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If Pembrook Playboy wins Saturday’s Ascot Park Hotel Invercargill Cup it will complete a very unusual treble, of sorts.

Caretaker trainer Brent Lilley is confident Temporale can snare more Group One glory on Australian soil, starting with the Dullard Trotters Cup at Melton on Saturday night.

After another dominant season, King Of Swing has been named Australian Harness Racing Horse of the Year.

Hey Bartender has been a test in patience for trainer James Stormont and his group of owners, but they were rewarded for their perseverance at Cambridge Raceway on Thursday.

Hall Of Fame harness trainer Barry Purdon is adamant Belle Of Montana still has the desire to be a major race player and that makes her the value bet in tonight’s Garrards Mare’s Championship at Addington.

He’s not as fashionable or successful as Bettor’s Delights, Always B Miki or a slew of other top class stallions, but Gold Ace is getting a second chance at stud, and he’s certainly had a busy summer already.

The first of the South Island on-farm parades for the NZB Standardbred Yearling Sales is on.  

Jovial Jay added a harness racing victory at Young Quinn Raceway yesterday to the winning run master thoroughbred trainer Brian Anderton’s stock have been on all over Australasia.

Buoyed by what he’s seen in recent weeks, Trevor Casey is thinking boom pacer Spirit Of St Louis wouldn’t be out of place on the second Tuesday of November at Addington.