News

Backburn was rewarded for his consistency when winning his maiden at Addington Raceway last week and trainer Katie Cox is hoping for a repeat performance at the Christchurch track on Sunday.

Mark Hurrell continued his great run with trotters when Port Pegasus strode to victory at Ascot Park on Saturday.

Gifted former Kiwi pacer Magnificent Storm took his first step towards an Inter Dominion assault with a first-up win at Gloucester Park last night.

Robin Swain heads to Ascot Park on Saturday with two horses on the improve.

Oliver Adlam got a timely boost when notching his first win as a trainer at Addington on Friday night.

Two key races for the two-year-old trotters during Cup week have been re-shuffled.

Rocknroll Hammer made the perfect start to his racing career when taking out the Lincoln Farms Mobile Pace (1700m) at Alexandra Park on Thursday night.

A lack of recent standing start racing isn’t a concern for the camp behind the mightily consistent Cheezel ahead of Friday night’s Addington meeting.

In what's seen as a coup for the industry here Lazarus, touted as New Zealand's greatest living standardbred, will stand at stud in Canterbury this breeding season.