Farewell to Snow

Legendary NZ trainer Snow Lupton has died aged 84. Lupton will be best remembered for saddling Kiwi to victory in the 1983 Melbourne Cup. “[He was] an outstanding figure in NZ racing,” said Thoroughbred Racing NZ spokesman Tim Aldridge. Read NZ Herald obituary here.

Snow Lupton: died 1995


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Unique Prehistoric Dolphin Discovered

Unique Prehistoric Dolphin Discovered

A prehistoric dolphin newly discovered in the Hakataramea Valley in South Canterbury appears to have had a unique method for catching its prey, Evrim Yazgin writes for Cosmos magazine. Aureia rerehua was…