I would like to take this opportunity to wish all loyal Harnessbred followers of my weekly articles including those who view them through Facebook, compliments of the festive season.
I thoroughly appreciate the comments, observations and additional contributions regarding my articles that appear on the Facebook pages, many of them adding to my knowledge especially of Australian harness racing history. Whilst dealing mainly with NZ harness racing stories, I do endeavour to incorporate an Australian element as often as possible together with incorporating North American and occasionally European content.
Special thanks go to my wife Catharine for her proof reading prowess especially in correcting my grammatical blemishes.
In the three and a half years that I have been contributing regular weekly articles to Harnessbred (around 190 articles), I have attempted to provide readers with a range of historical stories together with mainly topical NZ based issues in my column. It is especially enjoyable delving back into the past to bring you insights into the history of harness racing in Australasia.
What can you expect next year : series of fifteen articles on leading Australian families; series on prominent NZ horsemen of yester year (seven articles); Lester Maidens – NZ/Australian career (four parts); with one off articles on Nihilator; BG’s Bunny; 100 years of NZ Sapling Stakes; formation of NZMTC; Royal Meeting at Hutt Park plus regular features such as NZ Awards; Addington Harness Hall of Fame inductees; a NZ Cup article; NZ Broodmare of Excellence and a series on past Auckland Pacers Interdominions plus reviews of 2019 ID’s in Auckland and World Drivers Champs/Elitloppet in Sweden and whatever else might appear in my regular column.
Meanwhile like many of you, I’ll be taking a brief break from writing over the festive season. However contributions will continue with an article on the fifty years of the NZ National Trot appearing between Christmas and New Year’s Eve.
All the best for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Peter Craig
21 December 2018
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