Nicholman qualified as a steeplechaser in a bold schooling bout with stablemate Mountain High at Wingatui yesterday morning.
Trainer John Parsons and owner Barbara Wigley combined to win the listed $55,000 New Zealand Bloodstock Insurance Stakes at Wingatui yesterday, 18 years after winning the equivalent race with the fine mare Seamist.
Lady Dancer, who won at Motukarara on Sunday when having her first start, is a late entry for the Sires' Stakes series for 3yr-old fillies.
Sunnivue son has firmed in favour for Forbury Park tonight with the scratching of Ants from the main trot.
King Charlie, a winner at Oamaru on Sunday, has entered the field for the harness jewels race.
Tintin in America won the $200,000 Sires' Stakes Final for pacers in New Zealand record time for a 2yr-old at Addington last night.
Opie Bosson fractured his shoulder in a fall in track work yesterday morning. He has been replaced by Vinny Colgan on Katy Keen in the Rotorua Cup on Saturday.
Makarewa Sun, who is unbeaten in four starts, heads to Christchurch this morning for a race at Addington on Saturday.
Reinsman Ricky May is in line for a hat trick of wins in the Rangiora Classic tomorrow when he teams with Monkey King.
The result of a blood test will decide if Molly Darling resumes her New Zealand racing career at Alexandra Park on Friday night.
The promising 2yr-old pacer Stunin Cullen is now in the West Melton stable of Tim Butt and Phillip Anderson after being sold.
No escape, one of three winners at Gore on Saturday for West Melton trainer Graham Court, his reinsman son, Paul, and Christchurch owner Terry McDonald, is destined for Canada next month.