Age Group Race Schedule - 2018/19
PLEASE NOTE: these races are likely to be subject to change & will be updated as changes occur.
PACING
2YO Colts & Geldings
| DATE | NORTH | SOUTH | EST STAKE | |
| Young Guns Heat | 14-Dec | Auckland | $25,000 | |
| Young Guns Heat | 31-Dec | Auckland | $25,000 | |
| Debutante Stakes | 23-Dec | Ashburton | $10,000 | |
| Southland 2YO Racing Series | 26-Jan | Invercargill | $12,000 | |
| Earlybird Pace | 01-Feb | NZ Metro | $10,000 | |
| Young Guns Heat | 08-Feb | Auckland | $25,000 | |
| Southland 2YO Racing Series | 17-Feb | Winton | $8,000 | |
| Sapling Stakes (G3) | 23-Feb | Ashburton | $30,000 | |
| Young Guns Heat | 01-Mar | Auckland | $25,000 | |
| Young Guns (Cardigan Bay) Final (G1) | 08-Mar | Auckland | $100,000 | |
| Kindergarten Stakes (G3) | 16-Mar | Wyndham | $30,000 | |
| Garrards Sires Stakes Heat 1 | 22-Mar | NZ Metro | $22,000 | |
| Welcome Stakes (G2) | 05-Apr | NZ Metro | $50,000 | |
| Southland 2YO Racing Series | 13-Apr | Winton | $8,000 | |
| Garrards Sires Stakes Heat 2 | 18-Apr | Cambridge | $22,000 | |
| Garrards Sires Stakes Heat 3 | 20-Apr | NZ Metro | $22,000 | |
| Diamond Creek Farm Classic (G2) | 27-Apr | Invercargill | $50,000 | |
| PGG Wrightson YSS 2YO Open (L) | 03-May | NZ Metro | $175,000 | |
| Garrards NZ 2YO Sires Stakes Final (G1) | 17-May | NZ Metro | $170,000 | |
| Harness Jewels 2YO Emerald (G1) | 01-Jun | NZ Metro | $150,000 | |
2YO Fillies |
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| Young Guns Heat | 18-Jan | Auckland | $25,000 | |
| Southland 2YO Racing Series | 31-Jan | Wyndham | $8,000 | |
| Young Guns Heat | 01-Mar | Auckland | $25,000 | |
| Leonard Memorial (G3) | 03-Mar | Cheviot | $30,000 | |
| Young Guns (Delightful Lady) Final (G2) | 08-Mar | Auckland | $80,000 | |
| Caduceus Club Southern Fillies (G3) | 09-Mar | Nrthn Sthld | $30,000 | |
| Magness Benrow NZ Sires Stakes Heat | 22-Mar | Auckland | $22,000 | |
| Magness Benrow NZ Sires Stakes Heat | 29-Mar | NZ Metro | $22,000 | |
| Magness Benrow NZ Sires Stakes Heat | 12-Apr | Auckland | $22,000 | |
| Magness Benrow NZ Sires Stakes Heat | 12-Apr | NZ Metro | $22,000 | |
| Woodlands Stud Caduceus Club Fillies Classic (G1) | 26-Apr | Auckland | $110,000 | |
| Magness Benrow NZ Sires Stakes Fillies Champs (G1) | 03-May | Auckland | $150,000 | |
| PGG Wrightson NZ Yearling Sales 2YO Fillies | 17-May | NZ Metro | $150,000 | |
| Harness Jewels 2YO Diamond (G1) | 01-Jun | NZ Metro | $150,000 | |
3YO Colts & Geldings |
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| McMillans Equine Feeds Sires Stakes Heat | 04-Oct | Cambridge | $22,000 | |
| McMillans Equine Feeds Sires Stakes Heat | 05-Oct | NZ Metro | $22,000 | |
| McMillans Equine Feeds Sires Stakes Heat | 19-Oct | NZ Metro | $22,000 | |
| McMillans Equine Feeds Sires Stakes Heat | 26-Oct | Auckland | $22,000 | |
| McMillans Equine Feeds Sires Stakes Heat | 02-Nov | NZ Metro | $22,000 | |
| McMillans Equine Feeds Sires Stakes Final (G1) | 13-Nov | NZ Metro | $170,000 | |
| McMillans Equine Feeds Sires Stakes Silver | 30-Nov | NZ Metro | $30,000 | |
| Elsu Classic (G2) | 14-Dec | Auckland | $50,000 | |
| PGG Wrightson Sales Series Final (L) | 31-Dec | Auckland | $175,000 | |
| Dinny Johnston Waikato Guineas | 11-Jan | Cambridge | $20,000 | |
| Harness 7000 (L) | 15-Feb | NZ Metro | $40,000 | |
| Ashburton Champion Stakes | 23-Feb | Ashburton | $15,000 | |
| Northern Derby (G1) | 08-Mar | Auckland | $250,000 | |
| Rosslands Graduate | 15-Mar | Auckland | $30,000 | |
| Up to R70 Mobile PBD | 15-Mar | NZ Metro | $14,400 | |
| Vero Flying Stakes (G2) | 22-Mar | NZ Metro | $50,000 | |
| NZ Derby (G1) | 05-Apr | NZ Metro | $200,000 | |
| Kotare Downs Stakes | 14-Apr | Rangiora | $13,000 | |
| Southern Supremacy Stakes (G2) | 27-Apr | Invercargill | $50,000 | |
| Sophomore Classic (L) | 17-May | NZ Metro | $40,000 | |
| Harness Jewels Emerald (G1) | 01-Jun | NZ Metro | $150,000 | |
3YO Fillies |
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| Alabar Sires Stakes Heat | 26-Oct | Auckland | $22,000 | |
| Alabar Sires Stakes Heat | 02-Nov | NZ Metro | $22,000 | |
| Alabar Sires Stakes Heat | 30-Nov | NZ Metro | $22,000 | |
| Alabar Sires Stakes Heat | 07-Dec | Auckland | $22,000 | |
| Peter Breckon Memorial Ladyship Stakes (G2) | 14-Dec | Auckland | $65,000 | |
| Alabar Sires Stakes Final/Consol (G1) | 31-Dec | Auckland | $150,000 | |
| Nevele R Fillies Series Heat 1 | 08-Feb | Auckland | $20,000 | |
| Nevele R Fillies Series Heat 2 | 10-Feb | Hororata | $20,000 | |
| PGG Wrightson YSS 3YO Fillies Champs (L) | 15-Feb | NZ Metro | $150,000 | |
| Nevele R Fillies Series Heat 3 (conditioned) | 23-Feb | Ashburton | $15,000 | |
| Northern Oaks (G1) | 01-Mar | Auckland | $100,000 | |
| Rosslands Graduette | 15-Mar | Auckland | $30,000 | |
| Nevele R Fillies Series Heat 4 | 15-Mar | NZ Metro | $20,000 | |
| Nevele R Fillies Series Heat 5 | 28-Mar | Forbury | $20,000 | |
| Nevele R Fillies Series Heat 6 | 18-Apr | Cambridge | $20,000 | |
| Nevele R Fillies Series Heat 7 | 20-Apr | NZ Metro | $20,000 | |
| Southland Oaks (G2) | 27-Apr | Invercargill | $50,000 | |
| Nevele R Fillies Series Final/Consol (G1) | 10-May | NZ Metro | $140,000 | |
| NZ Oaks (G1) | 17-May | NZ Metro | $150,000 | |
| Harness Jewels 3YO Diamond (G1) | 01-Jun | NZ Metro | $150,000 | |
4YO/4 & 5YO Pacers |
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| Jardine Bloodstock Futurity Stakes (G2) (4&5) | 24-Jan | Cambridge | $50,000 | |
| Resource Recycling Superstars Champs (G2) (4&5) | 29-Mar | NZ Metro | $50,000 | |
| Waste Management Taylor Mile (G1) | 26-Apr | Auckland | $100,000 | |
| Dawson Harford & Partners NZ Messenger (G1) | 03-May | Auckland | $100,000 | |
| Harness Jewels 4YO Emerald (G1) | 01-Jun | NZ Metro | $150,000 | |
TROTTERS |
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2YO Trotters |
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| 2YO Mobile Trot | 01-Feb | NZ Metro | $10,000 | |
| 2YO Mobile Trot | 08-Feb | Auckland | $12,000 | |
| 2YO Mobile Trot | 22-Feb | Auckland | $12,000 | |
| 2YO Mobile Trot | 22-Feb | NZ Metro | $10,000 | |
| 2YO Mobile Trot | 06-Mar | Cambridge | $7,500 | |
| 2YO Mobile Trot | 15-Mar | NZ Metro | $10,000 | |
| Haras des Trotteurs Sires Stakes Prelude | 21-Mar | Cambridge | $10,000 | |
| 2YO Mobile Trot | 31-Mar | Methven | $9,000 | |
| 2YO Mobile Trot | 05-Apr | Auckland | $12,000 | |
| Haras des Trotteurs Sires Stakes Prelude | 07-Apr | Rangiora | $10,000 | |
| NZ Trotting Stakes (G3) | 20-Apr | NZ Metro | $30,000 | |
| Cambridge 2YO Trotting Stakes | 28-Apr | Cambridge | $10,000 | |
| 2YO Mobile Trot | 28-Apr | Ashburton | $7,500 | |
| 2YO Mobile Trot | 05-May | Rangiora | $7,500 | |
| PGG Wrightson Sales Series (L) | 10-May | NZ Metro | $65,000 | |
| Sires Stakes Champs (G2) | 17-May | NZ Metro | $60,000 | |
| Harness Jewels (G1) | 01-Jun | NZ Metro | $125,000 | |
3YO Trotters |
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| Orari Challenge Stakes | 02-Feb | Geraldine | $15,000 | |
| Hambletonian Classic (G3) | 23-Feb | Ashburton | $30,000 | |
| Haras des Trotteurs 3YO Sires Stakes Prelude | 15-Mar | NZ Metro | $17,500 | |
| NZ Trotting Derby (G1) | 05-Apr | NZ Metro | $100,000 | |
| Haras des Trotteurs 3YO Sires Stakes Champs (G2) | 26-Apr | Auckland | $60,000 | |
| Northern Trotting Derby (G1) | 03-May | Auckland | $100,000 | |
| PGG Wrightson 3YO Trotters Final (L) | 17-May | NZ Metro | $70,000 | |
| Harness Jewels 3YO Ruby (G1) | 01-Jun | NZ Metro | $125,000 | |
3YO Trotting Fillies |
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| Sires Sires 3YO Fillies Classique | 01-Mar | NZ Metro | $20,000 | |
| Southland Trotting Oaks | 09-Mar | Nthn S'nd | $20,000 | |
| NZ Trotting Oaks (G2) | 22-Mar | NZ Metro | $50,000 | |
| Northern Trotting Oaks (G3) | 10-May | Auckland | $30,000 | |
| Cambridge Trotting Oaks | 16-May | Cambridge | $15,000 | |
4YO/4 & 5YO Trotters |
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| Lamb & Hayward 4&5YO Trotting Champs (G3) | 22-Mar | NZ Metro | $30,000 | |
| Harness Jewels (G1) | 01-Jun | NZ Metro | $125,000 |
