Barry Purdon's Breeders Crown campaign couldn't be going much better.

It's always been a question as to how many runners in a season do you have to produce before strike rates' statistics begin to become significant.

From forgotten horse to group one winner in a few weeks - that is the dramatic dream for winter star Besotted.

Wairarapa boom colt Cauthen has pleased trainer Andrew Campbell with the way he has settled into Victoria ahead of his Australian debut at Moonee Valley on Saturday.

Ellis Winsloe would love to return to the scene of Kidunot's greatest racing triumph.

The national trainers' premiership will be decided at Rotorua tomorrow, but Yaldhurst trainer Michael Pitman can reflect on a job well done no matter what happens.

A New Zealand woman will race 1000km across Mongolia on horseback next month.

Royal Descent was one of the revelations of the Sydney Autumn Carnival but trainer Chris Waller is open minded about her spring campaign.

David Butcher's jet lag will have to wait until Saturday.

Champion trainer Mark Purdon may be about to lose the national premiership but changes in his stable set-up could see him bounce back even stronger next season.

On the verge of being crowned New Zealand's leading harness trainer, Cran Dalgety is adamant he is still second-best.

TAB bosses are hoping changes to the harness racing handicapping system will go some way to stem the demise of the code's Pick6 pools.

A veteran trainer with two horses on his books and only a vague recollection of his last city winner could be an unlikely ally for Hugh Bowman at Randwick today.

By his own admission, northern Victorian horseman David Hayes was wondering 12 months ago what it was like to train a winner.

Five horses and their jockeys crashed to the ground in an "ugly incident" at a Wanganui Jockey Club race meeting in front of the main grandstand yesterday.

Palmerston North jockey Robert Hannam will continue his impressive association with Authentic Paddy at Oamaru today.