Jonny Turner

The South's best powerlifters threw iron around like it was old cardboard at the Southern Provincial Powerlifting Championships in Dunedin over the weekend.

Southland harness racing's leading lady, Somejoy, has run her last race.

Winton reinsman Brent Barclay’s class was on display when his pinpoint drive helped Duke Of Wellington win yesterday’s group 2 Southern Supremacy Final at Ascot Park.

The Harness Racing New Zealand board was left with little choice but to vote drastically to change the Harness Jewels and move its 2019 edition to Addington.

Otago's little pacing hero, Eamon Maguire, took his game to a national level by brilliantly winning the New Zealand Messenger Championship at Alexandra Park last night.

Southland horses look to have a better chance than ever to win the Southern Supremacy Stakes final at Ascot Park tomorrow.

What a difference a week can make.

Juvenile trotter Oscar Bonavena proved he is far from on the back foot with his win at Rangiora last weekend.

The South's premier race, the White Robe Lodge Weight-For-Age, will keep its group 3 rating for another season.

Two things stood out for me from the week in racing.

Taieri's junior squash players should be a force to be reckoned with after having their games tuned up by New Zealand Squash's big guns Lance Beddoes and Evan Williams.

Whanganui father and son Raymond and Mark Connors extended their incredible record with southern bloodlines with the win of Prince Oz at Wingatui yesterday.

Yes You Did finally did what everyone had been waiting for on his home track yesterday.

Dunedin's surfing talent came home with three gold medals from their raid on the Canterbury championships at Gore Bay, near Cheviot, over the weekend.

Star juvenile Princess Tiffany's immediate future will be known in the coming days after she suffered a horror hoof injury on the Alexandra Park track.

Riverton apprentice Brett Murray's star is on the rise and, with winter approaching, it is set to keep getting higher.

Dunedin's top pool players have beaten New Zealand's best and will soon be winging their way to Las Vegas.

Broodmare gem Satire Franco added to her super legacy when Dunrobin won her first start at Ascot Park on Saturday.

Yesterday's South Island thoroughbred sale delivered mixed results to vendors.

Race tempo could be the key to reigning Otago horse of the year Tommy Tucker's chances of winning consecutive Canterbury Gold Cups at Riccarton tomorrow.