Exciting Otago trotter Blazing Under Fire has been sold and will do his future racing in Sydney.

Pukekohe trainer Ray Green will attempt something never done before with Sunday’s Australasian Breeders Crown champion King Of Swing.

Champion Australian driver Kerryn Manning, who became the first female to drive the winner of the NZ Cup in 2015 with Kiwi pacer Arden Rooney, has set a world record with NZ-owned Mr Mojito at Terang in Victoria.

Otago beach trainer Graeme Anderson says New Years Jay and Titan Banner are thriving as they eye the $30,000 Maurice Holmes Vase (2600m stand) at Addington on Friday night.

High-class mare The Orange Agent is back in work and targeting a return to the races around Christmas, after recovering well from the hairline fracture of a fetlock.

King Of Swing led the Kiwi assault on the rich Australasian Breeders Crown finals at Melton in Victoria on Sunday, giving experienced Pukekohe harness racing trainer Ray Green his first crown win.

Junior driver Erin Isherwood was on cloud nine after reining home her first winner, Jude’s Gem, at Alexandra Park on Friday evening.

Ray Green gave impressive maiden winner Recco Lover a huge wrap after he demolished a good field at Alexandra Park tonight.

Invercargill breeders Mark and Pauline O’Connor were overjoyed to own a pair of winners at Addington in Christchurch last night.

Comeback pacer Tas Man Bromac will kick off the new season in Southland for Branxholme-based trainer-driver Nathan Williamson at Gore on Sunday.

Top Kiwi driver Dexter Dunn will guide brilliant semifinal winner Our Bettor Joy in the $NZ308,000 Breeders Crown two-year-old fillies final at Melton in Victoria on Sunday.

Kiwi raiders have been largely favoured by the draws in the rich Breeders Crown finals at Melton next Sunday.

Comeback queen New Years Jay looked on course for the Kurow Cup on Sunday when she won a trial at Oamaru four days ago, sprinting her last 800m in 58.7sec to beat in-form race rival Playboy Prince.

Kiwi reinsmen Dexter Dunn and Mark Purdon scored their first wins of the World Drivers Championship in the fifth and final leg of the series at Charlottetown in Canada yesterday.

The good news for rivals of Brookside trainer Paul Nairn is that they won’t be racing against rising trot star Ronald J again until just before the NZ Cup meeting at Addington in November.

Canterbury trainer Jack Harrington had a change of luck when Our Renezmae narrowly won her Breeders Crown two-year-old trotting fillies heat at Maryborough on Thursday night.

Canterbury trainer Barry Ward’s first trip to Australia for the Breeders Crown on Saturday at Bendigo didn’t go smoothly, but while they landed behind schedule he is happy with the way speedy filly Angel Of Harlem has settled in.

Local pair Nicky Chilcott and Dylan Ferguson combined to win both trotting races on their home in track in Cambridge this evening (Thursday).

Christchurch reinsman Colin DeFilippi is on the verge of a significant milestone and there is a realistic chance he might finally bring it up at Addington tomorrow night (Friday).

Nominations closed yesterday for the biggest race in each gait on the calendar – the New Zealand Trotting Cup and the Dominion Handicap, both held at Addington in Cup Week (November)

Canterbury horseman Ray Sharpe passed away this morning (Thursday) after a 15-month battle with kidney cancer.

He’s still a “meat head” but the aptly named Angus Burga is starting to impress his trainer, Ken Sefonte - so much so he even gave him a rare compliment following the gelding’s second career win at Alexandra Park on Friday.

Defending World Drivers champion Dexter Dunn settled off the pace in seventh after the first round of the 2017 series in Canada on Sunday.

Stars Align and Motu Meteor, former NZ stablemates in the All Stars stable of Mark Purdon and Natalie Rasmussen stable, were successful in Australasian Breeders Crown Heats at Bendigo, Victoria, on Friday night.

Phil and Glenys Kennard, NZ Harness Racing Owners-of-the-Year, continued their success on both sides of the Tasman at the weekend.

Canterbury mare Valor Lustre made it two North Island wins in eight days when winning at Alexandra Park last night (Friday).

Classy trotting mare Harriet Of Mot is out to put a totally forgettable season behind her.

Canterbury trainer Cran Dalgety notched a second win within 24 hours when Master Moonlite raced away with the Australasian Breeders Crown 2YO colts and geldings heat at Kilmore, Victoria, on Wednesday.

Canterbury trainer Nigel McGrath is just 10 wins away from reaching the notable milestone of 500 career training wins and will soon launch an impressive spring racing team.

Boom Kiwi-bred filly My Sweetchilliphilly was a late scratching at Menangle in New South Wales yesterday (Tuesday) after casting a shoe.

Canterbury trainer Cran Dalgety didn’t have to wait long for his Victorian fortunes to change in an Australasian Breeders Crown 2YO Fillies Heat at Shepparton on Tuesday night.

Rookie Rangiora trainer Mitchell Kerr has two potential Derby contenders and a perfect three wins from three starts to open the new harness racing season.

James Dean coolly grabbed his third straight win in the feature pace at Addington on Friday night, giving Mid-Canterbury trainer-driver Leo O’Reilly a winning double after converted pacer Jerry Garcia finally broke through as a trotter earlier in the night.

Canadian driver Brandon Campbell has been scratched from the World Drivers Championship in Canada after one of his horses failed a drug test.

Brilliant pacer Lazarus was crowned New Zealand’s Harness Horse of the Year at the annual harness racing awards in Christchurch on Thursday night.

Former Victoria Derby winner Maxim is off to Australia for a three-race campaign next week.

It's not often you see Cambridge Raceway lit up like a Christmas tree on a Tuesday night in August.

Superstar Kiwi pacer Lazarus is making excellent progress as he builds up for another crack at the $800,000 New Zealand Cup at Addington in early November.

Veteran Kiwi reinsman Colin De Filippi says Courage Under Fire, who died at the weekend in Australia, was the “perfect racehorse’’.