Peter Wolfenden
Peter Tom Wolfenden MBE (born 1935) is a former New Zealand driver and trainer of Standardbred racehorses. He is most notable for his victory in the New Zealand Trotting Cup when he drove New Zealand's top pacer Cardigan Bay.[1] He won the New Zealand drivers' premiership 14 times, including eight consecutive years from 1974, and twice won the Australasian Drivers Championship. He represented New Zealand seven times in the World Drivers Championship in harness racing, placing second in 1977 and third in 1971. He had 1762 career race wins in New Zealand as a driver, and 798 as a trainer.[2]
In the 1982 New Year Honours, Wolfenden was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to trotting.[3] He has been inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame.[4]
Big race wins
- 1984 Auckland Cup - Enterprise
- 1983 Auckland Cup - Armalight
- 1979 Inter Dominion Pacing Championship - Rondel
- 1978 Auckland Cup - Sole Command
- 1977 New Zealand Trotting Cup - Sole Command
- 1970 New Zealand Trotting Cup - James
- 1965 New Zealand Trotting Cup - Garry Dillon
- 1963 Auckland Cup - Cardigan Bay
- 1963 Inter Dominion Pacing Championship - Cardigan Bay
- 1963 New Zealand Trotting Cup- Cardigan Bay
- 1961 Auckland Cup - Cardigan Bay
- 1960 Auckland Cup - Damian
See also
References
- Harness Rcaing in New Zealand - New Zealand Trotting Cup results Archived 2009-08-01 at the Wayback Machine
- Wolfenden wins big at North Island Awards Archived 2013-06-24 at Archive.today. 2 September 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2013
- "No. 48839". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 31 December 1981. p. 40.
- New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame — Peter Wolfenden. Retrieved 12 May 2013.