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Wyndham Harness Racing Club Inc

Meeting: WYNDHAM AT WINTON MEETING at Central Southland Raceway, Winton
Last updated 14/10/2026 at 10:54 am
Chairperson of Stewards:
Vinny Munro
Tentative Programme
 
Race Number:
Race 1
 
 

NON-WINNERS WITH COND. SPECIAL HANDICAP TROT 2400m (Tentative)

GOLD CHIP FINAL

Of $15000

Front: Trotters with no wins for lifetime. 30m: Horses with 1 or more wins for lifetime. For horses who are either non-win, or 1-win at time of the Wyndham HRC meeting on Thursday 1st October 2026m and have raced at a Southern Harness Racing meeting at least once between 1st October 2026 and 8th November 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.

Race Number:
Race 3
 
 

R46 TO R65 SPECIAL HANDICAP TROT 2400m (Tentative)

Of $12000

For R46 to R65 trotters. Front: R46 to R50. 10m: R51 to R55. 20m: R56 to R60. 30m: R61 to R65. The winner 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.

Race Number:
Race 4
 
 

NON-WINNERS 2YO MOBILE PACE 1609m (Tentative)

Of $12000

For 2-year-old pacers. Preferential Barrier Draw Based on: Sex (fillies drawn inside colts and geldings) numbering sequentially from 1. If this race is not held these horses will be transferred to Race 5 and conditions altered.

Race Number:
Race 5
 
 

NON-WINNERS 3YO & OLDER MOBILE PACE 1609m (Tentative)

Of $12000

For 3yo-&-older pacers. If sufficient acceptors this race will be split at the discretion of the HRNZ bureau.

Race Number:
Race 6
 
 

R35 TO R40 FILLIES & MARES MOBILE PACE 1609m (Tentative)

Of $11000

For R35 to R40 pacing fillies & mares. Preferential Barrier Draw Based on: Winning Stakes numbering sequentially from 1.

Race Number:
Race 7,8,9
 
 

R35 TO R55 WITH COND. MOBILE PACE 2400m (Tentative)

Of $12000

For R35 to R40 pacing colts,geldings & entires. Also R41 to R55. This race will be split based on ratings/conditions, meaning a higher rated 1-win horse may be included in a lower rating race. Preferential Barrier Draws will be used if deemed necessary numbering sequentially from 1. The stake for the lowest rating race will be run for $10,000, middle race(s) $11,000 and highest race $12,000. If Race 10 is not held those horses will be transferred to this race and conditions altered (56-60 horses will be for horses with a junior concession driver). Also eligible will be any fillies and mares ballotted or eliminated from Race 6.

Race Number:
Race 10
 
 

R46 TO R60 SPECIAL HANDICAP PACE 2400m (Tentative)

Of $12000

For R46 to R60 pacers. Front: R46 to R50. 10m: R51 to R55. 20m: R56 to R60. The winner 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. If this race is not held these horses will be transferred to Race 7 and conditions altered.

Special Conditions

  1. RIGHT OF RE-ENTRY TIME

    Shall be 5pm on day before raceday.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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 bureau's discretion, with consideration given to Ratings in the first instance.

  5. 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.

  6. 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 Wyndham HRC meeting held on Thursday 1st October 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 (Wyndham HRC, Northern Southland TC, Invercargill HRC, Oamaru HRC, Tuapeka HRC and Winton HRC) and have its second win in the period from 1st October 2026 through to 8th November 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.

Contact Details
P O Box 96, Invercargill
Phone: 03-217-9117; Mobile 021 1272 912
Brendan Duffy, President
Jason Broad, Raceday Secretary