NZ Metropolitan Trotting Club Inc
Meeting: OWNERS RACE NIGHT at Addington Raceway
Chairperson of Stewards:
Not Notified- Race Number:
- Race 1
2YO MOBILE TROT 1980m
Of $17000 ($9350, $2635, $1615, $1020, others $297.50)
For 2-year-old trotters. Trainers Please Note: For more Information see Special Condition 9.
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- Race 2
3YO & OLDER R35 TO R45 MOBILE TROT 1980m
Of $17000 ($9350, $2635, $1615, $1020, others $297.50)
For R35 to R45 3yo-&-older 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 3
3YO & OLDER R46 TO R59 MOBILE TROT 1980m
Of $18000 ($9900, $2790, $1710, $1080, others $315)
For R46 to R59 3yo-&-older 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 4
3YO & OLDER R60 & FASTER DISCRETIONARY HANDICAP TROT 2600m
Of $20000 ($11000, $3100, $1900, $1200, others $350)
For R60 & faster 3yo-&-older trotters. This Race will be selected on Ratings (highest to lowest).
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- Race 5
NON-WINNERS 3YO & OLDER MOBILE PACE 2600m
Of $15000 ($8250, $2325, $1425, $900, others $262.50)
For 3yo-&-older pacers.
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- Race 6
NON-WINNERS 3YO & OLDER PACE 2000m
Of $15000 ($8250, $2325, $1425, $900, others $262.50)
For 3yo-&-older pacers.
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- Race 7
3YO FILLIES MOBILE PACE 1980m
Of $17000 ($9350, $2635, $1615, $1020, others $297.50)
For 3-year-old pacing fillies. Preferential Barrier Draw Based on: Winning Stakes using the track grid. For further Information regarding the Caduceus Club Bonus that is attached to this Race please see Special Co0ndition No. 10. PLEASE NOTE: All qualified 3YO Pacing Fillies are eligible to Start in this Race. This Race will be selected at the discretion of the HRNZ BUREAU.
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- Race 8
3YO & OLDER R35 TO R45 PACE 2000m
Of $17000 ($9350, $2635, $1615, $1020, others $297.50)
For R35 to R45 3yo-&-older pacers. This Race will be selected on Ratings (highest to lowest).
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- Race 9,10,11
3YO & OLDER R37 TO R65 MOBILE PACE 1980m
Of $17000 ($9350, $2635, $1615, $1020, others $297.50)
For R37 to R65 3yo-&-older pacers. These Races will be selected on Ratings (highest to lowest). Preferential Barrier Draws (by Rating, then Winning Stakes) will only be applied if their is considered by the HRNZ BUREAU to be a sufficiently wide enough spread of Rating Bands or overall Horse Performance. The Stake for the second highest Rated Race will be $18,000. The Stake for the highest Rated Race will be $19,000.
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.
- 2YO STAKES FOUR ACCEPTORS
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.
- CADUCEUS CLUB SERIES 27 BONUS
Conditions: 1. A bonus of $7,000 shall be paid to the owners of the winning filly of the nominated race, provided that: (a) the filly is eligible for Caduceus Series 27, and (b) such eligibility is at Level D, E, or F. 2. Only one (1) bonus may be won by any individual filly under this condition, regardless of the number of eligible races contested. 3. For the 2026 racing season, nine (9) bonuses shall be available, allocated as follows: o Three (3) in the North Island, o Three (3) in the Canterbury region, o Three (3) in the Southland region. 4. The allocation and payment of bonuses shall be at the discretion of the New Zealand Sires' Stakes Board and subject to compliance with all other race conditions. 5. In the event this race is not run a replacement race may be programmed.
- Nominations Close
- OWNERS RACE NIGHT - Mon, Mar 23, 2026 @ 12:00 noon
- Withdrawals Close
- Mon, Mar 23, 2026 @ 2:00 pm
- Drivers Notified
- Tue, Mar 24, 2026 @ 2:00 pm
- Contact Details
- Nominations, Fields, Drivers, Scratchings:
- Contact HRNZ Bureau or Richard Bromley 021 888 900
- Raceday matters: Brian Rabbitt 0274 077234