The $350,000 TAB Southern Alps Challenge, NZB Insurance Stakes & the Welcome Stakes

TAB Punters Challenge - Back for 2025 - $12,000 prize pool. Pit your skills in a fun environment. See details and entry

Fashion in the Field Event - feature accents of Red & White in your Raceday Outfit for the chance to be chosen to draw a horse in the TAB Southern Alps Challenge.

The Winner receives a Scenic Hotel Group accommodation package for a two including: two nights at Scenic Hotel Punakaiki and two nights at Legacy Te Waonui Hotel, Franz Josef, including daily breakfast and a visit to the Waiho Hot Tubs with a bottle of Bubbles.

Enjoy the temperate climate and wake up to blue skies and glass mirror lakes, enjoy a glass of wine by the open fires of the beautiful Scenic Hotels on the West Coast of NZ.

Sit back and relax as you take in the views of the Tasman Ocean with views to Australia.

All finalists will receive a bottle of wine from The Ned.

Open to everyone and no entry needed as our experienced Fashion Ambassadors will be out spotting the Best Dressed on the day.

All welcome - Free Gate Entry

First Race unconfirmed start time - 12.05pm 

Live music in the Birdcage between races.

Nightmarch Room open to all - bar, totes, cabinet food & hot ham in ciabatta bun available.

Phar Lap room open - bar, totes & "The Grandstand Eatery".

Buffet Lunch in the Show Gate

Entry to the Grand National Lawn (in front of the Promenade) is from Steadman Road. The Racecourse Road entry does not provide an access into this area.