North Island Challenge Stakes
North Island Challenge Stakes was a major thoroughbred horse race in New Zealand. It was run at Trentham Racecourse, Wellington, New Zealand over a sprint distance of 7 furlongs.
The race is notable as an historical annual horserace, as it was won by the who's-who of New Zealand recehorses of the time, including Gloaming and Desert Gold, considered along with Phar Lap as the country's three greats.[1] New Zealand hall of famers Gloaming and Kindergarten each won the race three times.[2]
Selected winners
- 1914 Desert Gold
- 1919 Warplane
- 1922 Gloaming
- 1924 Gloaming
- 1925 Gloaming
- 1940 Kindergarten
- 1941 Kindergarten
- 1942 Kindergarten
- 1951 Mainbrace
- 1955 Coleridge
References
See also
- List of notable Thoroughbred racehorses
- New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame
- Repeat winners of horse races