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LLOYD WIGZELL

At the time of his death, Lloyd Wigzell was 86.

Wigzell was a great fan of harness racing, holding both a trainer's and driver's license for many years. At times he had a large broodmare band, and broke in quite a few horses, and he was also one of the people behind getting the Motukarara workouts up and running when they first started.

Wigzell owned a lot of winners, and some of the best of them included Happy Ending who won the Ashburton Cup, Ashburton Flying Stakes and ran second in a NZ Cup; Gold Sovereign, who ran second in a NZ Derby and to this day remains sire Golde Fulla's only sub-1:55 credit, and Chief Eagle, who pushed the great Noodlum close on occasions during his record-setting 3-year-old career.

One of the best horses Wigzell bred and developed was Repentant Leisure, a Tuft mare that went on to become hugely successful in Australia.

After farming at Methven for few years, Wigzell spent the last three decades of his life in Prebbleton, from where his harness racing involvement took on greater importance.

Wigzell is survived by son John, and daughters Mary Hobbs and Anne Graham.

Credit: NZ HRWeekly 19Nov03