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8 November 2024

It's Show time - get excited about IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup week

The NZ Sires' Stakes Board wishes everyone racing over IRT NZ Trotting Cup Week all the very best of good luck.

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3 September 2024

NZ Sires’ Stakes heats up with exciting double-header

After a false start last week, the NZ Sires’ Stakes harness racing series revs up this Friday with two races in Auckland and Christchurch, including a new event at Addington.

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2 September 2024

Latest NZ Sires' Stakes update : Newsletter and Podcast

Almost 900 standardbred foals and an increasing number of yearlings have paid up and signed on for an unprecedented schedule of New Zealand Sires’ Stakes racing starting this spring and summer.

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30 July 2024

NZ Sires' Stakes payments due August 1

As executive of the NZ Sires' Stakes Board, Martin Pierson has a message for what he calls any "paddock fence-sitters".

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17 June 2024

NZ Sires' Stakes Nomination & Sustaining Payments

We have been working with HRNZ on an exciting package of stakes and programme enhancements that will be announced on Friday 5 July.

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8 November 2023

Sires' Stakes update - November 8

The NZ Sires' Stakes Board wishes everyone racing over IRT NZ Cup Week all the very best of good luck & especially to those with horses in the:

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31 October 2023

Fields taking shape for IRT New Zealand Cup and Show Day features

The shadow fields have now been decided for three key Group 1s during IRT New Zealand Cup and Show Week at Addington.

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10 October 2023

Just one heat to go in key Sires' Stakes features before IRT NZ Cup and Show Week

Not only did Millwood Nike's win at Addington last Thursday extend her unbeaten run it also secured her a place in the Group 1 Nevele R 50 Years of Success Fillies Final on IRT New Zealand Cup at Addington on…

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7 June 2023

1.5 million reasons for Sires’ Stakes eligibility as July payments loom

Breeders and owners looking to maximise the value of their bloodstock investments have until July 1st to stake their progeny with foal nomination and yearling sustaining payments for Series 42 & 41 now due with the New Zealand Sires’ Stakes…

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