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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.
The 2024 New Zealand Derby was a Group I horse race which was run at Ellerslie Racecourse in Auckland, New Zealand on Saturday 2 March 2024. It was the 149th running of the New Zealand Derby , and it was won by Orchestral .
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 .
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 ...
Today, the New Zealand racing industry is a major contributor to the New Zealand economy as well as local communities across New Zealand. Racing generates more than $1.4 billion in economic activity each year and creates the equivalent of 18,300 full-time jobs. More than 40,000 people derive their livelihoods from the New Zealand racing ...
Ellerslie is home to two of New Zealand's major racing carnivals - the Summer Carnival and Auckland Cup Week. The Summer Carnival is run in the Christmas-New Year period with Boxing Day and New Year's Day formerly being home to the New Zealand Derby and Auckland Cup respectively, but these were moved to the new Auckland Cup Week in March 2006.
The New Zealand Stakes was introduced as a weight-for-age race in the 1974/75 New Zealand racing season. It has been run under the following names depending on sponsors: Second Century Stakes (1975-1976) Air New Zealand Stakes (1977-1990) Television New Zealand Stakes (1994) Trackside Sales Stakes (1995-1996) Harrah's Stakes (1997) Lion Red ...
The Wellington Racing Club responded to the downgrade by reducing the distance to 2400 metres in order to attract a higher quality field. However, the race reverted to 3200m from 2016 to help encourage New Zealand stayers. [3] In 2017 the race was downgraded again to Group Three status. [4] Queen Elizabeth II attended in 1970. [5]