Kiwifruit exports exceeded the amount consumed domestically. Outside of Australasia, New Zealand kiwifruits are marketed under the brand-name label, Zespri. In the 1980s, countries outside New Zealand began to export kiwifruit. In Italy, the infrastructure and techniques required to support grape production were adapted to the kiwifruit. This, coupled with being close to the European kiwifruit market, led to Italians becoming the leading producer of kiwifruit in 1989. The growing season of Italian kiwifruit does not overlap much with the New Zealand or the Chilean growing seasons, therefore direct competition between New Zealand or Chile was not a significant factor. In
Kiwi (horse) states: "Kiwi, 1983 Melbourne Cup". A plaque commemorating Kiwi is also located at the Waverley Racecourse. In 2012, Australian rail operator CFCL Australia named locomotive CF4406 "Kiwi" after the horse. Kiwi (horse) Kiwi (1977 – 2 February 1995) was a New Zealand thoroughbred racehorse who in 1983 won the Wellington Cup in New Zealand and the Melbourne Cup in Australia. Kiwi raced from 1980 to 1987 and remains the only horse ever to win both cups. Kiwi was bred by H. B. Fischer and bought by Waverley sheep farmer Snow Lupton and his wife Ann for only NZ$1000. They had