Group II race | |
Location | Hastings Racecourse Hawke's Bay, New Zealand |
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Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | Hawke's Bay Racing |
Race information | |
Distance | 1,400 metres (7 furlongs) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-olds |
Weight | set weights |
Purse | NZ$175,000 (2023) |
The Hawke's Bay Guineas is a major Thoroughbred horse race in New Zealand for three-year-old horses. In 2003 the stake was boosted to $100,000 and the race was moved to the first Saturday in October, meaning that it is run on the same day as the Spring Classic. In later years it has been on the same day as the Arrowfield Stud Plate.