Nobody has a better insight into just how destructive the biggest plunge horse of Harness Jewels day can be than champion driver Dexter Dunn.

Champion trainer Mark Purdon is warning punters to wait a little longer before attacking one of the most intriguing races of Harness Jewels day at Cambridge.

Punters putting their faith in the most unusual of hands for Harness Jewels day could end up praying for a recently-changed rule to come to their aid.

Michelle Payne's family will leave a decision on retirement to the jockey who is recovering from abdominal surgery after a horrific race fall.

Leith Innes attributes an Auckland Racing Club initiative as responsible for him winning Saturday's $50,000 Graeme Thomson Jewellers Great Northern Foal Stakes on Ichiban.

The weekend started out badly for Thames Valley farmer Roger Brownlee. Late on Friday, Brownlee found his wife unconscious in the calf pen of their farm.

Graeme Rogerson barely had time to catch his breath after Ichiban's victory at Ellerslie yesterday before he headed to the airport.

Dream About Me is going to have to live up to her champion billing to defend her Jewels title after being handed a horror draw.

The Canterbury Jockey Club and New Zealand Police have rushed to deny alcohol will be banned at Riccarton for the club's sensationally successful NZ Cup Day in November.

Very few good things at Ellerslie today, but massive scope for value, particularly in multiple bets.

The Canterbury Jockey Club is being blamed for the mess surrounding this year's New Zealand Cup Day at Riccarton.

Exaggerator's Preakness Stakes win denied Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist becoming a second Triple Crown victor in more than three decades following American Pharoah last year.

The abandonment of today's Counties meeting at Pukekohe had nothing to do with safety.

Any glimmer of hope Monbet's rivals harboured heading into next week's Harness Jewels might have just been sledgehammered by trainer Greg Hope.

Dream About Me, the Mark Purdon and Natalie Rasmussen-trained filly, had no right to win Saturday's $150,000 New Zealand Oaks at Addington.

Pedigree buffs probably look at hurdles winner Ooee from Te Rapa on Saturday and say 'What?'.

Let Me Roar did much more than keep her unbeaten record in the right place with her Te Rapa win on Saturday.

Aide Memoire coped admirably with a sharp rise in class to strike the first stakes-winning blow of her fledgling career.

Top jumper Sea King successfully defended his Waikato Steeplechase crown to complete a super Saturday at Te Rapa for Shaun Fannin.

Many very tall people walk with a slightly stooped stance.

They couldn't have named Let Me Roar more accurately. The unbeaten 3-year-old filly has visited raceday three times and has positively screamed her head off.

The jumping season kicks off in earnest at Te Rapa tomorrow and it's the age-old question - what's fit and what isn't.

Statistics don't come much more compelling than those that make the case for Tas Man Bromac at Cambridge tonight.

This was not the wedding present Shane Tritton was hoping for.

Talented Volkstok'n'barrell is ready to break a long drought for New Zealand in the group one Doomben Cup in Brisbane on Saturday.

Lucky Heights is in the right condition to leave Ruakaka today with his unbeaten record intact, according to Shane Crawford.

The racing future of Sakhee's Soldier is in the balance following a rare injury suffered in his Australian debut.