Auckland Futurity Stakes

Great Northern Foal Stakes was a major race for 2 year-old horses run over 1400m at Ellerslie Racecourse, New Zealand.

From 2018 the race became known as the Auckland Futurity Stakes.

Up to 1998 it was run in late January and was a group 3 race, then it become a listed race. From 1999 to 2002 it was raced in late March or April before moving to late May in 2003. The last edition of the race was held in May 2023.

Past winners include:

• Desert Gold, who won the race in 1914.
• McGinty, the 1982 winner who also took out the 1983 Caulfield Stakes and 1984 Rawson Stakes.
• La Bella Dama, the 2000 winner, who went on to win the 2000 Eight Carat Classic and in 2001 the Royal Stakes and King's Plate at Ellerslie, the Tesio Stakes at Moonee Valley and the LKS Mackinnon Stakes.

Winners

The following are some past results.

There was no edition of the race in 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions.

See also

Thoroughbred racing in New Zealand

References