Story: Horse and greyhound racing
Page 12. All images & media
From page 1 - Horse racing: beginnings
From page 2 - Racing clubs
From page 3 - Betting
From page 4 - Growth from the 1880s
From page 5 - Thoroughbred breeding
From page 6 - Recent changes
From page 7 - Development of harness racing
From page 8 - Harness racing: organisation
From page 9 - Harness racing: late 20th-century trends
From page 10 - Greyhound racing
How to cite this page
Mary Mountier, Horse and greyhound racing, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/218587/media (accessed 4 June 2026).
Story by Mary Mountier, published 30 November 2012, updated 1 November 2015.