NZ Metropolitan Trotting Club Inc
Meeting: GO MEDIA NZ TROTTING CUP DAY at Addington Raceway (Premier)
Chairperson of Stewards:
Nigel McIntyreTentative Programme
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- 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
R40 TO R45 TROT 2600m (Tentative)
Of $30000
For R40 to R45 trotters. This race will be selected on form, as determined b y the HRNZ Bureau.
- Race Number:
- Race 2
R46 TO R60 SPECIAL HANDICAP TROT 3200m (Tentative)
Of $30000
For R46 to R60 trotters. Front: R46 to R50. 10m: R51 to R55. 20m: R56 to R60. This race will be selected on Ratings (highest to lowest), with selected Preference in the first instance being given to horses Rated from R55 to R46.
- Race Number:
- Race 3
R55 & FASTER DISCRETIONARY HANDICAP TROT 2600m (Tentative)
Of $30000
For R55 & faster trotters. This race will be selected on Ratings (highest to lowest).
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- Race 4
A GROUP 1 RACE ALL FFA TROT 3200m (Tentative)
Of $400000
For all trotters. Nominations for this race have closed. Full conditions can be found in the Racing Schedules & Conditions section of the HRNZ website.
- Race Number:
- Race 5
A GROUP 1 RACE 2YO COLTS & GELDINGS MOBILE PACE 1980m (Tentative)
Of $200000
For 2-year-old pacing colts & geldings. Horses eligible for this Final will not be permitted to accept for any other race on this Programme, unless the Final field is full (13 acceptors). Emergencies selected for this race who subsequently gain a start in this race are not permitted to scratch & start in another race on this programme. Full conditions of this series can be viewed online at nzsiresstakes.co.nz.
- Race Number:
- Race 6
A GROUP 1 RACE 3YO FILLIES MOBILE PACE 1980m (Tentative)
Of $200000
For 3-year-old pacing fillies. Horses eligible for this Final will not be permitted to accept for any other race on this Programme, unless the Final field is full (13 acceptors). Emergencies selected for this race who subsequently gain a start in this race are not permitted to scratch & start in another race on this programme. Full conditions of this series can be viewed online at nzsiresstakes.co.nz
- Race Number:
- Race 7
4YO & OLDER R40 TO R45 MOBILE PACE INV JD 2600m (Tentative)
Of $30000
For R40 to R45 4yo-&-older pacers. This race is for Invited Junior Drivers only. Rating Penalty Free Race. This race will be selected at the discretion of the HRNZ Bureau and is restricted to 10 starters, plus emergencies. Full conditions of this series cna be found online in the Racing Schedules & Conditions section of the HRNZ website.
- Race Number:
- Race 8,9,10,11
R41 TO R70 MOBILE PACE 1980m (Tentative)
Of $30000
For R41 to R70 pacers. The highest three rated of these races will be selected on Ratings (highest to lowest). The lowest rated race will be selected on form, as determined by the HRNZ Bureau. Preferential Barrier Draws will only be applied in the even the spread of Ratings for any given race is greater than five points (top and bottom rating inclusive).
- Race Number:
- Race 12
A GROUP 2 RACE ALL FFA MOBILE PACE 2600m (Tentative)
Of $60000
For all pacers. This race will be selected on Ratings (highest to lowest).
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.
- EXTRAORDINARY PENALTY FREE STATUS
In the event a four-year-old or older horse wins a World Driving Championship heat where it has previously benefitted from winning a Rating Penalty Free race this year, the win on this programme will become an Extraordinary Rating Penalty Free win, whereby a horse will receive a second Rating Penalty free win for the 2025 racing season only (January to December). 3YO only or 3YO & Older races run as heats within the WDC will be defined as Extraordinary Rating Penalty Free races.
- Contact Details
- Nominations, Fields, Drivers, Scratchings:
- Contact HRNZ Bureau or Richard Bromley 021 888 900
- Raceday matters: Brian Rabbitt 0274 077234