Once bigger that the Auckland Cup!
Once one of the bigger betting races each year!
1st 10,000 Pound race in NZ.
Two famous winners come to mind!
1976 Show Gate! Queen of the South!
1927 Nighmarch wins it as a 3 year old, later to be the first to win Cox and Melb Cup in a season!
For 2026? A full field of 22 have paid up! A very tough betting race!
Chucking money into something that is going to lose money to my mind , is not a winner!
Cambridge chucked money into the slot race when they can not afford it, in fact they are broke and no way on earth will they trade out of it!
Gamma, you need to realise that the only reason harness is functioning at the moment is due to the money that Entain has Chucked in and it isnt going to continue indefinitely.
Totally agree harness racing is very poorly promoted in NZ, HRNZ would rather boost the stakes now and have nothing to show at the end of the 5 years?
it is very puzzling how someone who is not on the HRNZ payroll is the biggest promoter of harness racing in NZ?.??
They just do not get it but then again while they are getting big salaries then what is the problem?