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Wellington International, which hosts the equestrian festival, is a 111-acre (45 ha) venue in Wellington that consists of 18 competition arenas and 400 permanent horse stalls. [3] The Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) is known for its sprawling grounds and horse themed streets. [ 4 ]
Wellington Cup day attracts large crowds to Trentham Racecourse and the other races on the card have include the Group Three Desert Gold Stakes and the Douro Cup. In the past years the Group One Thorndon Mile was on Wellington Cup day, it is now raced a week earlier along with the Trentham Stakes. The Wellington Cup was a Group 1 race until 2008.
nz$550,000 (2025) The Telegraph Handicap is a Group One New Zealand horse race contested by the Wellington Racing Club at Trentham Racecourse in Upper Hutt. It was traditionally raced during the Wellington Cup carnival in mid-January, however from 2025 it has been shifted to earlier in January.
The entrance of Wellington International, formerly known as the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center, is seen on Tuesday, September 20, 2022, in Wellington, FL.
WELLINGTON — Months of heated public debate ended this week when Mark Bellissimo's team won its final approval from the Wellington Village Council to build a new horse megacenter just south of ...
The Thorndon Mile (formally WRC George Adams Handicap) is a Group One (G1) Thoroughbred horse race contested at Trentham Racecourse by the Wellington Racing Club. The race is run on Wellington Cup day, traditionally the last Saturday of January. This race was known as the WRC George Adams Handicap until 1983.
The second community, The Wellington South, would sit along South Shore Boulevard near Wellington Community Park and the new showgrounds, which would replace the facilities on Equestrian Village.
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, it remains one of the most popular racing events in New Zealand with the 150th running in 2013.