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NORM BROWNE

The death occured recently of Norm Browne, aged 93, who won a race this time last year with Storm Signal at Motukarara.

Browne, who trained his first winner more than 60 years ago, was a noticable identity in the Yaldhurst area, where he worked as a blacksmith for many years. He recalled shoeing some great horses, notably Precaution, Gold Bar, Aksarben and Adorian, drove against Maurice Holmes and worked for Sir John McKenzie.

A farrier inspector at Riccarton, Rangiora and other provincial tracks in Canterbury, Browne usually had a couple of horses in work, the best of them being the useful Dark Signal.

Credit: NZ HRWeekly 3May00