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Big names at the races
Some of the country's best-known sports stars and business people have a stake in horse racing.
Some of the country's best-known sports stars and business people have a stake in horse racing.
Locharburn may be the most talented 3-year-old pacer in the country but that won't stop him being vulnerable at Alexandra Park tomorrow night.
Venus Serena's season could be about to get a bit tougher.
Foodies have infiltrated the racecourse this Auckland Cup week with some of the country's top chefs serving up epicurean delights, trackside.
Owning shares in a racehorse can cost just $10 a week, provide some heart-stopping moments and involve year-round social events.
Terror To Love's Menangle nightmare continues even before he gets on the plane to Sydney for Sunday's A$750,000 Inter Dominion Final.
Johno Benner has already had his luck with classy juvenile Vespa and it appears he's about to have plenty more.
The stakes have risen for this year's Auckland Cup festival, and racegoers have been told to expect higher-calibre racing, entertainment and hospitality.
John Morell is one of a rapidly dying breed - rural owners who train their own racehorse from a farm.
Mark Purdon could be excused for having a bit on his mind this week.
Fears the new Inter Dominion date will savage the Auckland Trotting Cup look set to be wide of the mark for the second year running.
The connections of Kiwi pacer Franco Nelson have turned their back on a shot at Inter Dominion glory.
Stayer easily wins Avondale Cup at Ellerslie while Puccini grabs Avondale Guineas.
The weird twilight zone Terror To Love inhabits is best summed up by his price for the Inter Dominion final in Sydney - $13.
Right on cue, a Kiwi-bred Inter Dominion heat trifecta.
Race week carnivals bring Auckland’s social scene to life, discovers Michael Guerin.
If we add racing fans, then everything else follows. Our key challenge is to end decades of slow but steady decline in our fan base.
New Zealand can't lose their test series against India, but that's not the philosophy the team will take into the final international of the summer today.
The stakes will be higher, the dresses brighter and the parties bigger when Auckland Cup kicks off at the end of the month.
The Auckland Trotting Club has announced the most significant across-the-board stake increases in its history with the promise of more to come.
Mornington has not been a happy hunting ground for Darren Weir but the trainer is looking to talented stayer Prince Of Penzance to change that today.
One the potential greats of New Zealand pacing has been struck down by injury and is likely to miss the rest of the season.
Racing can be a cruel game. Vinny Colgan got the ride of the day for his front-running performance on Hera in the $100,000 Sir Tristram Fillies Classic at Te Rapa on Saturday.
Terry Henderson has lived the life other racehorse owners dream of.
Recent comments in the media by one of the founders of a new Equine Industry Association caught my attention.