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ROY McKENZIE: Retirement from Driving

ROY MCKENZIE

Besides being his first, Argentina's win at the Manawatu meeting last week might also mark a notable last.

It gave prominent owner, breeder and occasional driver Roy McKenzie his third winning drive for the season. And as Roy retires from racing this season now that he has turned 65, the win behind Argentina could be the last of his career. He doesn't see many more opportunities for himself on the track, other than the two-day Wellington meeting over Queen's Birthday weekend.

If there is another win to come, it will mean he will egual his best for the season, when he won four with Arania Scott. Roy has been driving for 33 years.

Since driving Scottish Command to win a 3-year-old race at Hutt Park - "it was the only time I drove him" - he reckons on having driven about 50 winners. "I only drove the lower end of the team. It keeps your hand in and I particularly liked the trotters," he said. He drove at Addington's Easter meeting some years ago, finishing fourth with Highland Countess in the NZ Trotting Stakes,

Credit: Mike Grainger writing in HRWeekly 7Apr88
 
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