Waikato Sprint
| Waikato Spring | |
|---|---|
| Group I race | |
| Location |
Te Rapa Racecourse Hamilton, New Zealand |
| Inaugurated | 1974 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1400m (7 furlongs) |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-year-olds and up |
| Weight | Weight for Age |
| Purse | NZ$200,000 |
The Waikato Sprint is a Thoroughbred horse race run at Te Rapa Racecourse in Hamilton in early February every year. Currently sponsored by Waikato Draught, the race has become one of the highlights of the New Zealand summer racing season.
The list of winners includes almost every top-class sprinter-miler to have raced in New Zealand in the last three decades, and is highlighted by the back-to-back victories by champion mare Sunline in 2001-02.
Winners of the Waikato Sprint
| Year |
Winner |
|---|---|
| 2014 | Viadana |
| 2013 | Final Touch |
| 2012 | Veyron |
| 2011 | Mufhasa |
| 2010 | Tavistock |
| 2009 | Mufhasa |
| 2008 | Seachange |
| 2007 | Darci Brahma |
| 2006 | Kristov |
| 2005 | Sedecrem |
| 2004 | Sedecrem |
| 2003 | Tit For Taat |
| 2002 | Sunline |
| 2001 | Sunline |
| 2000 | Tall Poppy |
| 1999 | Surface |
| 1998 | Rebel |
| 1997 | Avedon |
| 1996 | Allegro |
| 1995 | Snap |
| 1994 | Western Red |
| 1993 | Veandercross |
| 1992 | Mrs Selleck |
| 1991 | Mr Tiz |
| 1990 | Not Held |
| 1989 | Poetic Prince |
| 1988 | Courier Bay |
| 1987 | Courier Bay |
| 1986 | Tanalyse |
| 1985 | Super Tai |
| 1984 | Abit Leica |
| 1983 | Pinson |
| 1982 | Givenchy |
| 1981 | Mun Lee |
| 1980 | Coobers Queen |
| 1979 | March Legend |
| 1978 | Copper Belt |
| 1977 | Soliloquy |
| 1976 | Mop |
| 1975 | Auditor |
| 1974 | Kings Romance |