RACETRACKS OF THE WORLD – AUSTRALIA : WESTERN AUSTRALIA (Early Days/Central Wheatbelt tracks)
Early Days – The first instance of horse racing recorded in Western Australia took place on 20 July 1829 with…
RACETRACKS OF THE WORLD – AUSTRALIA : SOUTH AUSTRALIA (part two)
Following on from the previous article which looked at the early days of SA harness racing and Adelaide’s metropolitan harness…
RACETRACKS OF THE WORLD – AUSTRALIA : SOUTH AUSTRALIA (part one)
Like all Australian states and throughout New Zealand, the earliest trotting events were match races. Many of these were raced…
NZ TROTTING BROODMARE GEM – PEARL POINTER
This is the final in an occasional series looking at some of New Zealand’s trotting broodmare gems. Pearl Pointer bred…
RACETRACKS OF THE WORLD – AUSTRALIA : QUEENSLAND (part two)
Following on from the previous article which looked at Brisbane’s metropolitan harness racing tracks, this time we concentrate on the…
RACETRACKS OF THE WORLD – AUSTRALIA : QUEENSLAND (Part one)
As with all tracks throughout Australia, Queensland had its fair share of match races either against time or racing against…
RACETRACKS OF THE WORLD – AUSTRALIA : TASMANIA –
With the first European settlers landing in Tasmania in 1803, it wasn’t long before the settlers and military held match…
NZ TROTTING BROODMARE GEM – GEENA HEST
This is another in an occasional series looking at some of New Zealand’s trotting broodmare gems. One of our more…
RACETRACKS OF THE WORLD – NEW ZEALAND : SOUTHLAND
This is the thirteenth in a major series of articles concerning racetracks of the world starting with those in New…
RACETRACKS OF THE WORLD – NEW ZEALAND : NORTH AND CENTRAL OTAGO
This is the twelfth in a major series of articles concerning racetracks of the world starting with those in New…