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The all-weather track at Rangiora has had a refresh.

With the grass track circuit now over, the Banks Peninsula Trotting Club has decided its big winners for the season.

The annual Southland Master Plumbers Association race day takes place at Central Southland Raceway in Winton this Saturday (14 May) with 9 races scheduled from a 12. 05pm start.

Fifteen meal vouchers valued at $50 each will be up for grabs at Saturday’s ILT Race Day at Ascot Park Raceway in Invercargill.

There will be more than just eleven race winners on the track at Diamonds Day, one of the south’s premier harness race meetings at Ascot Park Raceway in Invercargill on Saturday.

There will be winners galore when Diamonds Day, one of the south’s premier harness race meetings, takes place at Ascot Park Raceway in Invercargill this Saturday (30 April).

After a dazzling inaugural running of New Zealand’s first ever slot race the host club is eyeing adding another next season, this time for trotters.

Long-standing committee member and now Banks Peninsula Trotting Club patron Lindsay Blackmore has had a more than 50 year involvement in harness racing.

April is a big month for harness racing in the south with total stakes of $700,000 on offer.