Horse of Year
PA Wellington Poetic Prince was honoured as the New Zealand Horse of the Year at a function in Hastings last night.
The now retired entire, formerly trained in New Plymouth by John Wheeler, was clearly preferred in a poll of New Zealand racing writers over Empire Rose (Mack-
innon Stakes, Melbourne Cup), Regal City (Easter Handicap) and Horlicks (DB Draught Classic).
Last season, Poetic Prince became the first horse to win the weight-for-age Cox Plate-Tancred Stakes double and, in doing so, became the greatest stakes-earner in New Zealand and Australian racing history.
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Press, 9 September 1989, Page 33
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