Friday, June 20
The recent export of four New Zealand standardbreds to the small French Polynesian island of Tahiti were part of a six-horse order placed with the Australasian harness racing brokers, Stuart and Marg Valentine, of Standardbredsallinone, by Tahitian harness-racing enthusiast, Gilles Valdenaire.
The harness racing industry in Tahiti was tiny compared to New Zealand, Monsieur Valdenaire said.
“We have only one course, located in Pirae, on the island of Tahiti,” he said.
Racing on the island was stopped in 2001 because of the poor track condition, after a cont...
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