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    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)

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    And Macorna as well.

    Classicfamilies.net.au has seen some major uppdates lately. Well done to all involved.

    As a result some previously unlisted results are to be found .

    Macorna, south of Kerang, where there was once a racecourse

    1930 Vic Macorna TC Open Last Roy
    1929 Vic Macorna TC Open No Style
    1928 Vic Macorna TC Open Gwen Ribbon
    1928 Vic Macorna TC Open No Style (Burnt to death in motor trailer accident)
    1927 Vic Macorna TC Open Cissie Voyage (ancestress of Showgrounds winners Mount Zanzibar, Cheyenne, Prince Mimosa)
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    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)

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    Really interesting Noel
    Wouldn't a ghost tracks road trip be a great adventure.
    I could see Danno tackling it once he has ticked off Broken Hill
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    Quote Originally Posted by Messenger View Post
    Really interesting Noel
    Wouldn't a ghost tracks road trip be a great adventure.
    I could see Danno tackling it once he has ticked off Broken Hill
    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Adaptor View Post
    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.

    Having now met Noel, I just have to ask. Was it a Spring meeting, did you actually get to the races?

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    Quote Originally Posted by arlington View Post
    Having now met Noel, I just have to ask. Was it a Spring meeting, did you actually get to the races?
    Hi Wayne
    We were on a cruise, stopped over 2 nights and did see the Trots.

    A few years later, when living in Wellington, there was no mistaking gritty Hutt Park for the Botanical Gardens. I went on my own!!

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    There was a 600 m track at the Linton Recreation Reserve

    Quote Originally Posted by Adaptor View Post
    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


    /www.google.com.au/maps/place/Linton+VIC+3360/@-37.6834316,143.5674257,309m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x6ad3d9d42f04d775:0x40579 a430a0baf0!8m2!3d-37.683333!4d143.566667?hl=en

    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 !
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    Quote Originally Posted by Adaptor View Post
    Flemington’s forgotten neighbour: Ascot Racecourse shown in an aerial photo from the WW11 era.

    You can see Flemington, the Showgrounds and Ascot...what was the training track in the top left corner?

    http://wongm.com/2011/10/ascot-racec...ale-melbourne/
    Noel went for a walk in the area recently and sent me these pics of where Ascot track once was

    Nothing special there - let's do a back to the future and rebuild
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    Quote Originally Posted by Messenger View Post
    Noel went for a walk in the area recently and sent me these pics of where Ascot track once was

    Nothing special there - let's do a back to the future and rebuild
    As a very green teenager we used to jog our horses, many times leading another, down Kent Street (an OD route) and across Ascot Vale Rd into Dunlop Avenue and across Epsom Rd into the Showgrounds for work. Apart from cringing fro the thought of trying to emulate those heroics in today's traffic I remember wondering why so many "tradies utes" were parked outside the Dunlop Ave housing commission flats.

    Those flats were usually occupied by single mums. I never knew so many single mums worked as plumbers, chippies and sparkies in the early to mid seventies. On the way back from the track I noticed they had all gone to work and assumed the kids must get themselves to work! I was set right as to what the habitation rites were in those flats when I was older, but still naive, by mates I met for a few beers once a week. Most of them were plumbers, chippies and sparkies ��!

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