In an amazing coincidence a husband and wife, Don and Lesley Marshall, will receive a couple of great prizes at the Northern Southland Trotting Club meeting at Ascot Park Raceway on Saturday.

The Northern Southland Trotting Club run a competition at all three of their meetings each season making a lucky draw from all the losing tote tickets on each day.

At their first meeting in October Don was the lucky winner before Lesley’s name was drawn at the January meeting. One more winner will join them on Saturday before the final draw to establish who gets which prize. However the Marshall’s are already assured of two of the three prizes no matter which way the draw goes.

The major prize a trip to the Easter Cup at Addington on Saturday 15 April courtesy of the Yaldhurst Hotel. Second prize is a trip for two to Stewart Island with airfares, accommodation and breakfast courtesy of Stewart Island Flights while the third placegetter will receive a two night stay at the Distinction Luxmore Hotel in Te Anau.

The meeting will also feature top class harness racing with the

  • $40,000 Yaldhurst Hotel Northern Southland Cup over 2700m
  • $25,000 Prydes Easi-Feeds Southern Lights Special Handicap Trot over 3200m
  • $25,000 Group 3 Alabar NZ/Caduceus Club Of Southland 2yo Fillies Mobile Pace over 2200m
  • $18,000 Alabar NZ/Caduceus Club Of Southland Autumn Futurity over 2700m

The first race is timed to start at 12.30pm and admission is free.

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