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Welcome to Harness Racing Interactive and The Addington Raceway Hall
of Fame.
At Harness Racing Interactive, we aim to preserve the great moments of
the past at Addington Raceway by providing an interactive virtual presence
using the internet to reach millions of people world wide and our local
harness racing industry here in New Zealand.
Harness Racing in New Zealand is one of the most popular forms of equestrian
sport. There is nothing more exciting than owning and racing a harness
horse.
Harness Racing Interactive is proud to be a part of this wonderful club
and venue and we will be there for many more years to come bringing you
the great moments of the past and those of the future.
Enjoy your visit and thank you for supporting Harness Racing Interactive
and the Addington Hall of Fame.
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ARPAHO: 1972 NZ Horse of the Year
 ARPAHO
A winner over two miles in 4.19 as a 3-year-old, Arapaho brought himself into light harness racing prominence as a 4-year-old when he won the New Brighton Stars Travel Mile at the Addington track. Starting from a second row barrier and running against the elite of NZ pacers, Arapaho ran the distance in 1:59 in conditions that were anything but favourable. Arapaho defeated the Australian Bay Foyle, who ran second and also had to contend with a second row barrier draw, Robalan and Radiant Globe.
Arapaho became the first of his sire, Bachelor Hanover's progeny to enter the two-minute list.
Arapaho won 10 races, was second twice and third twice as a 4-year-old for prizemoney, $31,740 to be the leading NZ stakewinner in 1971-2. Arapaho was subsequently voted the NZ Harness Horse-of-the-Year in 1972.
In February, 1973, Arapaho set a world record in winning the Dunedin Festival Cup. He ran the 11 furlongs from a standing start in 2:48 3/5, a mile rate of 2:02 3/5. This clipped 1 3/5 off the world record set by Johnny Globe, in 1955. Following his success in the Dunedin Festival Cup, Arapaho raced in Sydney in the 1973 Inter-Dominion Championship series. He was defeated into second placing by the championship winner, Hondo Grattan, in the first heat he contested but won the next heat. He qualified for the final, but ran unplaced from the 12 yard mark.
During the 1973-4 season Arapaho was again the leading stake-earner in NZ with earnings of $69,375 for the season. This followed wins in the prestigious NZ Cup and the Auckland Cup in 1973.
Arapaho was sold to Canadian owners and left NZ late in 1974.
About Photo:
Credit: Ron Jenkins: Great Trotters
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Facts Box - Dexter Dunn
- 2008/9 Season - 204 wins
- Employed in the stables of Cran Dalgety.
- From 1263 starts 204 wins, 139 seconds, 120 thirds and $1,951,274 in stakes. Most successful horse partnerships were drives on Smiling Shard, Band on the Run and Diomedes with six wins each.
- Six times this season has won four or more races at one meeting.
- Best performance was at Forbury Parkwith 8 starts, 6 wins and 1 second. Won 2 Group One races during the 2008/9 season with Smiling Shard.
Helen Pope Helen Pope continued a grand family tradition on the race track and created one off it by being elected to the Addington Hall of Fame. Helen is the daughter of Bill Doyle a famous horseman in his own right in the history of the trotting horse in New Zealand as View More |
Bob McArdle BobMcArdle has always maintained his major involvement in New Zealand Harness Racing as a founding partner in the iconic Nevele R stud happened more or less by accident after a casual meeting with Wayne Francis in the early 1970�s, but it is certain that sooner or later the native of Tasmania would have played a major role on this side of the Tasman. It is the nature of the man. View More |
Wayne Francis Wayne Francis inherited his love of trotting from his father, Geroge, who raced a number of good horses including the high class pacer, Brava. After building his fortunes in property development Wayne started up Nevele R Stud from scratch after a chance meeting with Bob McArdle in the early 1970�s. The aim of Nevele R was to lift the standard of breeding to a new high in this country and it was achieved in remarkable fashion. View More |
Derek Jones Derek Jones needs little introduction to most harness fans for besides being a highly successful horseman and trainer as well as an administrator he was one of the great characters of harness racing with friends in every part of the country.
Christchurch born Jones trained as a hairdresser but was always interested in horses. View More |
Two new members in Hall of Fame Two men whose importation of quality, highly performed stallions transformed the standardbred breeding industry in the Australasia have been recognised by the Addington Raceway Hall of Fame. Bob McArdle and the late Wayne Francis, who established Nevele R Stud at Prebbleton in 1973, join Maurice Holmes, Jack Carmichael, Helen Pope, and Derek Joins as Select members. |
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