As the temperature drops, our jumps racing stars are just warming up! With nerves of steel and a taste for adrenaline, watch our lionhearts go to battle this winter.
Steeped in courage, bravery and determination, there’ll be slogging finishes, gallant performances and heroic triumphs.
It’s time to celebrate jumps racing this winter! Dig out your tweed, your tartan and your trilby and get amongst the action track side.
Racing Te Aroha, Te Aroha
Wellington RC, RACE Trentham
Waikato Thoroughbred Racing, Te Rapa
If you’ve never been to a jumps raceday, you’re missing out on one of New Zealand’s most unique and exhilarating sporting experiences. Set against stunning rural backdrops and full of heart-pounding action, jumps racing combines athleticism, courage, and community spirit in a way few other events can match.
Whether you’re a seasoned racing fan or someone simply looking for a great day out, here’s why you should get involved in jumps racing and get along to a raceday this season.
There are few sights more spectacular than watching jumps racing at Riccarton Park, and the Racecourse Hotel & Motor Lodge 150th Grand National Steeplechase Raceday offers a front-row seat to a phenomenal afternoon of racing.
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Harvey Wilson has been successful in a number of New Zealand’s major jumping races, but before he was training racehorses, he scaled even greater heights in the show jumping arena.
Jo Rathbone has spent most of her life immersed in the world of jumps racing, with a celebrated riding career, a couple of champion horses, and a rising profile in the training ranks already to her name.
Jumps racing often gives thoroughbreds a second career on the track, and for Lucy de Lautour, it serves as a perfect transition into life on the hunt field.
