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Les Purdon, a member of New Zealand’s greatest harness racing family, passed away on March 1, at the age of 83.

Former star pacer Agua Caliente is being remembered as a horse who "knew he was good".

A memorial service will be held on March 1 for one of the mainstays of the Marlborough harness racing scene Mark Gill who's died suddenly in Blenheim.

Harness racing lost not only a popular owner but one of its oldest ever recently.

The matriarch of one of New Zealand's great racing families, Colleen Butcher, passed away on Monday. She was 88.

Denice Swain is being remembered as a harness racing pioneer who had a "heart of gold" and whose horses were "always immaculate. "

Ross Corrigan, who helped build and then drive the country's first ever "mobile", has been farewelled in Hawera this week.  

A hugely popular and respected member of the harness racing community, Katie Cox has lost her battle with a rare form of lung cancer.

Forever associated with the great Terror To Love, Terry McDonald is being remembered as a "mighty man" and a "gentleman".