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Kimberly Butt, daughter of champion reinsman Anthony, didn’t always want to follow in her father’s footsteps but after she realised she didn’t really like school, she was left with no other option.... More...

Trainers who innocently take a panadol on race night risk contaminating their horses and getting a positive swab under the racing industry's controversial super senstitive drug testing regime.... More...

Some low scores this week with no one selecting 3 placegetters.... More...

Mah Sish is primed for his best year according to the 7-year-old gelding’s trainer Tim Butt – and even without racing for five months he’s still the one to beat in the Group Three $25,000 PGG Wrightson Hannon Memorial for...

Mark Purdon and Natalie Rasmussen’s new training partnership got off to a flying start at Addington tonight (Friday September 13) when Natalie drove Raesawinner, the first starter for the partnership, to win the opening event and Blair steered...

The harness racing season is about to get serious.... More...

Paulette Screen’s decision to fly Canterbury junior reinswoman Samantha Ottley to Cambridge for two drives tonight was justified when the 23-year-old delivered a pearler of a drive on Regal Petite to claim victory in Raelyn Butler Memorial...

Congratulations to Blair Orange, Mark Jones, Nathan Williamson, Scott Phelan and Todd Mitchell who all tipped out winners last week.... More...

"I 've said to dad a few times,.It'd be great just to have a runner on NZ Cup day,.and now here we are with a horse in the big one!?..Awesome!"... More...

Samantha Ottley will have her first drive at Cambridge Raceway on Thursday night (September 12) thanks to the initiative of a trainer she has never met before.... More...

The Waimate Trotting Club can forget about staging its annual meeting on the track on December 15. The club’s two grandstands were “totalled” in Tuesday’s (September 10) ferocious Spring storm that devastated parts of the...

There are often two sides to an argument.... More...

Driving legend Maurice McKendry doesn't know exactly how many wins he needs to become only our second horseman to the magical 3000 mark.... More...

Highly successful businessman, Alan Neumann, has resigned from his position as president of the Ashburton Trotting Club after 27 long years on the committee.... More...

Last season’s Hunter Cup winner, Mah Sish, will take his first step towards the New Zealand Trotting Cup on November 13 when he competes in Sunday’s Hannon Memorial at Oamaru.... More...

The latest rankings for the Christchurch Casino New Zealand Trotting Cup were released this morning.... More...

The next amateur course could be held on the weekend of October 12-13th at Alexandra Park. This will be a combined course for beginners and for those with some experience.... More...

One of the fastest pacers in history is heading to New Zealand and he could double in value before he gets here.... More...

The New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club (NZMTC) is pleased to announce that the Show Day Futurity Mobile Pace to be held on Canterbury Anniversary Day, Friday 15 November, will be sponsored by harness racing enthusiasts Glenys and Philip...

You would have thought after last year’s 4 & 5YO kerfuffle, Harness Racing New Zealand would have spoken to the horsemen before making any rapid changes to our beloved Harness Jewels series.... More...