- Thoroughbred racing in New Zealand
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The racing of Thoroughbred horses is a popular sport in New Zealand. The governing body is New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing Incorporated. The principal club is the Auckland Racing Club, which races at Ellerslie Racecourse (where the first Totalisator machine in the world was installed in 1919, see Sir George Julius).
Horses are frequently moved between New Zealand and its neighbour Australia, for races and for breeding purposes. Famous New Zealand racehorses include the great mares Desert Gold, Cuddle, Horlicks and Sunline, plus Carbine, Kindergarten, Phar Lap, Nightmarch, Gloaming, Rising Fast, Il Tempo, Advance, Tulloch and Grey Way. Both Australia and New Zealand claim Phar Lap. Gloaming was an Australian bred horse who raced in Australia and New Zealand.
Since 1882 New Zealand bred horses have won 40 Melbourne Cups and many other important races in Australia.[1] During the 2008-09 racing season 19 New Zealand bred Thoroughbreds won 22 Group One races around the world.[2]
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Major Thoroughbred horse races in New Zealand
Race Type Stake Month Location Distance Spring Classic Weight for Age $250,000 October Hawkes Bay 2040m New Zealand 1000 Guineas 3yo fillies $300,000 November Riccarton Racecourse 1600m New Zealand 2000 Guineas 3yo horses $1,000,000 November Riccarton Racecourse 1600m New Zealand Cup Open $250,000 November Riccarton Racecourse 3200m Karaka Million 2yo horses $1,000,000 January Ellerslie Racecourse 1200m Telegraph Handicap Open $1,000,000 January Trentham Racecourse 1200m Wellington Cup Open $250,000 January Trentham Racecourse 2400m Auckland Cup Open $1,000,000 March Ellerslie Racecourse 3200m New Zealand Derby 3yo horses $2,200,000 March Ellerslie Racecourse 2400m New Zealand Oaks 3yo fillies $400,000 March Trentham Racecourse 2400m List of Horse Races
- Air New Zealand Stakes
- Auckland Cup
- Awapuni Gold Cup
- Championship Stakes
- DB Draught Classic
- Desert Gold Stakes
- Easter Handicap
- Great Northern Derby
- Great Northern Foal Stakes
- Great Northern St. Leger
- Great Northern Steeplechase
- Hawke's Bay Guineas
- Karaka Million
- Levin Classic
- Manawatu Sires Produce Stakes
- Mudgway Stakes
- New Zealand 1000 Guineas
- New Zealand 2000 Guineas
- New Zealand Cup
- New Zealand Derby
- New Zealand International Stakes
- New Zealand Oaks
- New Zealand St. Leger
- North Island Challenge Stakes
- Railway Stakes
- Spring Classic
- Taranaki Stakes
- Television New Zealand Stakes
- Telegraph Handicap
- Trentham Stakes
- Waikato Sprint
- Wellington Cup
- Windsor Park Plate
See also
- Auckland Cup Week
- Glossary of Australian and New Zealand punting
- List of Melbourne Cup winners
- New Zealand Horse of the Year
- Thoroughbred racing in Australia
- Wellington Racing Club
References
- ^ ASB VRC Melbourne Cup Race Winners Retrieved on 2009-7-25
- ^ Racetrack Sires 2009, June/August, 2009, Record season for the New Zealand breed, p.52
External links
Categories:- Horse racing in New Zealand
- Horse racing by country
- Horse racing stubs
- New Zealand sport stubs
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