sharon McKay knows her racehorse Franco Nelson has over 100 years of history against him in today's $750,000 New Zealand Trotting Cup in Christchurch.
A wait of 1256 days may end in glory for Smolda in the $750,000 New Zealand Cup at Addington today.
Paul Nairn has never been scared to try something different with his never-ending production line of top trotters.
Around $2.5 million is the added stallion value Xtravagant collected with his sensational 2000 Guineas win at Riccarton on Saturday.
Kerryn Manning has been flattered but slightly bemused by the Michelle Payne comparisons leading into tomorrow's $750,000 New Zealand Trotting Cup.
The 30-year-old's win on Prince of Penzance struck a blow against sporting misogyny and prompted the question: what other barriers can women still dismantle?