Two of New Zealand's most promising pacing fillies clash at Cambridge tonight but with differing aims.

If one hour is a long time in horse racing, six months is 43 lifetimes.

Training great Mark Purdon has been forced to give up the drive on champion pacing mare Adore Me as he stretches stable resources to the limit.

Co-trainer Tony Pike is convinced that the dominant win of Kelly O'Reilly on Saturday is a sign she is ready to step up to the elite level over the next few weeks.

Nigel Tiley didn't celebrate Albany Reunion's $200,000 Manco Easter win on Saturday night. He says there was no adrenalin left.

He's bred to be a sprinter, but Criterion has lived up to trainer David Payne's belief he is a superior stayer with victory in the prestigious Australian Derby at Randwick.

They may be split over the Warriors' upheavals, but yesterday, club co-owners Sir Owen Glenn and Eric Watson shared the status of successful horse owners.

Steven Anderton and Steven Prince might not have performed a rain dance last night, but some rain might be their friend as they take on a multiple group one winner at Riccarton today.

If you ever hear John Hawkes say a sycophantic word about a jockey, check your pulse, something will be wrong.

Kiwi fears of a Harness Jewels takeover by Australians look set to be woefully misplaced.

Just two months ago Whitney Schofield walked down the aisle on the arm of her father Glyn on the happiest day of her life, her wedding to Sydney jockey Nathan Berry.

The race didn't go to plan and Hugh Bowman was forced on to the worst part of the track, but it didn't stop Lucia Valentina in Saturday's Vinery Stud Stakes at Rosehill.

Cambridge-born James McDonald wanted to be an All Black or a farmer.

Who cares if Roger James cried on television after Silent Achiever won Saturday's A$1.5 million BMW?

Cambridge 3-year-old El Roca has been confirmed as a starter in the Doncaster Mile on April 12 with Glen Boss booked to ride.

After the pressure cooker of Cheltenham, jump jockeys are looking forward to Aintree.

Boy, have we got plenty of thoroughbred talent to look forward to next season.

An Auckland horse breeder and member of the Racing Board must move his bloodstock business off land he sold for $3.1 million last year.

Victorian jockey Glen Boss is convinced Voleuse De Coeurs can be a serious contender against the big names in the BMW at Rosehill.

No decision has been made whether Puccini will remain in Sydney to tackle the Australian Derby after his flop in Saturday's Rosehill Guineas.

The bold decision to come to the other side of the world with Gordon Lord Byron had plenty of Irish eyes smiling at Rosehill.

New Zealand's most successful trainer Barry Purdon is not in the habit of warning punters not to back his horses, especially one as good as Pembrook Benny.

One of harness racing's most successful partnerships is set for a major change.

If you have already backed It's A Dundeel in the BMW and got a fright with yesterday's story that the New Zealander could instead switch to the Doncaster, you can probably relax.

Central Otago horseman Geoff Knight might have to book a working holiday around the upper South Island if he wants to complete the racecourse "sweep".