Calling for Nominations for Southland Awards 2024

Southern Harness Racing Announcement

The new-look new-styled Southland Harness Awards are being held on the evening of Saturday the 2nd of March 2024. The organisers are now calling for nominations for the Southland Horse of the Year and for the Contribution to Harness Racing/Achievement of the Year awards.

The awards committee are working to make the evening more fast paced and enjoyable, so that as many people as possible can celebrate the achievements in Southland Harness Racing. To facilitate this they are re-jigging the format for the awards this year.

Everyone is encouraged to nominate, whether it be your own horse or another person’s, that you think is worthy of inclusion. A selection of worthy nominations will be celebrated on the night - this is in place of the usual categories for colt and filly of the year in each age group. So, if you’ve got a two or three year old that you think should receive some acknowledgement, please do nominate it.

The criteria for eligibility for Southland Horse of the Year is a horse must fulfill two of the following three criteria:

• trained in Southland; 
• bred in Southland;
• owned in Southland.

The organisers have also streamlined their other major award and have combined the Contribution to Harness Racing and Achievement of the Year awards.

For all nominations please include the name of the person or horse and a brief description of why you think they are worthy of either the Horse of the Year or the Contribution to Harness Racing/Achievement of the Year awards.

Nominations close on Wednesday the 31st of January.

Please send nominations (or any queries that you may have) to: southlandharnessawards@gmail.com