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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

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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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Wingatui Racecourse,
285 Gladstone Road North,
Dunedin


T: 03 489 6233
F: 03 489 3119
E: gm@wingatui.co.nz
W: www.wingatui.co.nz

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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

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