Cambridge trainer Roger James had a tough choice to make heading into Caulfield on Wednesday.

The experienced horseman, who trains in partnership with Robert Wellwood, was weighing up between a start in the Gr.3 Ladies’ Day Vase (1600m) or the Gr.3 Coongy Cup (2000m).

The New Zealand U-17 men have touched down in Argentina to complete their preparations for the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil which begins on 26 October.

Stephen Marsh couldn’t be happier with the progress of Crown Prosecutor as he goes into the biggest assignment of his training career this weekend.

The destination of the Men’s Futsal SuperLeague trophy is still anyone’s guess with only four points separating the top five teams after the latest bout of action.

Only two weeks of competition are left to play in the Mitre 10 Cup, Mitre 10 Heartland Championship and Farah Palmer Cup, with semifinalists confirmed today.

A repeat of last year’s final is already on the cards in the National Women’s League after the sides that fought it out for the 2018 title continued on their winning ways in the new campaign this weekend.

A pulsating final quarter helped the Silver Ferns clinch a dramatic 53-52 win over Australia in the opening match of the four-Test Constellation Cup, played as part of the Cadbury Netball Series in Christchurch on Sunday.

Running down some of the best endurance athletes on the planet - with the race’s third fastest run time - Red Bull’s Braden Currie finished the 2019 Vega IRONMAN World Championship, as the first Kiwi home, in seventh place today.

The patient approach adopted with talented three-year-old Travelling Light looks set to pay off in spades for the team involved in the El Roca filly as she gets set to tackle elite company after taking her career record to a perfect two from two at Matamata on Saturday.

Braden Currie has posted an incredible 2:46:25 marathon time to finish 7th at the Vega IRONMAN World Championship, his second consecutive top ten finish in only his third start at the home of IRONMAN racing.