AUGUST NOMS FOR $84,000 SHOW DAY FUTURITY SERIES
Tuesday 22 July
The Show Day Futurity Series (SDFS) will once again be programmed this spring at Addington Raceway with estimated stakes of $84,000.
Addington is also pleased to announce that for the second year running, harness racing enthusiasts Glenys and Philip Kennard are sponsoring and the series will be known as the Glenys & Philip Kennard/Graphite Developments Ltd Futurity Series.
Nominations will close on August 13 at 3pm.
The well-patronised series will cater for 3-year-old and older pacers assessed at C0 as at July 1, 2014, with the following criteria to be satisfied:
Nomination fee is set at $100 plus GST with all funds received included in the stake for the SDFS Final on 14 November
A horse must have started at least twice in the period from August 8 to October 31 at a NZ Metropolitan Trotting Club meeting
In 2014. It is proposed to run up to five races in the SDFS with the following conditions:
September 5 – **horses assessed at C0 to C1 2600m – $11,000
October 17 – **horses assessed at C0 only 2600m – $11,000
November 14 – ***SDFS Final – $40,000
November 28 – Horses who were not eligible to and did not contest the Final on 14 November – $11,000
December 11 – Open to all SDFS horses excluding those horses who finish 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the Final on 14 November – $11,000
Total estimated stakes $84,000.
**Subject to programming.
***Total stake for the SDFS Final is estimated at $40,000 which is subject to total number of nominations. All runners to receive a minimum of $800 for starting in the Final subject to same conditions.
Full details can be viewed from Friday 25 July at www.addington.co.nz under Racing – Promotions and Incentives. Alternatively, please phone Brian Rabbitt or Richard Bromley of Addington’s Racing Department on 03 338-9094.
Courtesy of Ged Mooar
Marketing & Commercial Manager
Addington