The Whangarei Racing Club is proud to host the inaugural $300,000 ITM/GIB Northern Region Winter Championships and wanted to tell you of all the details of the exciting series. There are qualifying races spread throughout the northern region tracks to enable most trainers to be able to qualify at a track close to their base.

The Club invites you to nominate horses for each of the five series and wishes you good luck in qualifying for the ITM/GIB Northern Region Winter Championships.

Click here to view the schedule of qualifying races for the 2022 Northern Region Winter Championships at Ruakaka on Saturday, 16 July

Important points

• nominations close at 4pm, Tuesday, 3 May (free to nominate)with National Racing Bureau
• late nominations close 4pm, Friday, 13 May ($50 fee)
• to be able to nominate, a horse must be named so 2yo horses’ names need to be submitted before 3 May
• to be able to start in a final, a horse must be nominated for that series
• a nominated horse may qualify to race in the final without competing in a heat, that is why it is important for the 2yos to be named
• a horse can be nominated for more than one series but only races in each series are counted for that series final
• like the Stella Artois 1500 and Dunstan Feeds Stayers Championship, horses earn points in the designated qualifying races
• finals are:
• ITM/GIB Stayers’ Final – Open 2200 @ $60,000
• ITM/GIB Sprinters’ Final – Open 1400 @ $60,000
• ITM/GIB Progressive (for horses that have not won more than one flat race at 9am, Mon, 2 May) – 1600 @ $60,000
• ITM/GIB 3yo Final – SWP 1600 @ $60,000
• ITM/GIB 2yo Final – SWP 1200 @ $60,000

For more information, please contact Craig Baker (craigb@ellerslie.co.nz or 027 441 2920)