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Images of Awapuni from days gone by

Some images courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library
OPENING of THE MRCs NEW COURSE AT AWAPUNI (Otago Witness 13 January 1904)
Races following unveiling of war memorial by Fergusson. 03 12 1929 note the direction of the horses
9th Mounted Rifles at Awapuni
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A drill at Awapuni 1915
ANZAC Day postponed ODT 17 April 1916
Army Drill at Awapuni Racecourse circa 1915
Arrow Lad win the Manawatu Cup as an outsider Evening Post 28 Dec 1931
Awapuni 26 Dec 1940
Awapuni 1956
Awapuni Crowd in front of the Tote Evening Post 1 Aug 1936
Awapuni Dec 1940
Coloney Bogey winning the Te Horo Handicap at the Manawatu Races at Awapuni last weekend. Class form and Screen Star were second and third respectively (Evening Post, 27 July 1940)
Crowd surrounding Mainbrace after winning the Awapuni Gold Cup 23 04 1951
Donations from the MRC ODT 20 02 1917
Grandstand at Awapuni circa 1967
Ingenious grandstands Evening Post 28 Dec 1940
Inside the Grandstand at Awapuni circa 1967
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JUBILEE STEWARDS OF THE FEILDING JOCKEY CLUB EP 06 Mar 1930
Mainbrace winning the Awapuni Gold Cup 23 04 1951
large holiday crowd at Awapuni for the second day of the MRCs Christmas Meeting. Shows a section of the.huge crowd watching the totalisator between events. (Evening Post, 27 Dec 1940)
mainbrace with Grenville Hughes at Awapuni 23 04 1951
Marton Racecourse 1965
Mobilisation Camp Sept 1914
MR. CHARLES LOUISSON, President of the MRC, an office he has held for the past six years. (Evening Post, 26 March 1930)
MR. R. S. ABRAHAM. President of the Manawatu Racing Club. (Evening Post, 03 November 1910)
Mrs. L. H. Collinson, wife of the president of the MRC, presenting the Awapuni Gold Cup to Mr. A. J. McGovern (Evening Post 26 Mar 1938)
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Rapine winning the Awapuni Gold Cup from Reremoana and Grand Knight. (NZ Truth, 29 April 1926)
Smoke Screen, who scored an overdue victory when he took the Okehu Hurdles at Awapuni (Evening Post, 07 September 1940)
Taking the hurdles at Awapuni 23 07 1931
The Awapuni Gold Cup 1938
The Crowd at Awapuni Boxing Day 1940
The late MR. HUGH GILLIES one of the first stewards of the Manawatu Racing Club. (Evening Post, 23 July 1934)
The lawn on boxing day 1937
The main grandstand after a storm 08 02 1936
THE OFFICERS OF THE WELLINGTON MOUNTED REGIMENT IN AWAPUNI CAMP, PALMERSTON NORTH. Sept 1914
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VERTIGERN WINS AWAPUNI GOLD CUP 27 03 1930
War volunteers and their horses at Awapuni
Wgtn Contingent at Awapuni
Wgtn Mounted Rifles at Awapuni 8 Aug 1914
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Awapuni 1966
 
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