Tags: Horse Race, Race.
for the trotting event see: New Zealand Trotting DerbyThe New Zealand Derby is a set-weights Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds run over a distance of 2400 metres (12 furlongs) at Ellerslie Racecourse in Auckland New Zealand. It is held on the first Saturday in March as the opening day of Auckland Cup Week. The purse of the race in 2014 was $750000.