The $25,000 Craig Cogan Builder Bream Bay Cup and the $25,000 A1 Homes Bream Bay Bowl is shaping up to be an exciting contest, drawing twenty-one local Bream Bay businesses to sponsor the event.
The eight race programme continues to emphasise how the good quality young horses are attracted north to the good surface at Ruakaka racecourse.
The $20,000 Cookson Plumbing Sprint has attracted an exciting group of three-year-old runners headed by top weight Xiong Feng, winner of the $1,000,000 Karaka Million back in January.
Also from the McKee and Chippendale stable from Auckland is Tennessee who is part owned by the ill Sir Colin Meads. Tennessee is unbeaten in races of a 1000m or less including one at the course.
This race is clearly the quality race at the meeting with other impressive winners engaged in the race being Wyndspelle, The Soultaker and Barcelo.