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Dates for race meetings at Pukekohe Park this summer have been confirmed with the first event to be the Cox Plate Day on Saturday October 28.

An eight-race card will feature in the season opener, with the Group 3 Soliloquy Stakes staged at Pukekohe Park while the Ladbrokes Cox Plate will be screened live from Mooney Valley in Australia.

The Grand Tour NZ – a unifications of New Zealand’s top 20 race days – will make four stops at Pukekohe Park this season, kicking off with November’s Melbourne Cup Day (Nov 7) and Counties Cup Day (Nov 25).

The Boxing Day Races (Dec 26) and New Year’s Day Races (Jan 1) complete the schedule at our local track.