In-foal mare Celebrity Miss would be a fitting winner at Wanganui today.

The Auckland Racing Club's experiment with twilight Saturday racing would have worked on at least one level had yesterday's rain been more extensive.

"Bustling Bill" Skelton was an extraordinary jockey, whose nickname became as well known as his real name.

Murray Baker will saddle up three horses for tomorrow's Eagle Technology Stakes at Ellerslie and can give you a for-and-against for each of them.

It might be a case of "buyer beware" for punters on the first night of the Inter Dominions in Perth tonight.

One of New Zealand's best mares has been given a shock snub by West Australian pacing officials, leaving her main summer target dangling by a thread.

Opie Bosson has been welcomed back into the fold.

Group One winner Fanatic is likely to begin her build up toward the summer cups next month.

Stephen Marsh might have already found another headline act in Chocante.

Volkstok'n'barrell will be the best horse at Ellerslie on Saturday but punters will have to wait another week to back him. The multiple

Australian-bred stayers, not quite extinct, but nearly.

Chocante drew a wide gate and rider Craig Grylls was forced to sit three deep near the pace.

It's wonderful having a bet on the wide open spaces of Pukekohe.

Rich Hill Stud will be the Southern Hemisphere home of the blue-blooded European group one winner Vadamos from next year.

Slice Of Class already has immense value as a future broodmare but Otaki trainer Karen Zimmerman is hoping to further embellish her worth in the coming months.

There is no shortage of confidence from some of the north's elite horsemen heading to Alexandra Park tonight -you just won't find

For Counties races tomorrow replace with "the deep end". Both feature races, the $100,000 Ssangyong Counties Cup and the $100,000

Danielle Johnson will be looking for quality as well as quantity this weekend. The Cambridge rider leads the jockeys' premiership

A victory celebration would come as a surprise party to Allan Sharrock this weekend.

Earning the bonus would not be an impossible task - two horses have already had a decent shot at the treble.

Group one win No 1 for Mandy and Matt Brown in Saturday's $300,000 Gavelhouse 1000 Guineas at Riccarton - the result of sticking to your principals.

Riccarton racegoers unleashed their messy, drunken selves despite increased security and warnings that intoxicated patrons would be sent home.

Weight of expectation didn't faze Racha Cuneen, who successfully rose to the biggest challenge of his career at Riccarton yesterday.

The sisters fought out a desperate finish in the Christchurch Casino-sponsored marathon.

Raced by her breeders Sir Patrick and Lady Hogan, the Redoute's Choice mare will have three upcoming opportunities to complete her CV.

Thousands of punters turned out for Cup Day in Christchurch today.

Monbet has just completed one of the great weeks in New Zealand trotting history and did it without being anywhere near his best.

However much rain arrives at Riccarton it will be welcomed by the trainers of the main northern hopes in tomorrow's $300,000 1000 Guineas.

Greg Hope is confident he knows the answer to the only question surrounding Monbet in the $260,000 Dominion at Addington today.

Sam Spratt is becoming the Coupland's queen. The 31-year-old Auckland jockey claimed her third Coupland's Bakeries Mile at Riccarton