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.

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

Smolda led a complete Kiwi domination of their Australian rivals over the weekend.

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

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.

Kerryn Manning has been flattered but slightly bemused by the Michelle Payne comparisons leading into tomorrow's $750,000 New Zealand Trotting Cup.

Paul Nairn has never been scared to try something different with his never-ending production line of top trotters.

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

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

Paul Nairn's confidence heading into the Breeders Crown has been boosted by a stunning private workout from Conon Bridge far more than the colt's previous huge wins.

The glamour horses headlining the New Zealand assault on Sunday's A$1.5 million Breeders Crown at Melton have not fared well in the barrier draws.

A strong performance at Cambridge tonight could promote Cyclone Chief to being the dark horse of the Kiwi assault on the Breeders Crown.

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

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.

Sunset is far away for an industry that deserves and earns the government support it gets, writes John Allen.

The bookies may have abandoned Dalton Bromac heading into the $100,000 Taylor Mile but trainer Brendon Hill is unfazed.

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

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.

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.

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.

Robert Dunn sees a silver lining to Franco Nelson's controversial Miracle Mile snub.

Cricket legend Shane Warne is excited to be guest of honour at Cup Day in Christchurch and joked that by the end of today, rumours will be rampant that he's dating several local fillies. The colourful sportsman and Liz Hurley's ex, known simply as 'Warney', flew into Christchurch last night. It's believed the cricketer, who has a reputation for being a ladies' man, was at a city night spot last night and arrived 20 minutes late to his press conference at Addington this morning.

Champion driver Dexter Dunn describes Christen Me as "a funny horse" but punters might have stopped seeing the funny side of the glamour pacer long ago.