Council challenges Taranaki horse racing club`s `sweetheart` lease deal
(WorldNews New Zealand)

A name change more than 20 years ago is putting the 120-year history of horse racing in New Plymouth in doubt. Race horses at New Plymouth raceway return to the stables after training. Source: rnz.co.nz By Robin Martin of rnz.co.nz The council says Taranaki Racing Incorporated has been operating illegally at its central city site and is consulting on the terms of a new lease - including the option of asking the club to leave. At least one councillor was adamant the club should never again enjoy the kind of `sweetheart` deal it got in 1959, when the Taranaki Jockey Club found itself in a spot of bother and turned to New Plymouth`s council for help. The council bought the land and gave the...