This is a replay!
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=...DB538978D03C2B
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This is a replay!
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=...DB538978D03C2B
For everybody that misses Harold Park!............see who you can recognise from the past............for Trish, I think she will remember a lot of these scenes.............I even saw Doug Stiff in the background, when Brad Petersen was being interviewed!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=gJg92imlTHc
Geelong 2 days ago, Trot winner Katelin Brooke, driven by Debbie Wicks-Moss, it is good to remind us, that as Miss Debbie Wicks before she was married............she was the 1st female to drive a winner in a Harness race in Australia in 1977! She is still going strong, what a great achievement!
http://www.harness.org.au/video-repl...de=GEC18111408
Vale, Jimmy Robinson............he was a great guy.......spoke to him many times, very friendly............he stood out in a crowd, fair skin and lots of freckles!........very sad...........he could get a horse to go!
http://www.harness.org.au/news-artic...?news_id=24987
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Opening day Menangle racecourse 1916.
I commend them for trying but I cannot get into this Ballarat Fantasy Cup
The concept would work for an MM or an Inter but neither need the gimmick so once again good try by Ballarat - it is probably just me
Brilliant trotter Touch Merchant parades in front of the packed stands at Moonee Valley in 1978.
Bit of nostalgia Touch merchant trained by Eric Dove and named after trotting trainers.Eric had a trotter Just money tht he lost in controversial circumstances henceforth the name Touch merchant.
An added incentive to attend Easter Sunday's Warragul Cup program.
A memorabilia display will take the old timers back to the "good old days of trotting".
In 2015 the Warragul Cup celebrates sixty years since the first staging in 1955 - and it is fifty years since local champ Macaree won off 48 yards in 1965. On Sunday Macaree's colours and original, all leather harness will be on display.
Annastere was also trained by Macaree's trainer, John Collins, and hopefully her sash from the 1972 Victoria Derby will be on show along with scrapbooks - plus photos and trophies won by Macaree.
A video screen will show some great old racing from the night era at Warragul, and various photos and scrapbooks from the club's collection will be able to be viewed.
Good stuff Kyle. I remember Horsham's 100yr display last year created a lot of interest.
Well done Kyle
I'm sure your efforts will create a lot of interest and conversations.The large display at Boort for their 125 created a lot of interest and great conversations.
Boort Club had created a display including many old racebooks, and a lot of Bill McKay, Butterworth, Hando and Robertson memories.
Bendigo HRC took colours and sulkies to Boort and it was great how so many so many participants including stewards, current and former trainers and drivers stopped to look and chat. They even re-named the back straight as the Grand Voyage Back Straight.
How many different drivers did Macaree have? I am told that Tommy Allen started him off...is that correct?
Hi Noel - not sure how many drivers he had. I have a scrapbook they did of his career which would have that in it but that is at the display at present. Will get a photo of the display for those who cannot attend.
Nev Gath won plenty of races with him, Don Dove, perhaps Neville Welsh and numerous others. He did race plenty of times!
By the way - one for you to look at. I believe this is the old Bendigo Lord's Raceway track before they "swapped sides" but you will know more than me.
Footage from 1978 - looks like Channel 7 did a direct telecast this night for Penthouse Club.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofCA...ature=youtu.be
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Trots from the 70's - a race from Cranbourne in 1979
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r3dgm_QNkg
Hi Noel, I think C Mance had a lot of training of Macaree, however late in his career Howard Taylor won a lot of races on him as well, from memory I think he won a race from 60yds behind scratch with Howard at the reins. He was certainly a tough horse to say the least. Cheers