New Zealand Cup
The New Zealand Cup is a thoroughbred horse race run at the Riccarton Park Racecourse in Christchurch. New Zealand Cup week. The New Zealand Cup is raced on the final Saturday of Christchurch "Cup week" held each year in the second week of November. For thoroughbred horses the week also features: Christchurch Cup week includes premier standardbred meetings at Addington raceway including: There is also greyhound racing on the Thursday, including the following Group 1 races: History. The New Zealand Cip is one of the oldest races in New Zealand having been run each year since 1865 . It is a race for stayers, over 3200 metres, which is also the distance of the Auckland Cup, Wellington Cup as well as some major Australian races such as the Melbourne Cup. Despite it dropping from a Group 1 race down to Group 2 and now to Group 3 status, it remains one of the most popular racing events in New Zealand with the 150th running in 2013. Notable winners include: