GAVIN SMITH - RACING STABLES

With Gavin in the naughty boys corner this week on the driving front, he’s called in The Postman to hopefully produce a special delivery tonight at Addington Raceway. Last Friday night Gavin was suspended for three driving days for careless driving meaning he needed to find someone to fulfil his driving duties for the week. With only the two stable runners in for the week, the task wasn’t too difficult. Darren Keast was booked to drive Allison Stokke in the junior drivers’ ev

A change in footwear will hopefully result in a cleaner start for All Settled Down today at Methven. Despite winning last week at Oamaru, Gavin has decided that a few tweaks here and there might help in the getting the talented mare away quicker from the stand start. Due to be served by Love You in the not too distant future, All Settled Down is racing on borrowed time after injury curtailed her career early on but she’s made a good fist of it so far despite being late to the

There’s an air of excitement in the voice of Gavin Smith when he speaks about what the next few months might entail. Not only has the prominent horseman got a strong looking Spring racing team from his own stable, but there’s the prospect of jumping behind a couple of exciting horses as they work towards the two biggest features of Cup Week in November, And the path towards then begins tonight at Addington when Gavin’s two major drives, Cullect A Guiness and Sunny Ruby make t