Franco Marek lands Christmas Cup 29 December 2022 by Joshua Smith, HRNZ News Desk Promising pacer Franco Marek delivered his connections a late Christmas present when victorious in the Paul Renwick Joinery Motukarara Christmas [...]
November meeting rescheduled to Addington Heavy rain overnight on the morning of our November 2022 meeting rendered the track unsuitable for racing. With the support of the HRNZ and MZMTC, the club was able [...]
Allocation of another race day permit was well received by Banks Peninsula Trotting Club in 1977, with this eventuality scheduled for Saturday 24th December. It represented a development which would positively impact the Club’s [...]
In 1976 the Club abandoned its traditional race book cover depicting an aerial racecourse portrait, in favour of a smaller more modest document depicting Mid Canterbury horseman G.A (Graham) Laing and his two win [...]
Banks Peninsula Trotting Club (Inc.) was delighted to announce a capacity field when heralding the second decade of its annual Cup feature on Saturday 11th October 1975. Sponsorship had evolved enabling local stud farms [...]
Another modest stake increase enabled prize money distribution totalling $2700.00, when the smallest field on record was carded in 1974 to round out a decade of Banks Peninsula Trotting Cups. It was also time [...]
The 1973 Banks Peninsula Trotting Cup stake was consolidated at $2,500.00, in addition to a donated stallion service courtesy of Nevele Romeo, flagship entire for the recently established Nevele R Stud Ltd. There were [...]
Stake money totalling $2,500.00 was on offer when the eighth running of Banks Peninsula’s Trotting Cup lined up for decision in 1972. Norm Fisher, mine host at nearby Tai Tapu Hotel provided a $100 [...]
Pursuant to gifting a stallion service, participating Stud Farm s were allocated naming rights for each programmed race as commercial sponsorship was fully embraced in 1971. Those offerings, together with winning stakes were duly [...]
Murray Edmonds - one of the genuine ‘nice guys’ of the game Banks Peninsula Trotting Club Committee and staff remember our neighbour and friend. Murray's involvement at Motukarara will be sadly missed. A willing supporter [...]
