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Three women have been licensed by the NZ Trotting Conference to drive in totalisator races in New Zealand.
Mrs Lorraine Watson, Miss Dorothy Cutts and Mrs Anne Cooney were granted licences to compete against the men at a meeting of the conference licensing committee in Auckland last week.
Miss Cutts, from Mangere, has been granted a professional driver's licence while Mrs Watson (Methven) was given an amateur driver's licence and Mrs Cooney, a professional probationary licence. Two licences were also issued for women to drive professionally at matinees and trials.
The criteria laid down by the Conference for the granting of licences to women is exactly the same as that which applies to the men.
Credit: NZ Trotting Calendar 13Feb79 |