Harness Racing Nieuw -Zeeland is proud to reveal Paddock on stage, a daring new breeding stimulans.
From January 1, 2026 it was designed to wake up again and grow our foal crop.
The scheme offers a credit of 5% to the listed breeder of all the prize money won by NZ-Foaled 2YO-6YO horses that end 1st to 4th in all races in New Zealand, other than in group and listed races.
For group and listed races, $ 1000 is distributed among the breeders of horses that end 1st-5.
These credits can be used directly against stallion service costs and sperm transport costs, so that breeders can invest and grow the next generation of champions.
The total liability is estimated annually at $ 1.4 million.
“However, it is not just about financing,” says HRNZ director Brad Steele “It is about guaranteeing the sustainability of our foal crops and to ensure that we continue to produce world class offspring.”
“It must be emphasized then this is credit, no cash, repaying a breeder for stallion rates on a mare they possess,” says Hrnz’s head of racing and deploying Matthew Peden.
“The breeders of current racing horses will build up the credits.”
“This is about reducing breeders in the heart of our sport. If you left Mars empty last year, this is the time to come back. The more you breed, the more credits you earn,” says Peden.
HRNZ is committed to the scheme for the next five years, budget permit.
For HRNZ, “the Breeder” is usually the person in the infohorse of HRNZ when the Renpaard was born. For embryo transfer Veulens, the Fokker is the owner at the time of service.
To breed co-ownership, the credit will be assigned to co-owners according to their registered ownership share, not to the breeding. For syndicates, trusts and companies, the credit is assigned to the entity.
Paddock To Podium is designed to collaborate with other recent initiatives:
1. The Entain 2YO bonus where owners get $ 8000 and breeders $ 4000 for every 2YO who wins his/her first race.
2. The Fillies and Mars Credit schedule where a breeding credit of $ 750 (no cash) is connected to the mare for every victory. It is tucked up at $ 6,000 and/or 8 victories.
3. The Silk Road series, with $ 250,000 in extra interests, to encourage mares and mares to keep racing before they go to the Broodmare shed.
4. The harness 5000 for horses bred in stallions whose stud costs were $ 5000 or less during the year of conception. They will be eligible to race in 12 $ 60,000 races in Ashburton on December as long as they have had at least five starts during the qualifying period. The Harness 5000 will be performed annually in the coming five years.
“Schedules that are comparable to this have been successful in France and Japan when maintaining breeding numbers.
“Together these initiatives are an important investment in our future,” says Peden, “in the order of $ 3.4 million.”
“This would have been the largest total investment ever made by HRNZ in NZ -Fokkerij,” says Steele.
FAQs:
How does it work?
Credits, instead of cash, will be earned on 2yo to 6YO horses that foal in New Zealand, for every racing season. They can be applied to stallion rates (including sperm transport costs). Fokkers can use credit on every mare you breed – not just the dam of the horse it earned. Fokkers who claim that reimbursement online applies to HRNZ to use the credit. The process will be announced.
Who is being hit?
More than 600 breeding entities were active in 2025 and this regulation will influence thousands of horses and breeders in New Zealand.
When can credits be used?
Credits must be used within the two full breeding seasons of the calendar races that they were earned. The win starts on January 1, 2026, so the last breeding season for the Credits of 2026 is 28/29, ie claims received before July 31, 2029.
What happens when breeders in a co-ownership agreement from year to year enter into an informal arrangement on who is breeding the mare?
It is common for groups of co-owner breeders to make various informal ownership arrangements for breeding a mare year to year. Within a group of ownership, the co-owners can, for example, take turns to endure the mare. Or can one owner stop leaving breeding that year to other co-owners. The share of ownership in these informal breeding schemes cannot reflect the underlying property percentages for the mare. The paddock to podium loans are paid according to the underlying ownership percentages, not the informal regulations.
Fokkers must change the ownership percentages at the time of breeding the mare before the foal records if the credits go to the rightful person. You can only claim credits for your share if you are mentioned as an official breeder and with the HRNZ registered percentage ownership.
What happens if there are special circumstances?
1. Packaged services – if an invoice from the stud is included in a package of other breeding services for a stallion service costs, the part of the stallion service must be identifiable separately.
2. “Early Bird” payments -If a breeder pays a Dekgaster under an ‘early bird’ payment stimulation or uses frozen sperm, a breeder cannot submit a claim unless they have a paid invoice and proof of a 42 -day pregnancy.
3. Sale of an in-foal mare-and a breeder sells an in-foal mare, the breeder can submit an application to be reimbursed for the eligible costs for the 42-day positive in-foal Mare. A buyer of an in-foal mare cannot claim paddock for podium loans for the pregnancy of that mare, since the buyer did not contract the service that resulted in pregnancy.
4. Loss of pregnancy – If a pregnancy is lost and a paddock is paid to stage credit, no further claim can be paid for that mare if it is bred again. If the mare is not bred, HRNZ reserves the right to reclaim the recipient’s paid credit.
What will the scheme cost?
The total liability is estimated at $ 1.4 million, if all credits are purchased. HRNZ will closely follow the draw of credits and deliver the correct reserve provision. First payments will be for credits from January 1, 2026 in the breeding season of 26/27.
How long does Paddock -To Podium go for?
Annually for five years, budget permit.
By Harness racing new -zeeland
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