Mark Du Plessis (pictured) says he will be fighting fit for his engagements at Matamata tomorrow despite having to stand down at Taupo yesterday.

Glamour galloper Pasta Post is making sound progress towards a return to racing, but his participation in the final two legs of the Gr I Triple Crown series at Hastings is in the balance.

Graeme and Debbie Rogerson celebrated the first success of their new training partnership at Taupo today with a particularly special member of their Tuhikaramea stable.

Star stayer Nom Du Jeu (pictured) is on target for a first-up crack at further Gr I honours in the $220,000 Windsor Park Plate at Hastings next month.

Mark Hills has succeeded in his first mission for the new season and now he wants the same result as last year for his prime mount.

The Carriers Arms Hotel Riverton Cup is one of two races to be promoted to Listed status for the season by the NZ Graded Stakes Committee, but it's not good news for another Southland club.