In September, a horse race will take place in Taranaki which gives the runners the chance to qualify for a race in December's Jericho Cup in Australia.
The Jericho Cup commemorates Australia and New Zealand's light horse involvement in World War I and was first run on the desert of Palestine, just outside the city of Jericho in 1918.
The flat race is run over 4600m at Victoria's Warrnambool Racecourse and is only open to horses which were conceived and born in Australia or New Zealand.
The winner of the Taranaki feature race will be exempt from the Jericho Cup ballot, while the second and third-placed horses will receive double qualifying points to help secure a start in the unique Australian race.
New Zealand's Mounted Rifles took 10,000 horses to war in World War I, and only four returned.