Thorndon Mile


The Thorndon Mile is a Group One Thoroughbred horse race contested over 1,600 metres and is held at Trentham Racecourse, Wellington, New Zealand. The race is run on Wellington Cup day, traditionally the last Saturday of January.
The purse for this race is NZD$200,000.
This race was known as the WRC George Adams Handicap until 1883. It was also known as the Jarden Mile or Jarden Morgan Mile while sponsored by that organisation over the 1984-1991 period. Later sponsors have included Hutt Valley Cartage.
The race has been won by many of the best horses in New Zealand, such as Kawi, Wall Street, Sir Slick, Alamosa, McGinty and Grey Way.

Winners of the Thorndon Mile