• Racing

MAY MEETING

Thursday, 7 May 2026
Winton Harness Racing Club @ Central Southland Raceway, Winton
Racebook
For 4 yrs & older pacers with no wins for lifetime with 5 or more starts for lifetime. Also 8yo mares with no wins for lifetime with 4 starts for lifetime.
For 2-year-old pacers. Preferential Barrier Draw Based on: Sex (fillies drawn inside colts and geldings) numbering sequentially from 1.
Front: 3 yrs & older trotters with no wins for lifetime. 30m: R35 horses with 1 win for lifetime with unplaced(5th or lower) in the last 5 starts.
For R35 to R39 3yo-&-older pacers. The winner will get a rating penalty free win if 4YO and older, and driven by a Junior Driver, and has not previously won a rating penalty free race this season.
For R50 to R80 trotters. Preferential Barrier Draw Based on: Rating numbering sequentially from 1.
For 2yo-&-older pacing colts & geldings. In the event Race 4 or Race 5 have insufficient acceptors these races may be combined with the race reverting to a PBD on Sex (fillies drawing inside Colts & Geldings). Where a programmed 2YO race has exactly four (4) acceptors at the close of withdrawals, HRNZ, at its discretion, may elect to proceed with the race and apply a 20% reduction to the advertised stake.
For up to & including R50 4yo-&-older pacing mares. Preferential Barrier Draw Based on: Rating then Winning Stakes numbering sequentially from 1.
For R40 to R46 3yo-&-older pacers. Preferential Barrier Draw Based on: Rating numbering sequentially from 1.
For R35 to R50 3 yrs & older pacing colts & geldings. Also R35 to R50 3yo fillies. Also R51 to R60 if driven by a concession junior driver. This race will be split based on ratings. Preferential Barrier Draws will be used if deemed necessary numbering sequentially from 1. Any horses balloted or eliminated for Race 7 will become eligible for this race and conditioned altered. The stake for the lowest rating race will be $10,000, middle race(s) $11,000 and highest race $12,000. The second highest rated race will see the winner get a Rating Penalty Free win if 4YO & Older, driven by a Junior Driver & has not previously won a Rating Penalty Free race this season.

  1. RIGHT OF RE-ENTRY TIME


    Shall be 5pm on day before raceday.

  2. ORIGINAL NOMINATIONS


    In the event horses are transferred to another race from the trainer, selection preference will be given to original nominations received for that race.

  3. IMPORTANT NOTICE TO NOMINATORS


    Owners and Trainers are reminded that the bureau has the right to transfer any horse not selected to start in a race for which it was nominated to ANY OTHER RACE ON THE PROGRAMME for which it may be eligible. If you do not wish the bureau to exercise it's right to transfer a particular nominated horse then it is your responsibility as the nominator to advise the bureau of the same.

  4. SPLITTING FIELDS


    In the event any race or races are split on this Programme, unless specific in the individual race conditions, races will be split and selected at the bureau's discretion, with consideration given to Ratings in the first instance.

  5. DUAL ACCEPTORS/NOMINATORS


    In the event that horses have gained a start at another meeting these horses are not guaranteed to gain a start at this meeting.

  6. GOLD CHIP


    For non-win, or up to 1 win trotters for lifetime aged two years and older at the closing of nominations for the Winton HRC meeting to be held on Thursday 7th May 2026. Conditions: 1. Open to all trotters aged two years and older that have never won a race (non-winners), or have won one win for lifetime. 2. To be eligible to start in the Gold Chip Championship Trot a horse must start in at least one race or an open trot race run by Southern Harness Racing Clubs (Winton HRC, Invercargill HRC and Forbury Park TC) in the period from 7th May 2026 through to 5th July 2026. The 'R' rating horses must win their second respective race at one of the Southern Harness meetings to be eligible 3.Field selection for the Gold Chip Championship will operate as follows: Most wins at a Southern Harness Club meeting during that period, most 2nds at a Southern Harness Club meeting during that period, most 3rds at a Southern Harness Club meeting during that period, then Bureau Discretion. 4.The $15000 Gold Chip Championship held on 13th July at the Invercargill HRC meeting and will be raced over 2200m, from a standing start. (non-winners) will start from the front line, R rated horses from a 20 metre handicap.

  7. SILK ROAD SOUTHERN WINTER SERIES NO.1


    This series will consist of 2 heats and a Final. Heat 1 to be held on 7th May Winton 1609m, Heat 2 17th May Invercargill 1700 and Final 24th May Winton 1609m. Heats will be held for $15,000 and Final $30,000. 1. For mares rated up to and including R50 at the close of nominations for Heat 1 of this series. 2. A horse must have competed in a heat to be eligible to contest a final. 3. Heat Winners are automatic qualifiers for finals, if nominated. 4. Horses that win a Heat and a Final will receive a Rating Penalty Free win in the Final. 5. Mares eligible for the first heat of the series remain eligible for all further races in this series. 6. Fields for all heats in these series will be selected on Ratings (highest to lowest) 7. All races in these series are restricted to race winners only 8. A minimum of six acceptors are required for a heat or final to proceed. 9. In the event of extraordinary entries for any given heat, the HRNZ Bureau reserves the right to run an additional heat(s) 10. Remainder of the field will be selected by the Bureau, with Preference given to horses that competed in the most heats.

Nominations

Monday, 4 May @ 12:00pm

Withdrawals

Monday, 4 May @ 2:00pm

Drivers

Tuesday, 5 May @ 2:00pm

Contact Details

P O Box 96, Invercargill
Telephone: 03-217-9117
Mobile 021 1272 912 (Jason)
Racecourse: 03-236-8843

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