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 to step aside; providing hospitality outlets an opportunity of fulfilling the breach. Accordingly, each race except the Banks Peninsula Trotting Cup was allocated to a [...]

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 trotting mare Alvean. Closely related to the champion trotter of his time Dictation, Alvean was by Johnny Globe from Anitra.  Still boasting a glossy cover, [...]