Last chance to enter Pearl Series

The final opportunity to enter a yearling filly in the 2022 NZB Insurance Pearl Series closes on Sunday 31^st July, with entry $1,500 plus GST.

A bonus scheme for Southern Hemisphere bred fillies and mares, offering bonuses of $2.8 million, the scheme includes up to 200 individual races for fillies and mares over four seasons' racing, with bonuses for each race of $14,000.

The Series has been designed to benefit owners, trainers and breeders of fillies and mares running in New Zealand and are available in all regions of the country. All bonuses are cumulative, ie a horse can win multiple bonuses throughout her racing career.

New changes to the Pearl Series include:

• BONUS payments now paid to 1st, 2nd and 3rd
• BONUS races now extended to 5YO mares

To enter visit https://pearlseries.nzthoroughbred.co.nz/

e: nztba@nzthoroughbred.co.nz

p: 07 827 7727

Levin Meeting Cancelled/Ryder Stakes to Te Rapa

An early call has been made to cancel the Levin RC meeting at Otaki on Saturday. 

The RIB and club officials inspected the track on Tuesday. The track is sodden having received 109mm of rainfall in the last seven days on an already heavy surface. 

A NIWA report commissioned specifically for Otaki Racecourse shows a further 70mm of rain is expected from Tuesday through to midday on Saturday. There is no alternative track available in the central region. 

The Listed Courtesy Ford Ryder Stakes (1200m), the final black-type race of the season, has been added to the card at Te Rapa on Saturday.