The Rowe Cup is a race held annually at
Alexandra Park, Auckland
Alexandra Park is a racecourse in the suburb of Epsom in Auckland, New Zealand. It is the home of the Auckland Trotting Club . The park consists of the Alexandra Park Raceway trotting track, conference centre and a high-end urban village current ...
,
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
for
standardbred
The Standardbred is an American horse breed best known for its ability in harness racing, where members of the breed compete at either a trot or pace. Developed in North America, the Standardbred is recognized worldwide, and the breed can trace i ...
horses.
The Rowe Cup is run over a distance of 3200 m. Along with the
Dominion Handicap
The Dominion is a race held at the Addington Raceway each year in Christchurch, New Zealand for standardbred horses.
The race is run in November over a distance of 3200 m on the Friday of New Zealand Cup week. It is on the same day as the ...
raced at
Addington Raceway Addington may refer to:
Places
In Australia:
* Addington, Victoria
In Canada:
* Addington, Ontario
* Addington County, Ontario (now Lennox and Addington County, Ontario)
* Addington Highlands, Ontario
* Addington Parish, New Brunswick
* Ad ...
it is one of the major
harness races for trotters rather than pacers.
Records
Most wins:
* 3 -
Lyell Creek
Lyell Creek (foaled 30 November 1993) is one of New Zealand's best Standardbred trotters. Also known as "Creek The Freak", he had 113 starts for 56 wins, 15 seconds and 11 thirds, including an Australasian record 15 Group One wins. His fastest ...
(2000, 2001, 2004)
Most wins by a
driver:
* 6 -
Tony Herlihy
Anthony Grant Herlihy (born 4 October 1958) is a New Zealand driver and trainer of standardbred racehorses. He was associated with many champions and has been a leading driver of harness horses in New Zealand. In 2014, he was inducted into the N ...
(1991, 1997, 2007, 2009, 2017, 2022)
* 5 -
Peter Wolfenden
Peter Tom Wolfenden (24 January 1935 – 18 February 2023) was a New Zealand driver and trainer of Standardbred racehorses. He is most notable for his victory in the New Zealand Trotting Cup when he drove New Zealand's top pacer Cardigan Bay. He ...
(1960, 1968, 1969, 1977, 1980)
* 4 -
Anthony Butt
Anthony Butt is a driver of standardbred racehorses in New Zealand. He was associated with champions trotters Lyell Creek and Take A Moment, who, along with many other of his best drives, were trained by his brother Tim. He has won the Dominion H ...
(2000, 2001, 2003, 2004)
* 4 - Maurice McKendry (1986, 1992, 1993, 2008)
* 4 - J T Paul (1926, 1927, 1935, 1936)
* 4 - R Young (1946, 1949, 1950, 1952)
* 3 -
M F Holmes
Maurice Francis Tancred Holmes (10 November 1908 – 7 July 1998), commonly known as Morrie Holmes, was a driver of standardbred racehorses in New Zealand. He was associated with many champions and was a leading driver of harness horses in New Zea ...
(1956, 1959, 1961)
* 3 - L J Mahoney (1938, 1939, 1941)
* 3 - W Orange (1920, 1922, 1923)
Winners list
The following are winners of the Rowe Cup:
Other major races
*
Dominion Handicap
The Dominion is a race held at the Addington Raceway each year in Christchurch, New Zealand for standardbred horses.
The race is run in November over a distance of 3200 m on the Friday of New Zealand Cup week. It is on the same day as the ...
*
Inter Dominion Trotting Championship
:''for winners of the pacing event see: Inter Dominion Pacing Championship''
The Inter Dominion Trotting Championship Grand Final was a race for trotters within the overall Inter Dominion series. The series is held each year, and is a harness raci ...
*
Inter Dominion Pacing Championship
:''for winners of the trotting event see: Inter Dominion Trotting Championship''
The Inter Dominion is a harness racing competition that has been contested since 1936 in Australia and New Zealand.
The Inter Dominion was the brain child of Western ...
*
Auckland Trotting Cup
The Auckland Pacing Cup which is sometimes referred to as the Auckland Trotting Cup or merely the Auckland Cup is a race held at Alexandra Park in Auckland, New Zealand for Standardbred horses. It is one of the two major harness races, along with ...
*
New Zealand Trotting Cup
The New Zealand Cup for standardbred horses, also known as either the New Zealand Trotting Cup or the New Zealand Pacing Cup is a Group One (G1) harness race held annually by the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club at Addington Raceway in Chri ...
*
Great Northern Derby
The Great Northern Derby is a harness racing event for 3 year old standardbreds. It is a major event for 3 year old colts and geldings in New Zealand. It is run at Alexandra Park in Auckland, on the same night as the Auckland Cup in early March. ...
*
Noel J Taylor Mile
*
New Zealand Messenger
See also
*
Harness racing in New Zealand
Harness racing in New Zealand is primarily a professional sport which involves pacing and trotting competitions for Standardbred racehorses. The difference is the horse's gait or running style:
* pacing is where the two legs on the same side ...
References
{{reflist, 2
Horse races in New Zealand
Harness racing in New Zealand
Rowe Cup winners