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 [...]

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 [...]