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Whanganui racecourse development

The racecourse at Whanganui is shown in the 1870s or 1880s (top) and about 1910 (bottom). In the interval between the two photos, facilities were developed considerably, with two large covered grandstands by 1910. The crowd, too, had grown in size.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: 1/4-017104-G (top)

by William James Harding (top); Frank J. Denton (bottom)

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Mary Mountier, Horse and greyhound racing – Racing clubs, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/zoomify/38941/whanganui-racecourse-development (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Mary Mountier, published 30 November 2012, updated 1 November 2015.