The West Melton horseman Greg Payne can take satisfaction from the brilliant form of the 2-year-old pacing filly, My Sweetchilliphilly.

It is no secret star Aussie filly Petacular is a prime target with Kiwi officials for the Harness Jewels.

Nine-year-old trotter, Dauntless, doesn't win his races out of turn, but when he does Mangere fish ‘n chip shop owner Brett Edwards is happier than most.

Top Aussie trainer David Aiken is excited and ready for a new challenge.

Any win is special, but for John Morrison a win for Warren Stapleton means just that little bit more.

Buzz Aussie juvenile filly My Sweetchilliphilly made almost as many waves in NZ as she did in Australia with her stunning Bathurst Gold Tiara win last weekend.

Some horses are as honest as the day is long and should never pay $22.30when they win their eighth-career start.

A small place bet on a horse at a low-key country meeting in the North Island led Ashburton owners, Stuart and Liz Leadley to buying boom two-year-old pacer, Alta Maestro.

Not many trainers win a galloping, pacing and trotting race all within the space of three days but that’s what Todd Mitchell achieved on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of this week.

Alta Maestro saved his best career performance for Cambridge Raceway last night (Thursday) when smashing the New Zealand 1700m mobile record for 2-year-old pacers.

Tom Richardson, a standardbred breeder and owner for 41 years is being rewarded for perseverance with the filly Lady Chatto, the New Zealand-trained representative in the $A104,000 final of the Gold Tiara at Bathurst on Saturday night.

Even a holiday in Rarotonga won’t stop Jeremy Young coming back to Cambridge Raceway tonight (Thursday) to watch his flagship horse do the business.

Lewy Risk has won both of his workouts since New Zealand Cup week but his trainer Lew Driver still thinks he will be a run short on Friday night at Alexandra Park.

Muscle Moment, a half brother to Quite A Moment, won at his first start at Wingatui on Monday. The Muscle Mass - Juverna gelding is trained by Phil Williamson for Jayne Davies, the Cranbourne trainer.

Oamaru reinsman Matthew Williamson drove a personal best five winners and Roxburgh trainers Geoff and Jude Knight had their most successful day with four winners at the Waimate meeting at Oamaru on Sunday.

It’s been 3,376 days since Craig Jamieson drove his last winner and wow was he rapt to be back in the winner’s circle last Friday night at Cambridge Raceway.

Not even bad barriers will stop trainers Shane and Lauren Tritton having hot favourites in both major Bathurst finals.

Seduce Me, a winner at Oamaru on Sunday, is set to back up 22 hours later 140km south at Wingatui.

The Ashburton Trust has signed back on as the naming rights sponsor of one of harness racing’s biggest days - the Harness Jewels which will this year be held at the Ashburton Racecourse on June 3.

Irishman Gerry Cronin’s lifetime desire to own and train a winner on his beloved St Patrick’s Day came to fruition at Cambridge Raceway

Victorian trotter, One Muscle Hill will have his only North Island start at Cambridge Raceway on Friday night.

For about 25 minutes, Kiwi filly Lady Chatto might have been nominal favourite for the Bathurst Gold Tiara final.

It's not often a trainer can get a tad annoyed when his horse goes too fast, but that's how Franklin trainer Ray Green felt about Linc's Tiger's easy win at in a five-horse trial at Pukekohe on Tuesday.

The field of 11 harness racing drivers has now been confirmed for the 2017 World Driving Championship, to be hosted by Standardbred Canada this August.

Vicki Purdon is keeping realistic about the sale of the horse who shot her back into the harness racing limelight.

Harness racing in the South Island enters a new phase tonight with the implementation of the new points based rating system replacing the traditional handicapping system.

Papakura horseman Jay Abernethy is the inaugural 2017 ‘New Zealand Gearing Up’ champion.

John Bartlett is considering starting a campaign to get harness racing to the West Coast more often and when you look at the Ashworth’s Beach trainer’s record you can understand why.

Phil Williamson was to the fore again when the Northern Southland club's group three Southern Lights Trot was run at Ascot Park on Saturday for the 10th time.

The big Bathurst Gold Crown Carnival might not just be all about Shane and Lauren Tritton.

Nigel McGrath's affection for Ascot Park went to new level on Saturday.

Atrociously wet conditions didn’t stop The Orange Agent beating this season’s Interdominion champion, Smolda, by half a neck in the Group Two City Of Auckland Free-For-All Pace at Alexandra Park last night.

Rory McIlwrick, the leading junior driver this season, notched his 100th on Thursday night at Forbury Park when he drove Och Aye The Noo.

After his win behind the Kevin Shaw trained Twentynine Twelve on his home track yesterday (Tuesday), Cambridge reinsman David Butcher can now undoubtedly say he’s the top driver in the North Island.

Sean McCaffrey described his last drive at Cambridge Raceway yesterday (Tuesday) as one of his most satisfying.

Blair Orange combined with one of his biggest supporters to register a notable milestone on the weekend.

Chief Executive Officer Dean McKenzie has tendered his resignation and will leave the role at the end of the current racing season.

Titan Banner took his earnings past $200,000 by winning the 3200 metre Wyndham Cup in 3:58.9 on Saturday and his driver Dexter Dunn was full of praise.

The Dunn family ended All Star's domination of recent New Zealand Kindergarten Stakes when at Wyndham on Saturday, true to his name, The Brooklyn Brawler fought best in the 2017 renewal.

Michelle Wallis nailed her first Group Three victory at ‘The Park’ last night but don’t expect to see more of the Franklin reinswoman in the sulky.

Scott Phelan won his second consecutive Taranaki Cup on the New Plymouth grass yesterday (Thursday) thanks largely to Canadian-based Kiwi trainer, Mark Herlihy.

While the heavy-hitters strut their stuff at Alexandra Park, the pressure is on New Zealand Derby aspirant, The Bachelor to show some form at Addington tonight.

Robyn’s Bad Boy, who set a New Zealand record time in December, has replaced (Im) El Diablo in the Menangle stable of KerryAnn Turner.

David Aiken’s stable stars are going in very different directions.

Australia's harness spotlight moves to an historic Cranbourne Cup meeting Friday night.