Matamata Racing Club
The Matamata Racing Club, located at the Matamata Racecourse, two kilometres south of the eastern Waikato township of Matamata, is a centre of racing and training excellence.
Welcome to Matamata Racing Club
As well as Matamata’s own racing schedule, the South Waikato Racing Club conducts its popular annual race meeting at the Matamata course.
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 and funerals, as well as outdoor gatherings.
Next Race Meeting!
Saturday 26th February 2022
J Swap Contractors Ltd Matamata Breeders Stakes
First Race 12.30pm
*NO PUBLIC ADMITTANCE*
Trackwork
Trackwork – Tuesday, 24 May 2022
MATAMATA Shoshone and Alchemia prepared for Saturday’s Pukekohe meeting with impressive work together during a relatively quiet session at Matamata on Tuesday morning. Galloping 28 metres out on the soft course proper, Shoshone (Lammas) and Alchemia (Yanagida) were...
Trackwork 17th May
Catwalk Girl and So Gorgeous worked well enough at Matamata on Tuesday morning to suggest they would be capable of improved showings at Te Rapa this weekend. Galloping 25 metres out on a soft course proper, Catwalk Girl (Yanagida) and So Gorgeous (Lammas) were...
News
Matamata Awards 2020-2021
Matamata Racing Club Awards 2020-2021 season It has been a challenging year with the continuation of disruptions due to COVID-19. With the restrictions that are/were still in place, it is with regret that we have decided to this year dispense with our usual...
Melody Belle claims second MRC Horse of the Year title
Despite the strength of her opposition in a season that saw Matamata-trained horses win no less than 13 Group One races, there was no great surprise that star racemare Melody Belle successfully defended her Matamata Horse of the Year title when the 2019-20 awards...
Fashions in the Field
The Joy of Race day Fashion
True race wear is unique.
It should be fashionable but feminine and elegant, and most importantly it is day wear, not evening wear. If you’d wear it to a evening event and it’s covered in bling it’s most likely the wrong choice.
The big days of racing call for hats, heels and handbags. Go all out and enjoy the fun of dressing up and stepping out with your friends for a day. Race wear can be fun, flirty and glamorous but it should still have an element of elegance for the big days and don’t forget to make the most of gorgeous matching accessories.
Track Records
