Rowe Cup

 ( Horse Races In New Zealand ) 

The Rowe Cup is a race held annually at Alexandra Park, Auckland, New Zealand for standardbred horses.

The Rowe Cup is run over a distance of 3200 m. Along with the Dominion Handicap raced at Addington Raceway it is one of the major Harness racing for trotters rather than pacers.

The Rowe Cup is currently held in early May on the same night as the Roy Purdon Memorial Handicap (Group 1) for pacers. Previously it was held later in May on the same night as the Auckland Cup and Northern Trotting Derby for 3 year old trotters. In 2024 Australian visitors Greg Sugars and Jess Tubbs won both Cups with Just Believe and Better Eclipse.

Between 1918 and 1971 it was raced in December.

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Records Most wins:

• 3 - Lyell Creek (2000, 2001, 2004)

Most wins by a harness racer:

• 6 - Tony Herlihy (1991, 1997, 2007, 2009, 2017, 2022)
• 5 - Peter Wolfenden (1960, 1968, 1969, 1977, 1980)
• 4 - Anthony Butt (2000, 2001, 2003, 2004)
• 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)

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Winners list The following are winners of the Rowe Cup:

Queen Elida

Midnight Dash

Eurokash

Sundees Son

Temporale

Majestic Man

Temporale

Bordeaux

Queen Kenny

Alley Way

Boizel

Boizel

Dr Hook

Raydon

Leighton Hest

Cornishman

Braig

Summer Man

Romper Stomper

Young Pointer

Sophocles

Cordon Rouge

Major Decision

Last Sunset

Special Force

Sundowner Bay

Buster Hanover

4:48.4

There was no race in 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions.

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Other major races

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

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See also

• Harness racing in New Zealand

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