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The year the helicopter was bought into dry the track was the last time I attended Kumara races, seen the finish of the first race heading in the gates, after going to so many meetings there over the years with not an issue in sight, in its heyday the track was like a giant sponge, going never changed regardless of the weather, certainly been some good horses win the nuggets over the years, can't recall the omoto track reno may have been some years earlier, the going there was quite puggy the times I was there, also very susceptible to flooding quite regularly, all the coast tracks generally been safe over the years in my opinion, although the first corner after the 1400m start at reefton caught a few jockeys out over the years, even realigned the winning post after an incident one year, but I think that was more human error.

Yes it was

Good point.  They have sectionals on Loveracing.nz for most meetings.  Ellerslie has the full data for all their races on their website. I reviewed the Trackside recording I kept.

Not all of them.  Not that many live in the country nowadays.

Darryl's Joy was sold as a yealing for $1,100.  I know it is a difficult concept for you to grasp but $1,100 then is worth $55,000+ today.