Canterbury trotter War Machine went some way to getting his spring campaign back on track by winning at the Addington trials on Monday.

The Tony Barron-trained trotter beat fellow fast class square-gaiter, Bordeaux, by a head in a 2600m standing start heat.

War Machine has galloped in his two starts this season, but trotted fluently to the line. 

The five-year-old is among the most recent withdrawals from next month’s Gr.1 Dominion.

Glamour trotter, Monbet, and Harness Jewels winner, Habibi Inta, are the only two horses that were guaranteed a start in the race of the 18 that have been withdrawn.

A total of 34 trotters still remain in contention for the 3200m feature and 15 of those will start in the event.