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Addington Raceway. Coordinates: 43.5435°S 172.5986°E. Addington Raceway in 2004. Addington Raceway or The Met is the home of the Metropolitan Trotting Club in Addington, Christchurch in New Zealand. The venue consists of a trotting track, a greyhound track, conference centre and restaurants. It is also home to many feature harness races such ...
The New Zealand Cup for standardbred horses, also known as either the New Zealand Trotting Cup or the New Zealand Pacing Cup is a Group One (G1) harness race held annually by the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club at Addington Raceway in Christchurch, New Zealand. It is generally considered the country's most prestigious harness racing event.
1,980 metres. Track. Left-handed oval. Qualification. Three-year-olds and up. Purse. NZ$200,000 (2024) The New Zealand Pacing Free For All is a major New Zealand harness race. It is notable as it is a Group One championship sprint race and has been won by nearly every champion pacer in New Zealand.
The New South Wales bred, Lawn Derby, racing un-hoppled, was the first pacer to break the two-minute barrier in Australia or New Zealand when he recorded 1:59.4 at the Addington track in New Zealand in 1938. [3] From these early stages, the sport has developed with top races and top horses from then right up to the present day.
Formerly called the New Brighton Derby Stakes from 1914 to 1925, the race was conducted by the New Brighton Trotting Cub and decided in the Autumn. In 1925, it was taken over by the Metropolitan Trotting Club and decided in the Spring. In 1982 it was switched to the Summer. In 1968–1969, the race was 1 1⁄2 miles and in 1970–1972, 1m 5f.
Dominion (harness race) The Dominion is a race held at the Addington Raceway each year in Christchurch, New Zealand for standardbred horses. The race is run in November over a distance of 3200 m on the Friday of New Zealand Cup week. It is on the same day as the New Zealand Free For All.
The Inter Dominion is a harness racing competition that has been contested since 1936 in Australia and New Zealand. It is often referred to as the Inter Dominions or Interdoms for short as it generally encompasses two series: the Inter Dominion Trotting Championship for trotters. The host of the series was rotated between the six harness racing ...
The New Zealand Cup is one of the oldest races in New Zealand having been run each year since 1865. It is a race for stayers, over 3200 metres, which is also the distance of the Auckland Cup, Wellington Cup as well as some major Australian races such as the Melbourne Cup. Despite it dropping over time from a Group 1 race down to Group 3 status ...