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The latest update from HRNZ in regards to Covid-19

The third annual Team Teal campaign has now topped $50,000, more than ten thousand over its target.

The 2020 Norwood NZ Rural Sports Awards were announced this evening at Awapuni Racecourse in Palmerston North.

International equine airfreight company IRT have shown their support for the harness racing industry by becoming the major sponsor of the IRT Harness Jewels 2020, to be held at Cambridge Raceway on May 30.  

Harness Racing New Zealand along with the Westport Trotting Club, Reefton Trotting Club and Banks Peninsula Trotting Club are excited to announce that during the 2020 Team Teal Campaign we will see some ladies only races as we did on…

Craig Wiggins, on behalf of the May family has expressed their thanks for the outpouring of concern from the harness racing community regarding Ricky May’s condition after the incident at the Omakau meeting yesterday.  

Harness Racing New Zealand is thrilled to announce that the dates for next year’s Teal Pants Campaign in New Zealand will be 1 February to 15 March 2020.

New Zealander Sarah O’Reilly emerged victorious in the 2019 Hanley Formula Australasian Young Drivers Championship after the final heat was run and won at Alexandra Park on Friday night.

Heats seven to nine of the of the 2019 Hanley Australasian Drivers Championship were held at Manawatu Raceway on Thursday with three first time AYDC winning drivers saluting.