The awards are presented at a cocktail function in the Club Grandstand Friday 11 September 2026.
Tickets $49pp includes finger food and a first drink - 5.30 to 7.30pm.
The finalists are
1. Two-Year-Old
Enchantment
Final Time
Hezzarocstar
2. Three-Year-Old
Alottago
Cool Aza Rene
Hello Hayley
Miss Starlight
Origin Of Love
Perlino
3. Sprinter
Inflamed
Insatiable
Witz End
4. Miler
Cluedo Lane
Ears Back
Inflamed
Mystic Park
Toa Haka
5. Stayer
Bauble
Noble Knight
Rosso
Smooth Operator
6. Polytrack
Boss ‘N’ Highheels
Gemma Flitz
Proserve
Purple Prose
Tumuch
7. Horse of the Year
To be voted from the above finalists.
8. NZ Bloodstock Southern Filly of the Year
Miss Starlight
9. Broodmare of the Year
To be announced on the day
10. Stallion
To be announced on the day
11. Trainer
Brian & Shane Anderton
Michael & Matthew Pitman
Kelvin Tyler
M Walker & S Bergerson (Te Akau Racing-South Island)
12. Jockey
Corey Campbell
Donovan Cooper
Tina Comignaghi
Tristan Moodley
13. Apprentice
To be announced on the day
14. Owner
15. BJ & Est Late L Anderton
John & Karen Parsons
Glenn Ritchie
Kelvin & Vanessa Tyler
16. Breeder
BJ & Est Late L Anderton
Dennis Bros (Ravelston Stud)
Richard Rutherford (Beltana Stud)
Greg Tomlinson (Nearco Stud)
17. Emerging Talent Award
To be announced on the day