Pictures of crowd at 1981 W.A. Pacing Cup won by San Simeon.
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Pictures of crowd at 1981 W.A. Pacing Cup won by San Simeon.
Welcome back Rod, Now that's a crowd and a half. Checkout the Interdom thread mate, It's all go for GP and I will be interested to hear your thoughts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mighty Atom
Vin Knight's "number one fan"
Finish at the old Victoria Park track in Sydney in 1940 #harnessracing
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Sibelia & J.D.Watts
Great photo Trish, If you zoom in you can see the crowd in the background and it's massive.Quote:
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Do we know when this photo was taken?..............just trying to make out the drivers in this race..........is that Kevin Robinson sitting last???Quote:
Originally Posted by trish
Looks like him to me. Is it Percy Hall in the 1x1?Quote:
Originally Posted by The Form Student
Trish is that Joe 1 out 2 back??
Is that C R "Bobbie" Allen 3F?
A real stab in the dark now, Merv Adams or John Lennard behind the leader?
Reckon that's Greg Andrews on "the way to go" in the death, one of the frosts in front, CJ gleeson 1 x 2 and one of the Robinson's at the back of the main pack some time in 1994, certainly before the track was changed in early 1996.
that's my stab
As everyone knows I pinch these from a guys twitter account & he hasn't scolded me as yet for doing so, hope he doesn't they are so good & need sharing.
Its taken in the 90's not sure exactly when. Dan 100% sure that Chris Gleeson 1x2, Robbo at back, 1x1 Colin Watts colours?? , in front Vic Frost , can just see the black stars maybe. No dad not in there.
Rocket Glenfern beats Manaroa for Steve & me.
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Hi Trish, Is this pic, The Mighty "Rocket Glenfern", you can see from my profile he is my all-time favourite horse! In his day, he had electrifying speed, could put 20 metres on them in a blink.....was racing at a time when their were lots of good horses!
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Dads favourite as well. I remember him at HP one night in one of his 2yo wins & he was dead last going up the back........went from last to first in the blink of an eye, as you say against great horses, Adios Park, Royal Dew, Remember James etc in the Challenge Stakes final, just read the write up .....driver gave up hope by Bill Ellis. Won 6 outta 6 as a 2yo, top horse fun to watch, I did collect all his write up, photos etc look at them every now & cherish the memories.
Hey Trish, my fondest memory of your father was the way he would go around the outside fence walking his horse before the start.....punters would run down to the fence and yell out, "Hey Joe can you win tonight?"......he was always honest and often said "he had no chance, or it needs the run!".....He was a beauty!
Now he would be getting fined for talking on the track!
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Yes he did do that ALL the time but It did not escape Mr Pascoe!!! The stories I could tell.............................in Dads last few months he told Mark & Myself some great stories, we looked after him & spent plenty of time with him & he loved to recall his fondest memories, we were just fortunate enough that he told us, not sure he told anyone else. One of my favourites was when he got offered Steel Trader for $25,000 . That was huge money and he grabbed a shovel and dug up an old inner tube that was tied at each end with wire . Inside was enough saturated bills to make up most of it . We had to empty a room and lay each bill out on the floor until the floor was covered and we dried it all . After Dad passed away we cleaned up and Mark found one single gum boot hanging in the shed . He asked "why would he keep one boot ". We found $2000 wrapped up in mums purse inside . We shared it out with all the workers . Times have changed and good stories don't seem to be being made these days .
Trish, that is a precious story........and I am glad you shared it.....re the boot, he probably forgot all about it!
I can remember one day at Granville gymkhana he brought a horse out on the track for it's preliminary, well it was pulling his arms out of the socket, and he was not happy!......he got out of the gig, took half it's gear off, then put just the bit back in its mouth and started to shake it around profusely in the horses mouth.......you could hear the rattling of its teeth, he then geared it back up.....threw the reins in the dust sheet.... and the horse walked around to the start as quiet as a mouse.
You've got a sister, Isobel, what is she up to these days?
Given the game away, living the good life at her little farm in Sydney, still has a few old fellas, they all won at HP. We offered her one of our horses to train & you wouldn't believe it, her answer was not very lady like!!!!
Cyril Caffin was amazed . He always talked about the time Dad took 4 horses to Bankstown and only had one set of hopples . He would gear the first one up then put a twist in the hopples or untwist them . The four raced without undoing a buckle on the hopples . He was slated by the Stewards at Penrith one night because the horses had sand over them after a swim . He just said "if that's the worst thing I've done , you can go to buggery . They all won
He was the best straight shooter there was!
I nearly had a massive collect at Harold Park one night, I think it was the 1st race, dad had a horse called HUGHAVA, it had been trialling well, I think it was an old crock at this time........and he was a good stand starter, it's price was somewhere between 80/1 & 125/1.....I kept going around the ring having $10 & $20 each-way, in the main ring, the strip and even over in the ledger...........I think I had about $400 each-way just before they jumped........well dad led all the way, but got nutted a nose on the line by the favourite, I think it was one of those "Becky" horses from the Hancock stable...............I still got a nice return, but only if!
My memory sometimes fails me, Nuts & Bolts was it one of dad's, it raced at the old Parramatta track if I'm right?
G'day Steve,
not answering for Trish but " Nuts and Bolts" was a great horse for Joe, he was one of the earliest winners of the Maitland Inter-City Pace when some truly great horses won it, Joe also had Michael Frost who just got nutted on the line in the final a couple of years later,and then ended the winning sequence of San Simeon in a heat of the interdominion in Hobart a little later, "nuts and bolts" also won a Newcastle Cup if my memory serves me correctly. Either way he was a great horse and a good looker too, black and fast, a terrific horse.
Hi. I'm the "guy" trish has been pinching the pics from off twitter. Im glad you are all enjoying them. Regards
Good on you Barry, they are great! They bring back lot's of memories!
Nuts & Bolts , the story goes that he was born in a wrecking yard.
Welcome Barry, I think you should give your twitter link a plugQuote:
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Thanks very much Barry, Great to see these photo's all these years later.
All the pics (plus thoroughbred pics) can be seen at my twitter account @hbintl . Here is one of the 1963 Tom Austin Cup finish at Richmond. Won by TodmanAttachment 306
The Bishop winning at the old Parramatta track in 1972 Attachment 307
Parramatta racebook cover. Attachment 308
If that is 1933 it is absolutely amazing video
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Dad & Double Agent MM 1984.........thanks Barry
The 2 "Oldies" showed them a trick that night! 30 years ago Trish!.....and we still talk about it!
What a great photo of Joe and Double Agent. Bragging rights there hey Trish.
Great pic of your Dad and Double Agent :)
All the pics in this thread are awesome! Hurry up and invent time machine someone :p
I was just admiring your Dad's win on Monday when reading Harnessing A Miracle between races at Horsham. This is better than any of the pics in the bookQuote:
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One of the real close finishes. How many 12yo's have won - I am guessing ONE