Pace made the race for Abidewithme at Te Rapa and the well-related mare took full advantage of a strong tempo to record a career highlight victory in yesterday's group two Travis Stakes.

It would seem almost impossible to find a bigger lift from the extremely moderate field Gifted Lad defeated at Rotorua last week to a semi-stakes race in Melbourne, but that hasn't deterred Trent....

The mountain Sky Major must climb to win his record third Harness Jewels keeps becoming higher.

Anyone who witnesses bookmakers going about their business at Australian race meetings quickly appreciates the sheltered life enjoyed by the Totalisator Agency Board in this country.

Noel Harris characteristically re-lit a roll-your-own leaning over a rail in the Ellerslie birdcage on Saturday as he watched the field for the $200,000 Manco Easter return.

Sydney horseman Joe Pride is the first to admit Terravista didn't perform to expectation in the TJ Smith Stakes.

Werther can book himself a flight to Australia with a bold showing at Ellerslie today.

The bookies may have abandoned Dalton Bromac heading into the $100,000 Taylor Mile but trainer Brendon Hill is unfazed.

Returning pacer Messini has had his second win of the week even before contesting Friday night's $100,000 Taylor Mile.

At the finish, the victorious Many Clouds had to be removed to the shade and hosed down with cold water after his exertions had placed him in danger of overheating.

Sydney's fabulous The Championships is entirely an Australian concept, but what a footprint New Zealand plonked on to it on Saturday.

Twenty years after he won the Queen Elizabeth Stakes with champion Jeune, trainer David Hayes has won it again with a horse he says could be just as good.

A New Zealand Trackside presenter has become a viral internet hit after his exuberant celebration of racehorse Mongolian Khan's victory.

Not much has changed in 40 years. Okay, we can't beat the Aussie sprinters, but they are 100 to 1 to knock off our stayers.

For the third time in less than a decade, New Zealand trainer Murray Baker is taking the Australian Derby trophy home with Mongolian Khan winning the battle of the stayers.

Maija Vance came back from Australia for a two-week holiday and ends up riding Take It Out to victory on Legends raceday at Ellerslie yesterday.

With Saturday's Randwick meeting postponed until today because of the weather, trainer Chris Waller is again playing a waiting game with scratchings reinstated.

Hit and hope is how Donna Logan describes her Volkstok'n'barrell approach to today's postponed A$2 million AJC Derby on a rain-soaked Randwick.

Christen Me's Easter Cup win at Addington on Saturday night answered a few questions.

If racing is all about timing, Mongolian Khan is the horse to test favourite Preferment in the A$2 million AJC Derby in Sydney this afternoon.

Kiwi camaraderie is in full swing in preparation for this weekend's Oakbank jumping festival.