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Graphic: An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand 1966.

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This information was published in 1966 in An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock. It has not been corrected and will not be updated.

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RACING, TROTTING

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Leading Stake Winners

Cardigan Bay

New Zealand earnings £36,552
Australian £26,000 (approx.)
£62.552

Cardigan Bay's American earnings in his first seven starts exceeded 100,000 dollars.

Caduceus

New Zealand earnings £31,519
Australian £36,685
£68,204

With his earnings from races in America, Caduceus won more than £100,000.

False Step

New Zealand earnings £35,575
Australian £2,000 (approx.)
£37,575

False Step also earned more than 52,500 dollars in races in America.

Johnny Globe

New Zealand earnings £42,887

This is the greatest sum ever earned by any galloper or pacer raced solely in New Zealand.

Highland Fling

New Zealand earnings £32,920

As well as the above, Captain Sandy won more than £40,000 in New Zealand and Australia.