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Rowe Cup

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Inaugurated
  
1918

Surface
  
Dirt

Distance
  
3200m (2 miles)

Location
  
Alexandra ParkAuckland, New Zealand

Race type
  
Standardbred - Flat racing

Website
  
www.alexandrapark.co.nz

The Rowe Cup is a race held annually in May at Alexandra Park, Auckland, New Zealand for standardbred horses. Worth $300,000 and run over a distance of 3200 m, it is one of the major harness races for trotters rather than pacers.

Contents

Rowe cup night 2014


Other major races

  • Dominion Handicap
  • Auckland Trotting Cup
  • New Zealand Trotting Cup
  • Great Northern Derby
  • Noel J Taylor Mile
  • New Zealand Messenger
  • Inter Dominion Pacing Championship
  • Inter Dominion Trotting Championship

    • Records

    Most wins:

  • 3 - Lyell Creek (2000, 2001, 2004)

    • Most wins by a driver:

  • 5 - P T Wolfenden (1960, 1968, 1968, 1977, 1980)
  • 4 - Anthony Butt (2000, 2001, 2003, 2004)
  • 4 - Tony Herlihy (1991, 1997, 2007, 2009)
  • 4 - Maurice McKendry (1986, 1992, 1993, 2008)
  • 4 - J T Paul (1926, 1927, 1935, 1936)
  • 4 - R Young (1946, 1949, 1950, 1952)
  • 3 - M F Holmes (1956, 1959, 1961)
  • 3 - L J Mahoney (1938, 1939, 1941)
  • 3 - W Orange (1920, 1922, 1923)

    • References

    Rowe Cup Wikipedia
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