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YEAR: 1986

BILL LOCHHEAD

Bill Lochhead, a well-known breeder, owner-trainer in Mid-Canterbury, died in November, aged 83. After standing the American-bred horse Sonoma Harvester, who left some capable trotters, he had a partiality for the trotting horse and was recognised as an expert farrier.

Lochhead bred and developed the 1947 Dominion Handicap winner, Hidden Note from a mare by Sonoma Harvester, but it was the purchase of Cloudy Horizon as a 2-year-old filly in Southland that provided him with a host of winners over the years.

From Cloudy Horizon he bred, raced and trained Supervise (NZ Trotting Free-for-all winner), while other fine winners he bred and raced were Harvest Note, Lightning Note, Scottish Note, Betty Thorpe, Erin's Lad, Super View, Super Glow, Cloudy View, Dollarwise, Be Wise, Lord Zetland and his last winner, Wise Game, who won four.

His three sons, Noel, 'Kiwi' Keith, president of the New Brighton Club, and Ian, a committeeman of the Ashburton Trotting Club who has also enjoyed success as an owner-trainer of the Cloudy Horizon breed have all followed in their father's footsteps with interests in trotting.

Credit: NZ Trotting Calendar 1886



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