Racecourse back in business after five yearsJOHN BISSET/STUFF Jubilant Waimate Racing Club President Mike Cooney, left, and Timaru Trotting Club President Lex Williams on the Waimate Racecourse's new announcer's tower, ahead of its first meeting in nearly five years this month. Waimate Racecourse will celebrate a $400,000 redevelopment by hosting its first race meeting in nearly five years. Waimate Racing Club president Mike Cooney said the rebuild had been a big job. ​According to Harness Racing New Zealand, Waimate Racing Club came into existence in 1880. The club staged its first totalisator trotting meeting at the racecourse on December 9, 1950.

Source: Stuff March 07, 2018 03:22 UTC