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Star trotter out of action
Exceptional trotter Speeding Spur could be away from the track for up to a year.

Monbet eyes Jewels after Cup demolition job
Fans of trotting hero Monbet had two reasons to celebrate last night.

Lazarus the star of the show in All Stars
The champion trainer and partner Natalie Rasmussen pulled off another group race domination job, winning all four feature races they had runners in, with Lazarus.

Speeding Spur meets big three at Melton
Last season's champion three-year-old trotter Speeding Spur is in for a trial by fire this weekend.

China opens up to Kiwi racehorses
One man is paving the path for exports to China's young racing industry.

Masterly drive secures Dominion Handicap
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.

Racing: Manning up to the big boys in Cup
The gamble of a lifetime paid a history-defying dividend when Kerryn Manning became the first woman to win the $750,000 New Zealand Trotting Cup yesterday.

NZ Cup Day: Waterloo Sunset's kinky idea
Paul Nairn has never been scared to try something different with his never-ending production line of top trotters.

NZ Cup Day: Pair keen to follow Payne
Kerryn Manning has been flattered but slightly bemused by the Michelle Payne comparisons leading into tomorrow's $750,000 New Zealand Trotting Cup.

Ottley happy to walk away from crash
The accident looked shocking on two levels - not only Ottley's brutal landing but fellow driver Natalie Ramussen being run over by three horses.

Racing: Serious Satire shows class
Serious Satire ends the season as the champion filly with a determined win in the Gold Trail Stakes.

Racing: Tail wind to help Cyclone Chief make trip
A strong performance at Cambridge tonight could promote Cyclone Chief to being the dark horse of the Kiwi assault on the Breeders Crown.

Racing: Clubs face tough decisions
Harness racing clubs are facing major changes under a radical new plan to reduce industry costs.

Racing: Champ gives up record bid
Champion reinsman Dexter Dunn says walking away from the chance to break the national record for wins is easier for him that it would be for another driver.

Racing: Butcher hurt in mishap
Injured star Cambridge horseman David Butcher is on the improve after a horror accident that could see him in hospital until next season.

Racing: Winning wave rolls on for Our Waikiki Beach
Two future superstars of harness racing stole the show at Menangle yesterday in the rich finals of the NSW Breeders Challenge for 2-year-olds.

John Allen: Racing - still at full gallop and helping NZ
Sunset is far away for an industry that deserves and earns the government support it gets, writes John Allen.

Racing: Draw does not disturb Hill
The bookies may have abandoned Dalton Bromac heading into the $100,000 Taylor Mile but trainer Brendon Hill is unfazed.

Racing: Messini has perfect draw
Returning pacer Messini has had his second win of the week even before contesting Friday night's $100,000 Taylor Mile.

$30m pokie fraud accused speaks out
A stalwart of the racing industry among those facing claims of a $30 million pokie fraud has spoken of the sport being starved of cash.

Four in court charged with $30m pokie fraud
A former chairman of Harness Racing NZ and three others have been charged over an alleged $30m pokie fraud, in the biggest case ever of its kind outside of a casino.

Trotting club's $205m property plan
A new $205.4 million urban village with almost a half-hectare shopping precinct and 231 apartments is to rise in an Auckland horse racing club's carpark.