TRAC Racing Te Aroha is just days away from it's biggest week of the year, and all the events around the big day are taking shape.
One such event is the Golf Tournement, set for Thursday 7th April at Te Aroha Golf Club. Golfers and non-golfers alike are invited to take part in the day, which has a shotgun start at 11am. Entry is just $20 per person.
The Stewart Browne Group New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders Stakes Day is held two days later on Saturday 9th April at Te Aroha Racecourse.
FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE GOLF TOURNAMENT: 07-884 9656 or 027-230 8569
TRAC and Winning Edge Presentations are running the Winning Edge Presentations Championship Race Series again in 2011 with 15 qualifying races and a final, which will be run at Tauranga on Saturday 23 April 2011 over 1600m for prize money of $60,000.
TRAC and Winning Edge Presentations see this race series has a great opportunity for Rating 70, 80 and 90 horses to qualify and race for significant prize money in the final.
Full details of the race series are in the January edition of the NZTR Thoroughbred Racing Monthly and on the NZTR Website www.nzracing.co.nz with the first race in the series being run at Rotorua on Friday, 18 February.
Campbell Moncur, TRAC Chief Executive, acknowledged the valuable support provided by Winning Edge Presentations in being able to run the series again and also the extra prize money contribution made by NZTR for the Final. “This is a great series and one that is well supported by owners and trainers Moncur said.”
Alistair Ewart from Winning Edge Presentations commented: “We love our involvement with New Zealand racing and especially appreciate our exciting series with TRAC. It gives owners a real opportunity to get their horses to progress and show their true potential.”
Winning Edge Presentations is Australasia’s leading trophy, merchandising and promotional product specialists and supply all the TRAC group trophy and merchandising requirements.
| Friday |
18 Feb |
Rotorua |
Rating 70 |
1400m |
| Saturday |
26 Feb |
Matamata |
Rating 70 |
1600m |
| Saturday |
26 Feb |
Matamata |
Rating 90 |
1600m |
| Saturday |
5 Mar |
Ellerslie |
Rating 80 |
1400m |
| Saturday |
12 Mar |
Ellerslie |
Rating 80 |
1600m |
| Saturday |
19 Mar |
Trentham |
Rating 80 |
1600m |
| Saturday |
26 Mar |
Tauranga |
Rating 90 |
1400m |
| Saturday |
26 Mar |
Tauranga |
Rating 80 |
1600m |
| Saturday |
26 Mar |
Tauranga |
Rating 70 |
1600m |
| Saturday |
26 Mar |
Tauranga |
3YO SWP |
1600m |
| Friday |
8 Apr |
Awapuni |
Rating 80 |
1600m |
| Saturday |
9 Apr |
Te Aroha |
Rating 80 F&M |
1600m |
| Saturday |
9 Apr |
Te Aroha |
Rating 70 |
1600m |
| Friday |
15 Apr |
Rotorua |
Rating 70 |
1400m |
| Saturday |
16 Apr |
Ellerslie |
Rating 80 |
1600m |
| SATURDAY |
23 APRIL |
TAURANGA |
RATING 90 |
1600m (FINAL) |
In these challenging economic times, Racing Te Aroha has successfully maintained the stake of the TRAC Group’s flagship race by utilizing the Stallion Placement Service Scheme.
This is an innovative way to raise funds for the stake of New Zealand’s ONLY Group 1 Fillies and Mares race known for the past 8 years as the “NEW ZEALAND BLOODSTOCK BREEDERS STAKES” ... our country’s richest & most prestigious race for fillies and mares.
The large roomy Te Aroha track gives every runner a fair chance and the long testing straight means the best horse on the day wins. In previous years the fields have even included entrants from Australia chasing the highly prized Group One glory. The Lee Freedman trained “Dane Julia” took the race out in 2009 and returned to defend her crown in 2010 but was defeated by the “Juice” from the John Wheeler stable.
Like most country racing clubs, the committee is made up of a number of highly dedicated racing enthusiasts who donate their time in service of their club. A number of these committee members are responsible for driving the success of the Stallion Placement Scheme by calling upon the studs in the greater Waikato region to donate a stallion service which is then sold by tender to the highest bidder from a database of breeders across New Zealand.
Racing Te Aroha is grateful for the generosity of the studs and shareholders who have donated stallion services in the past and the club encourages you to mate your mare with one of the quality stallions involved in the scheme to ensure this remains our country’s richest race for fillies & mares.
Support the Stallion Placement Scheme and keep this the race of races!