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 also other trophies on offer, including the usual mile rate incentive for winning connections. Today’s race distance, expressed in metric terms for the first time [...]

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 to reinstate traditional naming of each race, albeit with understated support from some hospitality venues within the region. Ellesmere 5yo Edis Nova was building a [...]