The Moruya Jockey Club will be the hosting venue for the Newhaven Park Country Championships Regional qualifier to be held on Sunday 19th February 2023. This is a fantastic achievement for the Club and Region as it will provide a spectacle for the public showcasing the best country trained horses combined with some of Australia’s best jockeys all vying for their share of the $150,000 purse.
Also on the line in this race is the $500,000 Country Championship final to be held at Royal Randwick on Saturday 1st April in which the first and second horse of this heat qualify.
This series was launched in 2015 with this to be the second time Moruya Jockey Club has hosted the qualifier as in 2020 it was transferred with three days’ notice from Nowra due to wet weather.
This series is a great initiative of Racing NSW as the Country Championships not only support but also promote NSW racing. This series has significantly lifted the profile of country racing with this event set to highlight the quality of racing and race courses on the far south coast of NSW. This event will bring an added Tourism boom to the region with over 2000 people expected through the gates of which it is anticipated 50% will be from outside the Eurobodalla.
Photo: Moruya Jockey Club
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