Well fancied Gr.1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby (2400m) candidate Rocket Spade threw down the gauntlet to his three-year-old rivals when he produced a strong staying performance to capture the Gr.2 AJC Avondale Guineas (2100m) at Ellerslie.

A brave front-running effort paid dividends for Timaru visitor Chokito as she captured her first stakes victory in the Listed ILT Ascot Park Hotel Southland Guineas (1600m) at Invercargill.

The business end of the national one-day Hallyburton Johnstone Shield is underway in Hamilton, Wellington and Rangiora with five teams left in the race to make this season's Grand Final.

The New Zealand Domestic one-day season has resumed today with the start of an influential three days across both the men's Ford Trophy and women's Hallyburton Johnstone Shield national competitions.

Following the postponement of the regatta, amendments to the Notice of Race allows new entries to join the race in March

An amendment to the notice of race has been released for the New Zealand Millennium Cup superyacht regatta; postponed from February 15-18 to March 28-31.

Regally-bred filly Aquaoir will head to Ellerslie on Saturday in preparation for a tilt at the Gr.3 Sunline Vase (2100m) next month.

The Gallagher Chiefs have been named to play in a game of three halves against the Blues and Crusaders in Cambridge this Saturday. All Blacks will feature for the Gallagher Chiefs and the three squads will all get to play each other for forty minutes, televised live on Sky Sport 1.

Nelson identical twins Anna and Kate Gaging are poised to make their Hallyburton Johnstone Shield one-day debuts for the Central Hinds together this weekend.

Sport Hawke’s Bay has approved funding for 14 new projects across the region with a focus to get more tamariki and rangatahi active through the TÅ« Manawa Active Aotearoa fund.

It will be all guns blazing when seventy New Zealand adventure racing teams line up on the start line for GODZone Chapter 9 in Rotorua next month.