Waikato Sprint
The Waikato Sprint currently run as the BCD Group Sprint is a Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race run at Te Rapa Racecourse in Hamilton in early February.
| 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 |
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.
The well-performed gelding Mufhasa won the 2009 and 2011 events (also winning the Telegraph Handicap in both of these years) and was also 2nd in 2012 and 3rd in 2010.
Courier Bay won in both 1987 and 1988 but was unable to get a third win, running second by 1 1/4 lengths to the reigning Cox Plate winner, Poetic Prince, the following year.
Winners of the Waikato Sprint
| Year |
Stake |
Winner |
Jockey |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $200,000 | Te Akau Shark | Opie Bosson | 1:21.7 |
| 2019 | $200,000 | Melody Belle | Troy Harris | 1:22.62 |
| 2018 | $200,000 | Start Wondering | J Parkes | 1:25.80 |
| 2017 | $200,000 | Start Wondering | J Parkes | 1:21.22 |
| 2016 | $200,000 | Xtravagant | Matt Cameron | 1:21.92 |
| 2015 | $200,000 | Sacred Star | Vincent Colgan | 1:20.81 |
| 2014 | $200,000 | Viadana | Craig Grylls | 1:22.19 |
| 2013 | $200,000 | Final Touch | Chris Johnson | 1:21.38 |
| 2012 | $200,000 | Veyron | Leith Innes | 1:20.99 |
| 2011 | $200,000 | Mufhasa | Samantha Spratt | 1:21.09 |
| 2010 | $200,000 | Tavistock | Jason Waddell | 1:21.30 |
| 2009 | $200,000 | Mufhasa | Samantha Spratt | 1:22.54 |
| 2008 | $200,000 | Seachange | G A McKeon | 1:21.31 |
| 2007 | $150,000 | Darci Brahma | Opie Bosson | 1:22.35 |
| 2006 | $150,000 | Kristov | Jason Waddell | 1:23.63 |
| 2005 | $100,000 | Sedecrem | A J Calder | 1:22.17 |
| 2004 | $100,000 | Sedecrem | Grant Cooksley | 1:22.53 |
| 2003 | $100,000 | Tit For Taat | Michael Walker | 1:22.66 |
| 2002 | $100,000 | Sunline | Greg Childs | 1:21.67 |
| 2001 | $100,000 | Sunline | Greg Childs | 1:22.24 |
| 2000 | $100,000 | Tall Poppy | Jim Walker | 1:21.29 |
| 1999 | $100,000 | Surface | Noel Harris | 1:21.4 |
| 1998 | $100,000 | Rebel | Catherine Huchinson | 1:21.05 |
| 1997 | $100,000 | Avedon | Chris Johnson | 1:22.47 |
| 1996 | $100,000 | Allegro | Gary Grylls | 1:22.32 |
| 1995 | $100,000 | Snap | Lance O'Sullivan | 1:26.14 |
| 1994 | $100,000 | Western Red | B Hibberd | 1:21.71 |
| 1993 | $100,000 | Veandercross | J Walker | 1:22.08 |
| 1992 | $100,000 | Mrs Selleck | RB McKay | 1:20.60 |
| 1991 | $98,000 | Mr Tiz | Lance O'Sullivan | 1:21.17 |
| 1990 | Not Held | |||
| 1989 | $117,600 | Poetic Prince | Noel Harris | 1:21.40 |
| 1988 | $117,600 | Courier Bay | David Walsh | 1:23.27 |
| 1987 | $98,000 | Courier Bay | David Walsh | 1:20.73 |
| 1986 | $63,000 | Tanalyse | David Walsh | 1:21.06 |
| 1985 | $48,000 | Super Tai | David Peake | 1:21.09 |
| 1984 | $37,300 | Abit Leica | P W Fearon | 1:21.53 |
| 1983 | $29,140 | Pinson | D Moseley | 1:23.42 |
| 1982 | $31,200 | Givenchy | David Peake | 1:25.3 |
| 1981 | $31,000 | Mun Lee | Greg Childs | 1:22.7 |
| 1980 | $31,000 | Coobers Queen | G Phillips | 1:26.87 |
| 1979 | $31,000 | March Legend | RC Lang | 1:26.0 |
| 1978 | $27,300 | Copper Belt | J W Walker | 1:22.4 |
| 1977 | Soliloquy | D Medcalfe | 1:23.1 | |
| 1976 | $16,000 | Mop | P Trotter | 1:22.1 |
| 1975 | Auditor | |||
| 1974 | Kings Romance | |||
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See also
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