Racing NSW splash more cash at the Country and Provincial Championships

Clinton Payne - Friday July 28

Racing NSW has enhanced the prizemoney for the finals of next years Country Championships and Provincial Championships to $500,000.

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Free Standing wins the 2017 Country Championships Final. Photo: Steve Hart

The 2018 Country Championships series will again feature seven regional qualifying heats, each worth $150,000.

"The Country Championships excites all country participants and racegoers and is an important aspirational target for country racing," Racing NSW Chief Executive Peter V'landys said.

"The race meeting on which the heat will be conducted will be a Showcase meeting, with all other races on the program carrying a minimum of $30,000 prizemoney."

The full list of Country Championships qualifiers is as follows.

Date - 2018

Region

Venue

February 18

Mid North Coast

Port Macquarie

February 24

South-East

Goulburn

February 25

Central Districts

Mudgee

March 4

Southern Districts

Wagga Wagga

March 11

Northern Rivers

Grafton

March 18

Hunter & North West

Scone

March 25

Western

Dubbo

April 1

Wild Card

Muswellbrook

April 7

Final

Royal Randwick

The Provincial Championships series will be run on consecutive Saturday in 2018.

"This sequence of Saturdays provides the best chance for racegoers at provincial tracks to get behind the Provincial Championships in the same manner as the Country Championships," V'landys said.

The full list of Provincial Championships qualifiers is as follows.

Date

Venue

March 3

Wyong

March 10

Hawkesbury

March 17

Gosford

March 24

Kembla Grange

March 31

Newcastle

April 14 - FINAL

Royal Randwick

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