Fears of a chaotic collapse of horse racing stakes have been allayed for the rest of this season at least.
The thoroughbred and harness racing codes have revealed the money horses can race for in what remains of this Covid-19 interrupted season, and while overall less money will be distributed, the stake money is as good as could have been hoped for after NZ racing was closed down for six weeks.
New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing will hold 13 meetings in July,racing for a stake of $15,000 per race, regardless of class.
For the connections of maiden horses that will be an increase as they can often race for $10,000 whereas for the better graded horses a $15,000 stake will be a reduction on their usual Saturday stakes but one most connections will cop for the month of July.