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The Karaka yearling sale this weekend may not have an Australian buyers on the grounds but it has something more important: the strongest catalogue ever put together for a Southern Hemisphere sale.

Driver Mark Hurrell does not plan to leave the fate of his leading hopes to chance at Oamaru on Wednesday.

Hororata Trotting Club president Jamie Gameson can see no reason why the current popularity of grass track racing won’t rub off on them when they host their annual meeting at Methven on Sunday.  

Star Kiwi mare Stylish Memphis has options galore in Sydney.

Success at Motukarara for seven-year-old mare Sun Swinger in January was a fitting reminder of the Williams family’s contribution to harness racing and the Banks Peninsula Trotting Club over many years.

Grasstrack racing has been a real success story with big crowds, and good betting turnovers all summer

Gilligans Island added the Amberley Cup to his country cups haul with another strong grass track performance at Rangiora on Monday.

The Riverton Trotting Club is throwing a wonderful party for the public of Southland when it celebrates 60 years of racing at its annual Cup Day meeting at Ascot Park Raceway in Invercargill on Saturday 13 February.

The NZB Standardbred yearling sales are only days away, with Karaka on this Saturday and Sunday, followed by Christchurch next week (Monday-Wednesday).