The leftover sandwiches will have good company after Xmas Day when the summer of sport kicks straight back into gear. We check out some of the action.

Champion harness racing driver Natalie Rasmussen has escaped with a fine for inadvertently betting against her own horse in New Zealand's richest pacing race.

Sportspeople, lifesavers and crime stoppers give up family time to keep us entertained and safe.

In the next few hectic weeks, Stent will need to fight for the title of trotting supremo.

Despite a record of eight wins from 10 starts, Japanese invader A Shin Hikari had his doubters in the HK$25 million Hong Kong Cup on Sunday night.

Natalie Rasmussen has been gifted a shot at the biggest win of her New Zealand career, securing the drive on Auckland Trotting Cup favourite Have Faith In Me.

An Australian campaign is not on the radar for Stolen Dance but be assured it will be eventually.

Stolen Dance is making an outstanding case for her inclusion in the group one Zabeel Classic at Ellerslie on Boxing Day.

If anything like the $3 the TAB was offering around Stolen Dance on Final Field at Te Rapa is still on offer today it is good value.

Ina Canta has earned his share of admirers in a short time.

It will be interesting to see the odds the TAB post today for Saturday's $100,000 SkyCity Hamilton Waikato Cup.

Here's a tip: If you're thinking of backing Sofia Rosa at any time don't dare go and watch her in the parade ring.

Five jockeys and their horses have narrowly escaped serious injury after a horrific mass fall during a race that only seven riders finished.

It was predictable the first question asked of New Zealand's Danielle Johnson when she lobbed into Brisbane this week for today's Origin Jockeys series at Doomben was: Have you ever been....

You could say the TAB gave punters a chance when it opened Kawi up at $2.30 for today's $200,000 Captain Cook Stakes at Trentham.

The time when a Kiwi-owned-and-trained horse wins the Melbourne Cup is likely gone.

Australia has its eye on champion Kiwi jockey Opie Bosson after he scooped one of its glittering racing prizes. But, as he tells Phil Taylor, Bosson nearly ate his way right out of the saddle.

Standing start manners continue to plague Have Faith In Me as he zeroes in on favouritism for the Auckland Trotting Cup.

Smolda's surprise entry for the Auckland Trotting Cup has put pacing's young guns back in their place - for a few weeks at least.