Sarah Palin, the trotter that keeps on giving, added another success to the long list of thrills she has given her trainer Margo Nyhan at Waikouaiti on Monday.

One of Canterbury’s most promising three-year-olds will be on a direct flight to Perth on Friday after he was purchased in a big-money deal.

Exciting North Canterbury three-year-old The Dorchester will bypass next week’s Northern Derby at Alexandra Park.

Junior driver Charlotte Purvis will be sidelined for six to eight weeks after breaking her shoulder at the Waikouaiti meeting on Saturday.

Victoria horsewoman Emma Stewart pulled off a coup at Menangle on Saturday night when she trained the trifecta in the A$200,000 New South Wales Derby.

At some stage in the coming weeks, Ashburton brothers Alan and Ian Neumann will write a cheque to the Ashburton Trotting Club and then pretty quickly after that the Ashburton Trotting Club will turn around and send the money back, with interest.

The old firm of the All Stars and Blair Orange got back together in Sunday’s Ashburton Sapling Stakes and it was as though they’d never been apart.

My Field Marshal ran the fastest mile in Australasian history to secure the A$750,000 Miracle Mile at Menangle on Saturday night.

He’s far from the finished product and that’s a hugely encouraging sign.

Ashburton owners and long-time breeders Dave and Gaye Luke are renowned for their trotting prowess but the harness racing fanatics are on the verge of breaking new ground with unbeaten pacer, Jazzy Star.

Team Williamson has been somewhat mystified by the form of Springbank Lachie since he won the 2YO Trotting Stakes on debut last April, but they’re hopeful Sunday’s Neumann Tyres Bandag Hambletonian Classic will show they’re now heading in the right direction.

Pat's Delight, who beat the older horses in the Gr.3 $25,800 Metalcraft Roofing espan Summer Cup at Addington on Friday night, could be even better right-handed.

Star Southland pacer Captain Dolmio won't be rushed back to work.

All-conquering champion pacer Lazarus added another jewel to his crown when taking out the A$500,000 A G Hunter Cup in sensational fashion at Melton in Victoria on Saturday night.

Harness racing is mourning the loss of one of its colourful characters this week with the passing of owner Morrie Molloy.

The decision by Mark Jones to start a satellite stable in Sydney is paying dividends, evidenced by Whittaker’s win in the Group 3 A$40,800 Paleface Adios Stakes at Menangle on Saturday night.

After a false start the night before, Harness Racing New Zealand’s ovarian cancer awareness campaign kicked off with a win at Otaki yesterday afternoon (Friday).

The Forbury Park Trotting Club’s meeting, scheduled for tonight (Thursday) was abandoned this afternoon due to surface flooding on the track.

Ash quit the ranks of non-winners at the mid-January Wyndham meeting last month and returns there on Sunday to face a number of other recent graduates in the Gold Chip final for trotters.

As a three-win mare from 34 races, American Empress looks like one of the lightweights on paper for the Premier Mares’ Championship at Addington on Friday night.