Diggers ‘desecrate’ grave site of champion racehorse Cardigan Bay

As reported by Stuff, diggers have moved onto the site of Auckland’s Alexandra Park raceway where harness racing champion racehorse Cardigan Bay is buried – in what some trotting supporters have called a “desecration”.

The grave site and surrounding land is being turned into a car park.

The headstone, plinth and rose garden that had marked the burial place of New Zealand’s greatest harness racehorse have now been removed.

The NZ Trotting Hall of Fame had wanted Cardigan Bay’s remains exhumed and moved to a new site, but the Auckland Trotting Club (ATC) refused, saying the estate of the former owners did not want the remains exhumed under any circumstances.

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by Tony Wall, reprinted from Stuff