They raced at Neilborough
Ghost tracks has been quiet for some time, but thanks to John Peck listing the driving wins for Harry Toomer, who started his career at Rochester, and then drove many winners at central Victorian tracks and Richmond we can add Neilborough.
It's North of Bendigo on the edge of the Whipstick forest on the way to Raywood.
NEILBOROUGH 15-01-1927
TROT – 12 pounds – About Nine furlongs
A LA MODE, 120yds (H Toomer) 1
Millie Direct, scr (D Hughes) 2
Only 2 starters
Margin: Won by 50yds Time: NTT
A La Mode was no slouch:
1921 Vic Bendigo JC Open BenR S
1922 Vic Ballarat TC Open MineR S
1922 Vic Ballarat TC Open MineR S
1922 Vic Kyneton RC Open (Autumn) Kyn S
1922 Vic Richmond Flying (Dec) Richm F
1923 Vic Richmond Handicap (Jan) Richm F
1923 Vic Richmond Handicap (Mar) Richm F
1923 Vic Rochester St Pats TC Open RchR S
1925 Vic Fleet Cup Richm F
1925-Vic Richmond Flying (Jun) Richm F
1926 Vic Richmond Flying (Nov) Richm F
1926-Vic Inglewood Cup Ing S
1927 Vic Elmore TC Open ElmR S
1927-Richmond Flying (May) Richm F
1927-Vic Richmond Flying (Jun)
They raced at Cobden from 1916 to 1923
1923 Vic Cobden TC Cup Irene Wilkes
1922 Vic Cobden TC Cup Gay Girl
1921 Vic Cobden TC Cup County Antrim
1920 Vic Cobden TC Cup Rex
1919 Vic Cobden TC Cup St Abbey
1918 Vic Cobden TC Cup County Antrim
1917 Vic Cobden TC Cup Percy
1916 Vic Cobden TC Cup Euchre
County Antrim ( 1907 Baron Rothschild from Corowa by Vancleve ) was a prolific winner: with an amazing story....
County Antrim is an eight-year-old
horse, and in the past three months
he has won three two miles' handicaps
and a ladies' bracelet, and has finished
third twice at Richmond.
According to owner Mr. McCrow, County Antrim is
used by him in the shearing season
in New South Wales, and draws the
owner and baggage in a buggy from
camp to camp. Mr. McCrow estimates
that his horse has travelled nearly
1000 miles in the shearing season,
which lasts four months, and fre-
quently has covered 80 miles a day.
Among County Antrims wins were:
1913 Vic MTC Trotters Hcp (Jul) Richm F
1915 Vic Leura Cup Cpdn F
1916-1 Vic Richmond Handicap (Jun) Richm F
1916-1 Vic Richmond Handicap (Jul) Richm F
1916-2 Vic Richmond Handicap (Apr) Richm F
1916-3 Vic Richmond Handicap (Jul) Richm F
1918 Vic Cobden TC Cup Cobd S
1919 Vic Ballarat TC Open
1919 Vic Terang Cup
1921 Vic Ararat TC Presidents Hcp
1921 Vic Cobden TC Cup Cobd S
1921 Vic Richmond Handicap (Oct) Richm F
1921-1 Vic Richmond Handicap (Aug) Richm F
1921-2 Vic Richmond Handicap (Aug) Richm F
1922 Vic Leura Cup Cpdn F
1922 Vic Bendigo JC Open BenR S
1922 Vic Ararat TC Presidents Hcp Ar-AP S
1922 Vic Linton St Pats TC Open Lint S
1922 Vic Ballarat TC Open MineR S
1923-2 Vic Richmond Handicap (Sep)
There was a 600 m track at the Linton Recreation Reserve
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Great idea Kev, Love the idea of navigating by trotting tracks.
I once took a lady to visit Alexandra Park in Auckland, with the expectation by her that it was going to be the botanical gardens. ( She now knows better!)
Tomorrow, after a bit more research: Linton, and believe it or not, they trotted at Hanging Rock.
There was a St Pats Race Club at Linton
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1928 Race Discontinued
1927 Harold Wee 191-
1926 Comely Bells 1918
1925 Peverley Mauritius1916
1924 Princess Bells 1915
1924 Lue Ribbons 1915
1923 Maiden Bells 1913
1922 County Antrim 1907
1921 Welcome Abbey 1911
County Antrim raced and won here ...see his history above under Cobden. He covered more miles than Burke and Wills !