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The Northern Southland Trotting Club has made picking a winner at their twilight meeting on Friday even easier.

Craig Ferguson pulled off a trotting masterstroke at Addington last week and he’s looking to do the same again at the Northern Southland twilight meeting on Friday.

Group One performer Hot And Treacherous will begin his path towards the IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup (3200m) at Alexandra Park on Friday night.

Trainer Brent Mangos couldn’t have been happier with how South Coast Arden’s spring campaign has started until he saw the weather report for Canterbury this week.

It’s not every day Ricky Allen gets to race for a $20,000 purse with his trotter Cody Banner, but he will get that chance at Timaru on Sunday courtesy of the Spring Rewards initiative.

None of the biggest races of the harness racing season are held this weekend but plenty of races which will have an big impact on them, and their markets, are.

Ray Green’s confidence varies going into a stellar Melton meeting on Saturday night.

The opening markets may have suggested New Zealand’s two best harness horses were equal chances of winning their respective comeback races at Addington on Friday night but that is not how their drivers see it.

This spring is gearing up to be an exciting one for Kyle Marshall.