NZ Metropolitan Trotting Club Inc
Meeting: TWIN CUPS RACE NIGHT at Addington Raceway
Chairperson of Stewards:
Paul Williams- Race Number:
- Race 1
UP TO & INCLUDING R50 MOBILE TROT 1980m
Of $16000 ($8800, $2480, $1520, $960, others $280)
For up to & including R50 trotters. 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 2
R51 TO R70 SPECIAL HANDICAP TROT 2600m
Of $17500 ($9625, $2712.50, $1662.50, $1050, others $306.25)
For R51 to R70 trotters. Front: R51 to R57. 10m: R58 to R65. 20m: R66 to R70. This Race will be selected on Ratings (highest to lowest).
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- Race 3
A GROUP 3 RACE DISCRETIONARY HANDICAP TROT 2600m
Of $40000 ($22000 plus Challenge Cup, Trophy & Dress Rug, $6200, $3600, $2100, $1200, others $700)
For all trotters. This Race is a Standing Start. This Race will have a maximum back mark of 20 Metres. This Race will be selected on Ratings (highest to lowest). The winner of this Race is guaranteed a start in the 2024 Renwick Farms Dominion Trot, providing it is eligible for selection.
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- Race 4
2YO FILLIES MOBILE PACE 1980m
Of $30000 ($15000 plus Dress Rug, $4500, $2400, $1200, $900, others $750)
For 2-year-old pacing fillies. PLEASE NOTE: 2YO Pacing Fillies eligible for this Race will not be permitted to accept for any other Race on this Programme, unless they are an Emergency or are Eliminated from this Race. If an Emergency in this Race subsequently gains a Start in this Race it will not be permitted to Scratch & Start in any other Race on this Programme. The full conditions of this Series can be viewed on line at nzsiresstakes.co.nz
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- Race 5
UP TO R70 WITH COND. MOBILE PACE 1980m
Of $22500 ($11250 plus Trophy & Dress Rug, $3375, $1800, $900, $675, others $562.50)
For up to R70 3yo pacing fillies with winning stakes up to and including $40000 for lifetime. Preferential Barrier Draw Based on: Winning Stakes using the track grid. PLEASE NOTE: Race Winning 3YO Pacing Fillies eligible for this Race will not be permitted to accept for any other Race on this Programme, unless this Race has a capacity Field (ie. 13 Acceptors). The full conditions of this Series can be viewed on line at nzsiresstakes.co.nz
- Race Number:
- Race 6
NON-WINNERS MOBILE PACE 1980m
Of $15000 ($8250, $2325, $1425, $900, others $262.50)
- Race Number:
- Race 7,8,9
R40 TO R75 MOBILE PACE 1980m
Of $16000 ($8800, $2480, $1520, $960, others $280)
For R40 to R75 pacers. Preferential Barrier Draw Based on: Rating then Winning Stakes using the track grid. These Races will be selected on Ratings (highest to lowest). The Stake for the second highest Rated Race will be $17,000. The Stake for the highest Rated Race will be $18,000.
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- Race 10
A GROUP 3 RACEALL FFA PACE 2600m
Of $40000 ($22000 plus Challenge Cup, Trophy & Dress Rug, $6200, $3600, $2100, $1200, others $700)
For all pacers. This Race is a Standing Start. This Race will be selected on Ratings (highest to lowest). The winner of this Race is guaranteed a start in the 2024 IRT NZ Trotting Cup, providing it is eligible for selection.
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
- TWIN CUPS RACE NIGHT - Mon, Sep 02, 2024 @ 12:00 noon
- Withdrawals Close
- Tue, Sep 03, 2024 @ 10:00 am
- Drivers Notified
- Wed, Sep 04, 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