Racing NZ's Butch Castles joins Miles Pfitzner to recap a good weekend of Racing in New Zealand, especially from Hawkes Bay with the hurdle and steeplechase.

NZ Trainer Robbie Patterson joins Miles Pfitzner to chat about his classy mare Coventina Bay following the abandonment of today's Sunshine Coast meeting where she was scheduled to run in the Glasshouse Handicap. We get an update on her and how he's seen her Australian preparation which hasn't been as successful as they were expecting.

Trainer Tony Pike joins the show to preview his runners coming up in Ruakaka and on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland.

Join Butch Castles as he provides the insights into New Zealand racing for the weekend ahead with racing at Hastings and Ruakaka. Special guests today are Tony Pike and Tony Lee.

Race caller Tony Lee joins the show to preview the races he'll be commentating at Hastings this weekend.

41 Seasons in the saddle is more than a fair effort, it's a mammoth one. For David Walsh though, he loved every second of it.

The extremely respected former hoop held the New Zealand record for most riding wins for a number of years post his retirement until the Magic Man Chris Johnson knocked him off late in 2020, in typical Walsh fashion though, he couldn't be happier for Johnson.

The art of spending that long in a profession that is extremely gruelling and emotionally demanding is one Walsh mastered throughout his time race riding.

As to how he managed to make his break and start an upswing he'd never look back from he laughed, "at times my telephone bill was higher than my power bill."

"People that used to turn me down for a ride, I'd just ring them back you see, then I'd ring them the next week and then the next week, basically hounded them."

It all paid dividends for Walsh whose crowning moment was piloting Solvit to the 1994 Cox Plate victory, another horse he got to ride by doing his homework and staying persistent.

Now an apprentice mentor for young riders in the South Island, Walsh is putting his four decades at the top to good use, this time guiding the next generation of jockeys to a career they can too be proud of.

Butch Castles from Racing NZ joins Miles Pfitzner for a recap of the weekend's Racing in NZ and also touches on the win of Tofane in the Group 1 Tatts Tiara in Brisbane.

NZ Trainer Tony Pike joins Andrew Bensley to chat about his very handy 2YO Tutkaka who lines up in the first race at Eagle Farm. We also have a look at some of his runners in NZ today as well.

Butch Castles guides you into your weekend of New Zealand racing with features guests jockey Michael McNab and commentator Matt Cross.

Race caller Matt Cross joins the show to preview the day of racing at Riccarton.