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

See also

References
  1. Harness Racing in New Zealand - New Zealand Trotting Cup results Archived 2009-08-01 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Wolfenden wins big at North Island Awards Archived 2013-06-24 at archive.today. 2 September 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2013
  3. "No. 48839". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 31 December 1981. p. 40.
  4. New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame — Peter Wolfenden. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
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