Wairakau, winner of the Maiden Event at the New Brighton Trotting Club’s meeting at Addington Raceway last Saturday, has been the central figure in an operation carried out before Canterbury veterinarians by an American visitor; and as well he is one of the first two pacers in New Zealand to have a lip tattoo applied. He has the numerals “0002” on the inside of his upper lip.
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Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31479, 20 September 1967, Page 3
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67Wairakau, winner of the Maiden Event at the New Brighton Trotting Club’s meeting at Addington Raceway last Saturday, has been the central figure in an operation carried out before Canterbury veterinarians by an American visitor; and as well he is one of the first two pacers in New Zealand to have a lip tattoo applied. He has the numerals “0002” on the inside of his upper lip. Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31479, 20 September 1967, Page 3
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