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Addington Raceway has also hosted the New Zealand Long Track Grand Prix for Motorcycle speedway.It first hosted the GP in 1991 and was won by Kiwi rider Mitch Shirra.It held the event again in 1992 when it was won by German Long Track specialist Gerd Riss (the 1991 Long Track World Champion, Riss would go on to win another 7 Long Track World titles in his career).
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 ...
This race meeting, along with other premier race meetings form part of Canterbury's carnival week along with the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Show. Until 1999 the Show was held at showgrounds adjacent to Addington Raceway. Christchurch Cup week at Addington raceway also includes the following major races on the Friday (Show Day):
Addington Raceway: The New Brighton Trotting Club held its first official race meeting on March 16, 1895. In 1963 it moved to Addington Raceway. In 1998 it amalgamated into the "new" New Zealand Metropolitan TC. [19] Banks Peninsula TC [20] Motukarara: 1811m left-handed grass track Methven TC: Mt Harding Racecourse, Methven: 1386m Left-handed ...
Christopher Bell won a rain-shortened Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday night after rain and lightning stopped the race after 249 of 400 scheduled laps.. Bell, the 29-year-old Joe Gibbs Racing driver, was ...
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The race is contested at Addington Raceway on the Canterbury Anniversary public holiday and Canterbury A&P Show day on the Friday of "Cup week" in mid-November. With the New Zealand Trotting Cup run on the Tuesday of that week, the Free For All attracts most of the same horses as the Cup, and is often won in the same year by the same horse.
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.