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Punter’s Unforgettable Day
Punter’s Unforgettable Day
Today is a day punter and race horse owner Les Hope from Blenheim will never forget.
Not only did his horse, Miami Rocket, win race six at the Springfresh Destination Summer Holiday Racing (DSHR) meeting at Marlborough’s Waterlea Racecourse, he also successfully selected the five other finishers in the correct order.
And for his trouble he not only collected a cool $14,000 dividend, he picked up the DSHR six pack top prize of a Ford Focus car along with a Sharp Home Entertainment System.
The New Zealand Racing Board’s DSHR programme, taking in 26 meetings around the country over the summer season, offered plucky punters two chances to win a Ford Focus car by selecting the first six runners in a particular race.
One of the cars went at the Bank’s Peninsula harness meeting earlier in the year.
The Destination Summer Holiday Racing programme has been developed by the New Zealand Racing Board to re-introduce Kiwi families to the pleasures of a day out at the races.
”It’s been an amazing summer of racing, with many on-course records being broken around the country,” says New Zealand Racing Board spokesman Matt Eastwood. “Today’s punting has been up both on course and off course. People obviously enjoy the challenge of the six pack but it’s also clear people enjoy the fun of a family day out at the races.”
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