Peter and Dawn Williams, the group one race winning trainers, plan to re-locate their stable from Riccarton to Karaka.
"We are definitely going but it will not be until after the Cup meeting in November," Dawn Williams said.
"We are going to Byerley Park."
Byerley Park is a purpose-built training complex at Karaka catering for 14 trainers. It was constructed after Takanini was discontinued as a training facility.
The Williamses have trained the winners of staying and sprint races at group one level. They prepared Sea Swift, winner of the 1988 Auckland Cup. They won the Railway Handicap at Ellerslie and the Telegraph Handicap at Trentham with Loader in 1996.
The Williamses were located at Ashburton when training Sea Swift, who also won a Dunedin Cup and two Invercargill Cups.
Peter Williams originally trained in partnership with his father, Joe, at Riccarton. Peter had served an apprenticeship as a jockey with John Barr at Riccarton but he did not ride in races. The father and son Williams won the Kumara Nuggets with Bun Tuck in 1975 and Young Kelly in 1979.
Peter and Dawn have won that race with Dame Clay (1999) and Al Farouk (2007).
They have won some 200 races at Riccarton, including the 2009 Canterbury Gold Cup (The Meista), the South Island Two-Year-Old Final in 1991 (Richfield Lass) and 2000 (Sir Clive); 2002 SI Three-Year-Old Championship (Critic), Canterbury Belle Stakes with Iguazu (1998) and Joan's Best (1999) and Great Easter Handicap with Centaleigh (1991) and Fiscal Madness (2006).
The Williamses won a 2yr-old race at Ellerslie in January with Planet Rock, who carried on to finish third to Fort Lincoln and Antonio Lombardo in the Karaka Million.
• Cam's OK has joined the Waikouaiti stable of Andrew Faulks. The winner of two races for Tomahawk owner-trainer, Leon Crawford. Cam's OK ran fourth at Forbury Park at his last start on July 1.
Tom And Grace, a last-start maiden winner at Forbury Park on June 16, has been sold to Australia. Trained by Graeme Anderson and Amber Hoffman, the rising 4yr-old Big Tom gelding was having his third start.
• Dexter Dunn has driven his second winner in the United States. He drove Must Be The Bunny to win at The Meadowlands on Thursday night (US time). Dunn, who travelled to the US three weeks ago, had his other win on the same track. Must Be The Bunny paid $US28 and ran the mile in 1.52.2.
Dunn has also driven at Harrahs Chester and Tioga Downs, two of the other venues for the world driving championship beginning on July 28.
Dunn has bought a sulky for his own use in America.
• The Marton Jockey Club meeting today will be transferred to Foxton if the Awapuni track is deemed unsafe for racing this morning.
The Awapuni track was inspected yesterday by Gary Foskett, the New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing venue inspector, following heavy rain in Palmerston North. It was determined that the track would be unsafe for racing if there is further rain.
A contingency plan was put in place to transfer to Foxton.
A transfer would preclude the running of the hurdles and steeplechase races, reducing the programme to eight races.
The hurdles at Awapuni cannot be removed and the steeples fences at Foxton cannot be brought up to standard at short notice.
The 2100m races would be over 2000m if the meeting is transferred to Foxton.
The Foxton track is rated a heavy (10).
Fees will be waived for horses if the connections chose not to race at Foxton.
• Additional information for the meetings today:
Waipa RC
Scratching
Race 4: One Nite Stand.
Weather, showery; track, heavy (11); rail, true.
Marton JC
Rider
Race 4: High Treason - D Bradley.
Scratchings
Race 1: Silence Please.
Race 7: Fleches D'Amour.
Race 8: Our Destiny.
Weather, overcast; track, heavy (11); rail, out 6m.
