Moon Festival Celebration

Horse Racing & Pony Party & Mooncake Making
Let's celebrate a sensational and traditional Moon Festival!!!

Great Sporting Spectacle.Welcome to Great Northern Day 2019.
It's an event full of stories, wonder & some of the bravest athletes in the country.
Rally the troops & join us at Ellerslie.

Event Schedule* Start from12:30
★ 1-hour Pony Party at infield Ellerslie
★ Make Your First Mooncake
★ Enjoy Great Northern Races

Two of some of the fiercest sporting competitions in New Zealand, competitors race over distance, tackling all number of hurdles or larger brush jumps and the famous Ellerslie Hill in a fierce battle to the winning post and their place in sporting history.
And aside from the heart-stopping, nail-biting, adrenaline-filled theatre, what’s in it for you as a spectator?

Saddle up! Join us to celebrate a whole new different MOON FESTIVAL with the best experiences.

Race Schedule*
Gates open at 10.30am
First race approx. 11.59am
Last race approx. 4.45pm

*times subject to change