WHAT'S ON
18 Sep 2021
Riccarton Park - Canterbury Jockey Club
Restricted entry conditions
01 Oct 2021
Christchurch Casino 26th SI Racing Awards
26th South Island Racing awards celebrating the best of the 2020/21 season.
02 Oct 2021
Riccarton Park - North Canterbury
Waimakariri Businesses North Canterbury Cup
07 Oct 2021
Ellie Stokes Trust Charity Dinner
Featuring guest speaker, Scott Robertson
23 Oct 2021
Riccarton Park - Canterbury Jockey Club
War Decree Stakes / Spring Classic.
23 Oct 2021
Group 1 Raceday Party
The racing experience of 2021 at Riccarton Park.
Welcome to Riccarton Park
Our people are now working on site and can attend to any inquiries under COVID-19 Level 2.
Ticket Sale Release Delayed
The Canterbury Jockey Club has chosen to delay release of ticketing for the New Zealand Cup Meeting (6, 10, 13 November) from the proposed 1 September date.
Although the Canterbury region has entered COVID-19 Level 2, this level although allowing the conducting of racedays, precludes the attendance of a significant crowd.
The Club will monitor the situation and release ticketing when there is a realistic expectation that we will be operating at Level 1 in November as we were last season where a crowd limit of 15,000 attended New Zealand Cup Day.
Follow progress on the synthetic track development.
For over 165 years the Canterbury Jockey Club has been at the forefront of New Zealand racing conducting some of the most prestigious races in the country. Riccarton Park is home to 28 racedays from the 2021-22 season with highlights including the New Zealand Cup Meeting in November, Grand National Festival of Racing (Jumps Racing) in August and the four day Autumn Racing Season.
The Clubs racing calendar is defined by.
- The iconic Martin Collins New Zealand Cup® over the staying test of 3200 metres.
- Group 1, Al Basti Equiworld New Zealand 2000 Guineas® over the classic distance of 1600 metres.
- Group 1, Barneswood Farm New Zealand 1000 Guineas® for the three-year-old fillies.
- Group 2, Coupland's Bakeries Mile over 1600 metres for the Open horses
- These four races form the backbone of the New Zealand Cup Meeting.
- Racecourse Hotel & Motor Lodge Grand National Steeplechase in August.
- Hospitality New Zealand Canterbury Grand National Hurdle Race also in August.
- 23 Group, Listed and Prestige Jumping Races are held each year.
- On 11 of these races the Club pays well above the industry funded minimum stake.
- 18 of the Clubs 28 racedays are Feature, Premier or Iconic racemeetings.
- Racing will be conducted every month in 2022
- 7 days of racing on the Synthetic track from May to July 2022.
- 28 racedays conducted in the racing year from 2021/22
The 2021 Grand National Festival of Racing is 7, 11, 14 August and the 2021 NZ Cup Meeting is on 6, 10 & 13 November.
Vibrant and exciting racedays held throughout the year. Download the 2021/2022 race dates file.
