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20
Dec
Noble & Lee Twilight Xmas Meeting
2pm
One of the favourites on the calendar, the Noble & Lee Chartered Accountants Xmas Raceday
GA
Free
Event Details
22
Jan
Summer Raceday
2pm
Join us on course for our Twilight Summer Raceday
GA
Free
Event Details
15
Feb
J Swap Contractors Matamata Breeders Stakes Raceday
12pm
The pinnacle of provincial racing, is J Swap Contractors Matamata Breeders Stakes Raceday. Four black type races on the card, this is the premier provincial event of the year.
GA
Free
Event Details

The Matamata Racing Club is a left handed thoroughbred race course, located two kilometres south of the eastern Waikato township of Matamata, and is the centre of thoroughbred racing and training excellence in New Zealand.

Eleven race meetings will be run in the 2024/25 season, including the Team Wealleans Matamata Cup (L) Raceday on Saturday the 5th of October 2024, the local favourite Noble & Lee Xmas Twilight Raceday on Friday 20th December, and our Premier J Swap Contractors Ltd Matamata Breeders’ Stakes (G2) Raceday on Saturday 15th February 2025.

As well as Matamata’s own racing schedule, the South Waikato Racing Club will conduct its popular annual race meeting at the Matamata course on Wednesday March the 15th 2025.

The MRC also operates a highly successful training centre, with an average of more than 700 horses prepared on the course in any month of the year.

In recent years the MRC has undertaken an extensive programme to construct five on-site stable barns, with 152 horses now accommodated there.

Facilities are available for non-raceday activities, ranging from indoor functions such as weddings, birthday's and funerals as well as outdoor gatherings.