Peter Wolfenden

Who is Peter Wolfenden?

Peter Tom Wolfenden MBE is a former driver and trainer of Standardbred racehorses in New Zealand. He is most notable for his victory in the New Zealand Trotting Cup when he drove New Zealand's top pacer Cardigan Bay. He won the New Zealand drivers' premiership 14 times, including eight consecutive years from 1974, and twice won the Australasian Drivers Championship. He represented New Zealand seven times in the World Drivers Championship in harness racing, placing second in 1977 and third in 1971. He had 1762 career race wins in New Zealand as a driver, and 798 as a trainer.

In the 1982 New Year Honours he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to trotting. He has been inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame.