Wyndham Harness Racing Club Inc
Meeting: MARCH MEETING (Day 1) at Young Quinn Raceway, Wyndham
Chairperson of Stewards:
Vinny MunroTentative Programme
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- Track Map
- Special Conditions ( Nominations Close, Withdrawals Close, Drivers Notified, Contact Details etc )
- Preferential Barrier Draw Grid
- Field Limits for Tracks
First Race Starts 12:00 noon
- Race Number:
- Race 1
NON-WINNERS WITH COND. SPECIAL HANDICAP TROT 2400m (Tentative)
Of $15000
Front: Trotters with no wins for lifetime. 20m: Horses with 1 or more wins for lifetime. For horses who are either non-win, or 1-win at time of the Gore HRC meeting on Sunday 15th February 2026, and have raced at a Southern Harness Racing meeting at least once between 15th February 2026 and Sunday 15th March 2026. See special condition No.6
- Race Number:
- Race 2
R35 TO R45 SPECIAL HANDICAP TROT 2400m (Tentative)
Of $11000
For R35 to R45 trotters. Front: R35 to R40. 10m: R41 to R45. If Race 3 is not held some or all horses will be transferred to this race and conditions and handicaps changed.
- Race Number:
- Race 3
R46 TO R80 SPECIAL HANDICAP TROT 2400m (Tentative)
Of $13000
For R46 to R80 trotters. Front: R46 to R50. 10m: R51 to R55. 20m: R56 to R62. 30m: R63 to R70. 40m: R71 to R80.
- Race Number:
- Race 4
2YO MOBILE PACE 1609m (Tentative)
Of $15000
For 2-year-old pacers. Preferential Barrier Draw Based on: Winning Stakes numbering sequentially from 1. Where a programmed 2YO race has exactly four (4) acceptors at the close of withdrawals, Harness Racing New Zealand, at its discretion, may elect to proceed with the race and apply a 20% reduction to the advertised stake. If this race is not held those horses will be transferred to Races 5 and 7 and conditions changed.
- Race Number:
- Race 5
NON-WINNERS 3YO & OLDER MOBILE PACE 1609m (Tentative)
Of $15000
For 3yo-&-older pacers.
- Race Number:
- Race 6
WITH COND. MOBILE PACE 2400m (Tentative)
Of $15000
For 3yo pacing fillies with up to 1 win for lifetime. Preferential Barrier Draw Based on: Winning Stakes numbering sequentially from 1. For conditions of Series can be viewed on the Southern Harness Website under Racing and Southern Harness Features.
- Race Number:
- Race 7,8,9
R35 TO R55 MOBILE PACE 2400m (Tentative)
Of $13000
For R35 to R55 pacers. This race will be split based on Ratings. Preferential Barrier Draws will be used if deemed necessary numbering sequentially from 1. The highest rating race will get a rating penalty free win if 4YO and older, and driven by a Junior Driver, and has not previously won a rating penalty free race this season. The stake for the lowest rating race will be $10,000, middle race(s) $11,000 and highest race $13,000.
- Race Number:
- Race 10
4YO & OLDER MARES UP TO & INCLUDING R65 MOBILE PACE 1609m (Tentative)
Of $15000
For up to & including R65 4yo-&-older pacing mares. Preferential Barrier Draw Based on: Winning Stakes numbering sequentially from 1. For 4 year old and older mares rated up to R65 as at 1st January 2026. See special conditions No.7
Special Conditions
- RIGHT OF RE-ENTRY TIME
Shall be 5pm on day before raceday.
- ORIGINAL NOMINATIONS
In the event horses are transferred to another race from the trainer, selection preference will be given to original nominations received for that race.
- IMPORTANT NOTICE TO NOMINATORS
Owners and Trainers are reminded that the bureau has the right to transfer any horse not selected to start in a race for which it was nominated to ANY OTHER RACE ON THE PROGRAMME for which it may be eligible. If you do not wish the bureau to exercise it's right to transfer a particular nominated horse then it is your responsibility as the nominator to advise the bureau of the same.
- SPLITTING FIELDS
In the event any race or races are split on this Programme, unless specific in the individual race conditions, races will be split and selected at the club's discretion, with consideration given to Ratings in the first instance.
- DUAL ACCEPTORS/NOMINATORS
In the event that horses have gained a start at another meeting these horses are not guaranteed to gain a start at this meeting.
- GOLD CHIP FINAL
For non-win, or up to 1 win trotters for lifetime aged two years and older at the closing of nominations for the Gore HRC meeting held on Sunday 15th November 2026. Conditions: 1. Open to all trotters aged two years and older that have never won a race (non-winners), or have won one win for lifetime. 2. To be eligible to start in the Gold Chip Championship Trot a horse must start in at least one race or an open trot race run by Southern Harness Racing Clubs (Gore HRC, Wyndham HRC, Winton HRC, Northern Southland TC, Oamaru HRC, Invercargill HRC and Forbury Park TC) and have its second win in the period from 15th February 2026 through to 15th December 2026 at a Southern Harness Racing Club meeting. 3. Field selection for the Gold Chip Final will operate as follows: Most wins at during that period at a Southern Harness Racing club meeting, most 2nds during that period at a Southern Harness Racing club meeting, most 3rds during that period at a Southern Harness Racing club meeting, then club discretion. 4. The $15000 Gold Chip Final will be raced over 2400m, from a standing start. Non-win horses will start off the front. R rated horses off a 20 metre handicap.
- SOUTHERN BELLE SPEED SERIES
1. Open to all 4 year and older mares up to rating R65 as at 1st January 2026. 2. The heats will be Preferential Barrier Draw based on winning stakes numbering sequentially from 1. 3. To be eligible to start in the final any mare must have started in a heat of the series. 4. Where a mare is accepted for a heat and that heat is cancelled the mare will be eligible for the final at the discretion of the bureau's balloting committee which hosts the final. 5. A horse winning two heats will be ineligible to start in any further heats. 6. Mares will earn points in the heats as follows: 1st - 10 points, 2nd - 5 points, 3rd - 3 points, 4th - 1 point. 7. A minimum of 6 horses will be required for a heat to be run. The highest points scorers in the heats will be selected to start in the final - a maximum of 13 starters - mares with equal points will be selected at the discretion of the bureau. Mares selected to start in the final will not be eligible to start in other races on the day of the final.
- Contact Details
- P O Box 96, Invercargill
- Phone: 03-217-9117; Mobile 021 1272 912