Mark Chitty

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Watershed moment for Auckland Racing

Members of the Auckland Racing Club (ARC) overwhelmingly threw their support behind a merger with the Counties Racing Club at a Special General Meeting at Ellerslie on Thursday night. The key premise behind the amalgamation is that there are significant benefits to be had from a single operating structure and through the realisation of land[...]
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Auckland super club one step closer

The merger between the Auckland and Counties Racing Clubs is now just one step away. Members of the Counties Racing Club (CRC) voted overwhelmingly in favour of the merger on Tuesday night, with Auckland Racing Club (ARC) members set to cast their vote on Thursday, with a positive result sealing the creation of a new[...]
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Vale Charles Roberts

The last surviving founder of the New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders' Association, Charles Roberts, has passed away. In January 1948, Roberts at the time a very young veterinarian along with seven high-profile New Zealand breeders and businessmen joined together to canvas the establishment of a national association for breeders. Two months later the first general meeting[...]
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