Leonard Seton Otway (6 February 1894 – 29 January 1989) was a New Zealand racehorse owner and breeder. He was born in

Mount Eden Mount Eden is a suburb in Auckland, New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Z ...

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, New Zealand in 1894. In 1930, Otway established

Trelawney Stud Trelawney Stud is New Zealand’s oldest commercial Thoroughbred horse stud farm. It was established in 1930 by Seton Otway near Cambridge, New Zealand. It has stood a number of top quality stallions including Foxbridge, Kingdom Bay and Carnegie ...

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, New Zealand's longest running commercial thoroughbred stud which has stood some of the leading sires such as

Foxbridge Foxbridge (GB) (foaled 1930) was an English Thoroughbred racehorse by Foxlaw out of Bridgemount by Bridge of Earn. His race record was 18 starts for 1 win, 3 seconds and 4 thirds.Ahnert, Rainer L. (Ed. in Chief), "Thoroughbred Breeding of the W ...

who won 11 consecutive stallion premierships and in 2008 was inducted into the

New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame The New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame recognises and honours those whose achievements have enriched the New Zealand thoroughbred horse racing industry. History The Hall of Fame's first group of honorees were inducted in 2006, and inductions are h ...

. In 2016, Otway was inducted into the

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1894 births 1989 deaths New Zealand racehorse owners and breeders People from Mount Eden New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame inductees {{NewZealand-horseracing-bio-stub

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