Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. The Manawatū Racing Club will celebrate its 150th anniversary in 2030. Horse racing and attending the races have been a popular leisure activities in Palmerston North since th...
Creator: Adrian Broad
Place: West End, Palmerston North
Date: June 22, 2024
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 22 December 1958: "On the first day of the Manawatu Racing Club's summer meeting at Awapuni on Saturday many were seen discussing the form of their fancied runners. Thes...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Racecourse Road, Palmerston North
Date: December 22, 1958
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 27 December 1962, "Linens and silks were favourite fabrics chosen by racegoers on the third day of the Manawatu Racing Club's summer meeting on Boxing Day at Awapuni. D...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Racecourse Road, Palmerston North
Date: December 27, 1962
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 23 March, 1959. "These four smartly dressed patrons at the Manawatu Racing Club's autumn meeting at Awapuni on Saturday are, Miss Helen Mair (Feilding), Miss Pamela Durw...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date: March 23, 1959
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 24 March, 1959. "Discussing matters of common interest at the Manawatu Racing Club's autumn meeting on Saturday were the president of the Manawatu Club (Mr L. M. Abraham...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date: March 24, 1959
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 13 June, 1959. "Two smartly dressed visiting patrons at the second day meeting of the Manawatu Racing Club were Mrs G. Watkins, of Waverley (left) and Mrs J. D. Watson, ...
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: June 13, 1959
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 27 December 1958: "The former leading Dominion jockey W.J. Broughton is now out of silks. But he is still popular, as this photograph of a presentation made to him at Aw...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Racecourse Road, Palmerston North
Date: December 27, 1958
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 28 December, 1959. “Four youthful race-goers present at the second day of the Manawatu Racing Club’s summer meeting on Saturday. From left are Mr D. Healy, Misses S. an...
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard
Place: Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date: December 24, 1959
The Manawatu Racing Club conducted its first race meeting in Palmerston North on Boxing Day 1881. A few years later the Club purchased 100 acres of land at Awapuni for four thousand pounds and the Club celebrated its first raceday at the new cours...
Creator: K H Shea
Place: 67 Racecourse Road, Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date: 1937
This photograph was given to George Conrad Petersen for his collection of historic photographs by G F D Watson (the eldest son of Francis Edward Watson, who co-founded the Racing Association and presumably owned the picture originally). The course...
Creator: T Birkenshaw [?]
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1911