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The Group 3 New Zealand Cup run over 3200m (2 miles). The Group 1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas run over 1600m for 3yo fillies. The Listed Welcome Stakes, a 2-year old set weight race over 1000m. In August: The Grand National Steeplechase, first run in 1875, which is 5600m. [3] The Grand National Hurdles, run over 4200m.
The live broadcasting of horse racing in the New Zealand dates back to the launch of a racing radio network in 1978. The station, originally known as Radio Pacific and later as bSport and LiveSport, became TAB Trackside Radio. [4] A racing television station launched in 1992, initially known as Action TV and later as Trackside, is now Trackside 1.
Winner of 104 Group One races, Australian Racing Hall of Fame, New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame: Kiwi, Might and Power, Rough Habit: John Bernard (Cos) Costello: 1937 - 2019: Journalist and Author [47] Six decades in racing journalism, editor of the New Zealand Racing Annual and Blood Horse magazine and numerous racing books including Tapestry ...
The Zabeel Classic is a Group One Thoroughbred horse race run at weight-for-age over a distance of 2000 metres at Ellerslie Racecourse in Auckland, New Zealand.It is held on Boxing Day, a raceday steeped in tradition that frequently attracts in excess of 20,000 Aucklanders to the famous course.
The Auckland Pacing Cup which is sometimes referred to as the Auckland Trotting Cup or merely the Auckland Cup is a race held at Alexandra Park in Auckland, New Zealand for Standardbred horses. It is one of the two major harness races, along with the New Zealand Cup , held in New Zealand each year for the highest grade (Open class) pacers.
Auckland Cup Week is one of New Zealand's major annual thoroughbred racing carnivals and is the country's richest offering stakes in excess of NZ$2.2 million. Held in Auckland in early March, the carnival comprises two days of racing and entertainment at Ellerslie Racecourse - Vodafone Derby Day and Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Cup Day.
The New Zealand Derby is a set-weights Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds, run over a distance of 2,400 metres (12 furlongs) at Ellerslie Racecourse in Auckland, New Zealand. It is held on the first Saturday in March, as the opening day of Auckland Cup Week .
The Auckland Cup is an annual race held by the Auckland Racing Club (ARC). It is an Open Handicap for thoroughbred racehorses competed on the flat turf over 3200 metres (two miles) at Ellerslie Racecourse in Auckland, New Zealand.