Photos from Horse of the Year 2009 are on the photoserver.

Miss Coruba gets a hose down after winning Pony of the Year at the 2009 Horse of the Year, Hastings A&P Showgounds, Hastings, New Zealand, Saturday March 21, 2009. Credit: NZPA / Kerry Marshall

Photos are on Sports Images from the 2009 North Island Streetstock champs held at the Robertson Holden International Speedway in Palmerston North. Some big hits over the evening reduced some cars to near wrecks.

Choppy conditions made for some big splashes in the 2009 Offshore Powerboat round held off Westshore on Saturday. Images are on NZPA.

Superboat 51 Cure Kids in choppy conditions at the NZ Offshore Power Boat races. Napier. Saturday 07 March 2009. Credit: NZPA / Kerry Marshall

No88 in the Sports Boats class gets airtime in the NZ Offshore Power Boat races. Napier. Saturday 07 March 2009. Credit: NZPA / Kerry Marshall

H9 Auckland District Collections 2 win the Formula Honda race at the NZ Offshore Power Boat races. Napier. Saturday 07 March 2009. Credit: NZPA / Kerry Marshall

Hastings and Napier firefighters attended a pallet fire which was also found to contain a copper based plant food. Napier 5116 was called in and firefighters in level 3 splash suits cleaned up. More photos on the Photoserver and NZPA.

Firefighters in Level 3 chemical protection suits are decontaminated after a shed and pallet fire in Norton Road, Hastings, that caused a HAZCHEM alert and a local in-house evacuation. Monday 23 February 2009. Credit: NZPA / Kerry Marshall

In Palmerston North for the NZ 2009 Sprintcar championships I had the chance to look for different photos. Shooting with other SportsImages photographers allowed me to stay outside the track the whole night and try other options. First stop was the top of the grandstand.

Then it was the pit gate for some real dirty fun. There’s more mud thrown around here than at Meeanee…

…but the best fun of the night was with GTs’ 14mm Sigma F2.8. I climed the wire safety fence beside the starter and stuck the lens through for the start and finish of the final race. A little bit of fill flash and some of the frames came out ok…