NZ Metropolitan Trotting Club Inc
Meeting: MAY FEATURE RACE NIGHT at Addington Raceway
Chairperson of Stewards:
Not Notified- Race Number:
- Race 1
A GROUP 3 RACE2YO MOBILE TROT 1980m
Of $50000 ($27500 plus Trophy & Dress Rug, $7750, $4500, $2625, $1500, others $875)
For 2-year-old trotters.
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- Race 2,3
3YO+ UP TO & INCLUDING R75, R76 TO R79 WITH COND. MOB. ... 1980m
Of $20000 ($11000, $3100, $1900, $1200, others $350)
For up to & including R75 3yo-&-older trotters. Also R76 to R79 if driven by a concession junior driver. Preferential Barrier Draw Based on: Rating then Winning Stakes using the track grid. These Races will be selected on Ratings (highest to lowest).
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- Race 4
A GROUP 1 RACE2YO MOBILE PACE 1980m
Of $110000 ($60500 plus Trophy & Dress Rug, $17050, $9900, $5775, $3300, others $1925)
For 2-year-old pacers.
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- Race 5
NON-WINNERS 3YO & OLDER FILLIES & MARES MOBILE PACE 1980m
Of $15000 ($8250, $2325, $1425, $900, others $262.50)
For 3yo-&-older pacing fillies & mares.
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- Race 6
4YO & OLDER R35 TO R50 MOBILE PACE JUN.DRV 1980m
Of $15000 ($8250, $2325, $1425, $900, others $262.50)
For R35 to R50 4yo-&-older pacers. This race is for Junior Drivers only and has a Preferential Barrier Draw Based on: Rating then Winning Stakes using the track grid. Rating Penalty Free Race. This Race will be selected on Ratings (highest to lowest).
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- Race 7,8
3YO & OLDER R35 TO R60 MOBILE PACE 2600m
Of $20000 ($11000, $3100, $1900, $1200, others $350)
For R35 to R60 3yo-&-older pacers. These Races will be selected on Ratings (highest to lowest). Preferential Barrier Draws by (Ratings & Winning Stakes) will only be applied, if there is considered by the Club to be a sufficiently wide enough spread of Rating Bands.
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- Race 9
4YO & OLDER MARES UP TO & INCLUDING R70 MOBILE PACE 1980m
Of $20000 ($11000, $3100, $1900, $1200, others $350)
For up to & including R70 4yo-&-older pacing mares. Preferential Barrier Draw Based on: Rating then Winning Stakes using the track grid. This Race will be selected on Ratings (highest to lowest).
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- Race 10
5YO & OLDER R35 TO R39 MOBILE PACE 2600m
Of $30000 ($16500 plus Trophy, $4650, $2850, $1800, others $525)
For R35 to R39 5yo-&-older pacers. Selection Preference for this Race and the Consolation will be determined by the results of the 10 heats run between 11 April and 12 May 2024. Heat winners will be automatically qualified for the Final, providing they have met all other eligibility criteria for this Race. The balance of the fields for this Race and the Consolation will be determined by points horses earned in the heats of this Series providing they have met all other eligibility criteria for these Races. The Barrier Draw for this Race and the Consolation will be Random. To be eligible for the Consolation of this Series to be held at the Rangiora HRC Meeting on 19 May 2024 a horse must be Nominated for this Race. A Horse eligible to start in the Final of this Series will be ineligible to start in another Race on this Programme. If an emergency for the Final of this Series subsequently gains a start in the Final it will be automatically scratched from the Consolation. The full conditions of this Series can be viewed on line on the HRNZ website under Racing, then under Major Races & Series Info, then under Racing Schedules & Conditions, then under 2024 Canterbury Plains Challenge Series Conditions.
Special Conditions
- ONE HORSE ONE NOMINATION
A horse may only nominate for one race on the programme/race day, the trainer has the right to transfer the horse if he/she wishes, and may advise the club at the time of nomination whether the horse is to be transferred or not.
- DUAL ACCEPTORS
Selection Preference for this meeting, in the first instance, will be given to horses that are not already accepted into a race(s) at another meeting. This condition includes races later than this race day/night. This condition will not apply to races that are covered by specific series or race conditions; e.g. NZ Sires Stakes Board Administered races.
- LATE NOMINATIONS
In the event Nominations are extended for any races or the meeting, selection preference will be given to those horses that Nominated at the original closing time. Except in the case of Non-Win races, where Field Selection Regulations take precedence or where specific race or series conditions are Programmed. No late Nominations will be permitted to transfer from the race that they have nominated for, unless the club requires it.
- ELIGIBILITY
Any horse is eligible to nominate & accept for a race that has a higher Rating than it has. However, preference will be given in the first instance to horses that the race caters for in terms of Rating. Races Programmed with an 'R' rating will see preference given to 'R' rated horses over 'MR' rated horses.
- FIELD SELECTION
Field Selection for this meeting will be conducted in line with the Handicapping Regulations for non-win or non-win front races. That being; first and second preference horses will be selected in the first instances and thereafter at clubs discretion. All other races will be selected at the clubs discretion or per the conditions attached to each Programmed race.
- SPLIT FIELD NOMINATIONS
Should any race on this programme be able to be split it will be done so on the basis of highest to lowest rating or vice versa, by sex or by a yet to be decided method, as the Club sees fit. This does not apply where conditions are detailed in the race programme. Owner, Trainer & Driver splits will not be taken into consideration if the race is split.
- HORSE ATTENDANT
Owners, Trainers and Drivers are advised that should they be required to attend a judicial enquiry a starters assistant will be made available after each race for the purpose of returning their horse to the horse stall area. If a Trainer or Driver does not wish a starters assistant to carry out this duty it will be the Trainers responsibility to provide an attendant at all times. Owners, Trainers and Drivers should be aware that the Club does not accept legal liability for the horse, if a starters assistant is required to drive it back to the horse stall area.
- RACEMEETING ATTENDANCE
It is the Trainers responsibility to have an attendant with their horse at all times. Please be aware of the Programming Conditions Regulation, Clause 15, "Racemeeting Attendance"which is a requirement for all racemeetings.
- Nominations Close
- MAY FEATURE RACE NIGHT - Mon, May 13, 2024 @ 12:00 noon
- Withdrawals Close
- Tue, May 14, 2024 @ 10:00 am
- Drivers Notified
- Wed, May 15, 2024 @ 1:00 pm
- Contact Details
- P O Box 9036, Addington, Christchurch
- Telephone: 03-338-9094
- Facsimile: 03-338-0557
- After hours mobile: Brian Rabbitt 0274 077234