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Waikouaiti R.C.
The Waikouaiti Racing Club began racing permanently at Wingatui in the middle of January 2021 after racing at Waikouaiti on or about New Year’s Day for some 129 years. New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing directed the move following the Messara report on racing in New Zealand. The club, formed in the 1880s embraced the shift to Wingatui (2000m track, 350m straight) with a day of entertainment for all the family, including a bouncy castle, Kids Kartz harness racing and lolly scramble for the younger brigade. The Waikouaiti club had raced at Wingatui in 1999 when the home track was under repair. The Waikouaiti Cup winners Gay Filou (1964) and Ed (1995) have gone on to win the Wellington Cup the same year.
Gallop South Membership: $99.00 ($49 for under 35s). Includes:
- A Membership card providing admission to all race meetings in Otago and Southland and access to the member’s only facilities.
- Opportunity to acquire up to 4 additional guest members passes for any Otago and Southland Meeting.
- FREE race books on presentation of card
- Voting rights at one nominated club
- Regular members newsletters or e-letters
- Free access to the member’s only marquee on Melbourne cup day at Wingatui racecourse.
- 10% discount off race day hospitality packages
- Reciprocal rights at most New Zealand Clubs
For more details and details on how to apply, visit events.loveracing.nz/clubs/Waikouaiti+RC
Contact details
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P O Box 8018,
Glengarry
Invercargill 9845T: 03 973-0111
E: jo@gallopsouth.co.nz
Contact: Jo Gordon
W: events.loveracing.nz/clubs/Waikouaiti-RC
Featured meeting
Waikouaiti Races - January
Join us at Wingatui Racecourse in mid-January for the annual Waikouaiti Races. This event has all you need for a perfect day at the races with family and friends. Enjoy free entertainment for the kids all day and exciting thoroughbred racing on-course while you sit back and relax.
Course
Wingatui
Wingatui Racecourse in Dunedin is home to the Otago Racing Club. It also hosts the annual fixture of the Beaumont Racing Club and Waikouaiti Racing Club. The course is the strategic racing and training centre in the Otago region and is home to around 120 horses. Wingatui stages the region’s Group and Listed races, the most celebrated of which is the Group 3 White Robe Lodge Stakes run in February at the Club’s Champions Day, Premier meeting. Significant funds have been spent in recent years on improving the facilities and grounds at Wingatui and the track can be considered one of the most modern and comfortable in New Zealand.
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Contact details
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Wingatui Racecourse,
285 Gladstone Road North,
Dunedin
F: 03 489 3119
E: gm@wingatui.co.nz
W: www.wingatui.co.nz
Course Info
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Non-Race Day facilities:
Wingatui is a picturesque racecourse, with facilities that lend themselves to non-race day functions. The racecourse is also a busy and active function centre hosting weddings, conferences and functions. Many other community sporting events are run at the course, including Mud Sweat and Tears, the Edmund Cup cross country and numerous pony club fixtures.
Hospitality:
The Otago Racing Club prides itself on its hospitality. Every race day Trackside dining is available in the Winning Post Lounge overlooking the birdcage and adjacent to the Winning Post. However, on their major days such as Melbourne Cup Day, Boxing Day, Champions Day and Fillies Day the club offers numerous packages based inside the grandstand and also in marquees. Over 3500 are pre-sold into hospitality on Melbourne Cup Day. To view options visit the club’s website: https://wingatui.co.nz/function-centre
All meetings
Open/close| Date | Club | Meeting Name/Type |
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| Thu 26 Dec 2024 | Otago RC | Feature |
| Sat 18 Jan 2025 | Waikouaiti RC | Feature |
| Sat 8 Feb 2025 | Otago RC | Feature |
| Sat 1 Mar 2025 | Otago RC | Feature |
| Sun 16 Mar 2025 | Beaumont RC | Industry |
| Fri 28 Mar 2025 | Otago RC | Industry |
| Fri 23 May 2025 | Otago RC | Other |
| Sun 1 Jun 2025 | Otago RC | Other |
| Sun 29 Jun 2025 | Otago RC | Other |
Featured meeting
Melbourne Cup Day
This fixture is the Club’s highest attended race day with around 8000 people making their way to Wingatui to enjoy the local racing and the action from Flemington on the giant screen. The majority of the crowd are entertained inside marquees and enjoy great hospitality. The day appeals to corporates who have private marquees and also to students who come to the event to celebrate their end-of-year exams. Most years the student tent, known as the Makybe Diva marquee houses 500 people and sells out in next to no time.
Boxing Day
The Boxing Day fixture is the Club's largest family event. It is a feature license so good horse numbers are in attendance and the racing is good quality. There is also plenty of free entertainment and activities for all the family.
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