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Equine Stars Walk of Fame

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Equine Stars Walk of Fame

The thoroughbred studs around Cambridge have produced many champion horses, which are celebrated in the town’s Equine Stars Walk of Fame. Mosaics in the pavements of the central streets include broodmare Eight Carat, racehorse Mainbrace, trotter Jenner, double Olympic equestrian champion Charisma, steeplechaser Hunterville and sire Sir Tristram.

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Nancy Swarbrick, Waikato places – Cambridge, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/27327/equine-stars-walk-of-fame (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 26 May 2010, updated 11 June 2015.