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Lionel Sinnamon

Vale Lionel Sinnamon

By Dave Di Somma · 4 February 2026

A southern harness racing legend, Lionel Sinnamon will be farewelled next week. A stalwart of the Central Otago Trotting Club, Sinnamon died in Omakau yesterday, aged 88. He was a tireless worker at the Omakau racecourse along with his old mate Ginger Woodhouse, with the club holding its annual meeting there every January. It is […]

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Few more experienced than Sinnamon and Forty Wives

By Harnesslink · 7 December 2022

Forty Wives (Bettor’s Delight) is not the sort of horse to feature in many harness racing montages for his prolific sire, but the 59-start maiden is the perfect advertisement for the honest battlers in the sport. For while he is no superstar, the Central Otago pacer heads up the road to Oamaru Racecourse today looking […]