The Racing Amendment Bill, better known as the ‘race fields’ legislation was withdrawn from Parliament on Thursday.

Young Darren Keast has worked for Cran Dalgety and Andrew Stuart but it was a shift to the much smaller stable of Henriette Westrum a few weeks ago that has changed his fortunes.

The former connections of Lazarus got together in his honour one last time in Auckland on Saturday night at the annual New Zealand Harness Racing Awards.

The best is yet to come from impressive Winton winner The Empress.

Woodend Beach horseman Bob Butt has been building up a more than useful team and has some good chances engaged this weekend.

Driver John Morrison is looking to weave some magic with Stick Man, who has a tricky starting spot to contend with at Winton on Thursday.

Five hundred yearlings are set to go under the hammer at New Zealand Bloodstock’s first series of new standardbred sales next year.

The Racing Integrity Unit is reviewing the exclusion orders placed on numerous Canterbury licence-holders following their arrests as a part of Operation Inca.

When Kyle Marshall took out his trainer’s licence at the start of this season, getting that special first win was only ever going to be a formality for the talented Cambridge horseman.

Otago trainer Graeme Anderson is unlikely to be tempted by the glamour of the Sires Stakes Series with Ascot Park winner Motu Top Mach.

Look out New Zealand, Dream About Me is back.

Jack Harrington is well aware that the New Zealand Cup will be a bridge too far for Baileys Knight this year but he was nevertheless rapt to get the smart Christian Cullen gelding back on track at Addington on Thursday night.

November’s New Zealand Cup looks set for a further boost from across the ditch.

Talented Canterbury pacer Tiger Thompson is set to embark on a North American racing career.

REST time is over and it’s back to racing for leading New Zealand Cup contender Chicago Bull.

POSSIBLE has become probable for Tim Butt’s surprise NZ Cup plans for new stable addition Bettermatch.

Trainer Mark Purdon has given glamour pacer Ultimate Machete the green light to return to the races and start his New Zealand Cup campaign.

TIM Butt is planning a trip back home for the NZ Cup and it won’t be just to catch-up with old friends and family.

One of the stalwarts of northern Kidz Kartz gained her long-awaited first winner at Alexandra Park on Friday night when Phoebe Gem was victorious at bolter’s odds.

Kaikoura breeder Peter Smith gave harness racing fans a gentle reminder that he can produce a handy type when Wainui Creek and Blazin Creek won at Methven on Sunday.

The big boys returned in the best possible fashion at Alexandra Park on Friday night.

FORMER star Kiwi pacer Franco Nelson has recovered from a life-threatening illness and is about to launch a campaign aimed at the Melbourne Inter Dominion.

Potential Cup class pacer Ana Malak has been sold and left today to join the Western Australia stable of Greg and Skye Bond.

Six of the 13 people charged by Police as a result of Operation Inca were in Christchurch District Court on Tuesday for their first appearances before a judge.

It was 32 years in the making, but Brent Williams now has a winner as harness trainer on his resume.

The sight of Paul Court in the sulky is a rarity these days but it’s probably going to become a lot more common following the week’s police raids and the subsequent arrest of ten people.

You just never knew where a winner is going to come from, something Putaruru brothers Craig and Tony Jamieson have found out in recent times.

There’s always been some mystery surrounding Monkey’s Way and that will be the case again when he resumes in the feature trot at Addington on Friday night.

They’ll be taking completely different paths to get there, but Bernie Hackett is hoping he’s got two good chances of success in the junior drivers’ event at Cambridge on Thursday night.

The announcement that the Police have today executed search warrants on a number of racing industry participants as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged race fixing within the harness code while disappointing shows the racing integrity system is working, New Zealand Racing Board (NZRB) Chair, Glenda Hughes said.

Motu Speedy Star defied his veteran status with a front-running win at 14-years-old at Forbury Park on Sunday.

Billie Jean rocked the punters at Addington on Friday night, using a whirlwind sprint to win her maiden at odds of 73 to one.

This year’s inductees were announced at Addington Raceway on Friday 31 August 2018 as part of the sixteenth Canterbury Owners and Breeders Night.