I didn't think that I was that old but I've had runners at the following: Beaumont, Omakau, Motukarara, Waterlea, Nelson, Opaki, Feilding, Wairoa, Poverty Bay, Dargaville and nearly Waipukurau except that seems to have a reprieve and we have a runner there next Sunday!
Napier used to have their own track .
Ceased racing 1960 when they joined Hastings .
I'm sure when I first started following racing circa 1974 that they still had Napier Park race meetings at Hastings , although I maybe wrong but the name rings a strong bell with me .
I was just calculating that other day that I have visited about 50 NZ racecourses and 20 of them are no-longer used. Ironically, about 6 or 7 of them are still being used by the trots and getting big crowds, but not good enough for the gallops.
The Tapanui article has some interesting comments about bookmakers in 1902.
https://digitalnz.org/records/34049622/tapanui-racing-club-mataura-ensign-1-2-1902?from-story=5bb2ce6d1257571f24c4d16f
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