Racing Rewards Easter Showcase confirmed for April 19

The Racing Rewards Easter Showcase will return to Addington Raceway for a fourth time in 2025.

Terms and conditions for the Showcase have been approved by Harness Racing New Zealand with five $30,000 races confirmed for Saturday, April 19.

The series will be for 4Y0 and older horses, rated 57 and below on January 1,2025 with three races for the pacers (capacity field of 14) and two for the trotters (capacity field of 16).

To qualify for the "finals" horses have to have had a minimum of five starts between January 1 and April 13.

Within the qualification period each horse gets a "Racing Rewards Score". It is the total of the number of wins (x 1) multiplied by the number of seconds (x 0.5), the number of thirds (x 0.33) and the number of fourths (x 0.25).

The top 42 ranked pacers nominated will be selected for three races (each with 14 starters) while there will be two trotting races with maximum fields of 16.

The series started in 2022 as the RATTO series and has evolved into the Easter Showcase.

Such has been its success that when Amarla won her race in 2023 co-trainer Kendra Gill described it as "like winning the New Zealand Cup."

Last year there were six races.

The winners were :

Pacing - Judgement Bay, Raging Whitebait, Dalton Shard and Flyaway
Trotting - Who's Queen and Fiery Bandito  

To see the Terms and Conditions click here