Fans of Mah Sish got a double helping of good news in just an hour yesterday as the open-class pacing season stepped up a gear.

The group two Danehill Stakes on Saturday has emerged as a possibility for boom Wairarapa colt Cauthen.

Cambridge trainer Murray Baker says he has no intention of sidestepping sensational mare Atlantic Jewel in the Cox Plate with It's A Dundeel.

Hastings horseman John Bary gives himself a decent chance of becoming the first to win the Hastings spring treble with Saturday's $200,000 Makfi Challenge winner Survived.

The jockey who played a part in starting Atlantic Jewel's unbeaten run will be hoping to end it with an upset win on a rival horse in Saturday's Memsie Stakes.

Where usually there would have been harness racing's most boisterous laugh, yesterday there were tears.

Drama and tales of woe surrounded Saturday's San Domenico Stakes at Rosehill.

From the mud, to the beach to the big stage.

Training legend Barry Purdon's dream Breeders Crown campaign has hit some serious speed bumps.

The late Colin Hayes, one of Australia's top horsemen, said it best: "The future belongs to those who plan for it."

An unlikely series of events capped by a brutal demolition of his Australian rivals could see Kiwi pacer Bit Of A Legend start one of the hottest favourites in Breeders Crown history.

A new name may be appearing on the harness racing landscape tonight but that isn't the important change being planned for the Cambridge track.