Newhaven Park is proud to announce it has signed an agreement with Racing NSW and the Australian Turf Club to sponsor 'The Country Championships Final', heldat Royal Randwick on Day One of the Championships (1 April, 2017).
The Country Championships offers
$1.5 millionin prizemoney and was developed to include horses
trained by country trainers, in country areas. The series includes:
seven qualifying races worth $150,000; a 'Wild Card' race of $50,000
and a $400,000 Final.
"The Country Championships is an exciting and innovative concept by Racing NSW
and we are thrilled to be associated with it," Newhaven Park's John Kelly said.
"The health of country racing is
a barometer of all racing and it is important that we protect and nurture the
grass roots of our industry.
"The race series and the increases in prize money has had an amazing effect on
the psyche of the racegoer, whether they be a breeder, an owner, a trainer or
anyone involved, there is a positiveness that I have not seen ever before in
the industry and it is a concept Newhaven Park and our family would like to
support wholeheartedly."
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