Carbine Place in the suburb of Sockburn, Christchurch

Carbine Place in Sockburn – Named after Carbine, a racehorse. Named thus because it is near the Riccarton Racecourse. First appears in street directories in 1966.A small amount of information from the library website. There is a wikipedia page about the horse Carbine if you wish to know more about this horse. Apparently Carbine’s skeleton was donated to Melbourne Museum but is now at the Australian Racing Museum. Carbine’s head and tail are apparently at the Auckland War Memorial Museum. This street runs off Racecourse Rd and most houses were built in the 1960s. Looked like a pleasant street but there was a row of power pylons behind the houses.