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The abandoned Dunstan Horsefeeds NZ Sires’ Stakes Two-Year-Old Fillies series opener at Alexandra Park last Friday has been re-scheduled to the same venue on October 4.

Almost 900 standardbred foals and an increasing number of yearlings have paid up and signed on for an unprecedented schedule of New Zealand Sires’ Stakes racing starting this spring and summer.

Group 1-winning Australians Just Believe and Better Eclipse are among the latest nominations for the $400,000 Renwick Farms Dominion Trot and the $1m IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup at Addington Raceway on Tuesday, November 12.

A driving double at Ashburton yesterday helped Canterbury-based reinsman Craig Thornley go past 750 career wins.

After waking up some with a few bruises and grazes, Kimberly Butt won't be out of action for long following her race fall at Ashburton yesterday.

Doug McLachlan had a good excuse not to be on track for his old mate and warhorse Franco Huntington's latest win at Winton.

Driver Kimberly Butt is "sore" but otherwise ok after a fall at Ashburton this afternoon.

Trainer Jess Tubbs thinks Auckland Cup winner Better Eclipse has come back better ever as he prepares for the IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup at Addington Raceway on Tuesday, November 12.

Blue September, the annual New Zealand Prostate Cancer Foundation fund-raiser, starts at Ashburton on Sunday.