DEATH OF MR V. LEEMING

Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29325, 3 October 1960, Page 4

DEATH OF MR V. LEEMING

Well-Known Trainer

The well-known Prebbleton trainer, V. Leeming, died suddenly early yesterday morning. Mr Leeming first came into prominence just before the beginning of World War II when he trained horses for Mr J. Richardson. of Dunedin. Two of the best he trained for Mr Richardson were Colonel Grattan and Belmont Hall, the latter now being a successful sire in South Australia.

Integrity, which Mr Leeming raced, was his most successful winner. Integrity won over all distances and after finishing second to Bronze Eagle in the 1944 New Zealand Cup and to Gold Bar the next year, he beat Josedale Grattan and Haughty in' the £7500 race in 1946. Unite, which he bred himself, graduated to New Zealand Cup class with an Auckland Cup among his many successes.

Esteem and Admit were two other useful winners for Mr Leeming. Among the other horses he trained were Lady Nairne, Aden, and Notify. Mr Leeming, who had a model training establishment at Prebbleton, also farmed extensively on the property.

Mr Leeming was a prominent official of the Canterbury Trotting Owners’ and Breeders’ Association for a number of years.