Onlyforyou, winner of the $70,000 Sires' Stakes Championship at Alexandra Park last Friday, is a $3.50 favourite for the two-year-old pacing filly division of the Harness Jewels at Cambridge on June 2.
Gordon McCraw and Doug Hewitt, farriers who have shod some of the best thoroughbreds trained on the Taieri, renewed acquaintance at Wingatui on Sunday.
Inferno became the first mare in 139 years to win successive Canterbury Gold Cups with a colossal finishing run at Riccarton on Saturday.
Showbrera credited her sire, Cabrera, with his first winner when she cleared maiden ranks at Wingatui yesterday.
Coup Rocky Road will bypass his engagement on his home track at Riccarton on Saturday and head to Wingatui for a race the next day.
Napatap, who has been nominated for the Riccarton meeting on Saturday, easily won a trial at Rangiora yesterday.
The $14,375 late entry fee has been paid for Seven Point One to start in the $120,000 Caduceus Club Classic for 2yr-old fillies at Alexandra Park on Friday night.
Chris Johnson renewed winning ways with the feature metric mile at the Canterbury Jockey Club Easter meeting when he rode I'm Your Venus on Saturday, on his 48th birthday.
Texican set a New Zealand record for a 3yr-old when he won over 3200m in 4.05.5 at Winton yesterday.
Monifieth is trained in Canterbury but his two wins from as many starts have been in Southland and he could extend that record at Winton tomorrow.
Megan Marr had her first win as a trainer in her own right at Wingatui yesterday with Elleaye, who has helped her through a marriage breakup in the past eight months.
Comanche Gold, the Riccarton specialist, is back in blinkers for the Easter Cup there tomorrow.
Trainers Mark Purdon and Grant Payne should continue on their winning way at the Reefton meeting at Addington tonight.
Windwhistle would follow a well-defined pattern if he is successful at Wingatui today in the hands of apprentice Ross Doherty.
Excuse Maker, the winner of seven races in 10 months of racing, is booked to travel to Auckland this week with the $100,000 New Zealand Messenger his target.
New Plymouth trainer John Wheeler won the Great Eastern Steeplechase for the ninth time at Oakbank yesterday when Tobouggie Nights was successful. He also produced the runner-up, Cape Kinaveral.
Russell Galleon lowered the New Zealand 2200m record for a 2yr-old trotter by 3.8sec when he won against older horses at Forbury Park on Thursday night.
Steve Thompson, the Dunedin owner, is hoping his good fortune can continue at Addington tonight when he is represented by four horses.
O'Faberge a maiden winner at Wingatui on Friday, has been entered for the Riverton meeting on Saturday, along with his brother O'Cartier and half-brother Santos.
Ten days at the beach with trainers Graeme Anderson and Amber Hoffman has rejuvenated Paris H, who is engaged at Forbury Park on Thursday night.
