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Canterbury breeder Ray Reekie has spent a lifetime involved in harness racing having grown up working in stables with the likes of Jack Carmichael, Jack Smolenski, and Cecil Devine.

All race meetings scheduled for New Zealand over the weekend and into the early part of next week have been cancelled following the Government’s decision to extend the Alert Level 4 lockdown.

Harness Racing New Zealand is setting up a new Life After Racing Superstars page on our website and we want to hear from you!

As soon as lockdown is over the Swedish flag will fly proudly at racetracks around the south.

As long as Canterbury is in at least Alert Level 3, next week’s trials will be run at Addington on Wednesday, September 1.

A theme seems to be developing for Brian O’Meara and COVID-19 lockdowns, and he isn’t particularly pleased with it.

The combination of Sarah O’Reilly and Sugar Me were a formidable force on the racetrack prior to the current New Zealand Covid-19 lockdown.

After the biggest season of her skyrocketing career Arna Donnelly wants to step up to the next level.

As long as Covid restrictions allow, the Road to the New Zealand Cup will get underway at Addington this Sunday, with the winner of the Maurice Holmes Vase guaranteed a start in the big race on Tuesday, November 9.