RACETRACKS OF THE WORLD – AUSTRALIA : VICTORIA COUNTRY (Regional tracks)
This is the first of several articles looking at currently active regional tracks of Victoria. A brief review will be…
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RACETRACKS OF THE WORLD – AUSTRALIA : VICTORIA COUNTRY (Regional closed tracks)
The racetracks of Victoria will be categorised into two main sections : Metropolitan Melbourne and Country (regional) Victoria. Each section…
AUSTRALIAN BROODMARES OF NOTE : MISS TOMMY
The first in a series looking at noteworthy Australian broodmares. MISS TOMMY (1915 Tommy II/Lady Ostic; family of Lady Ostic,…
WALLY DRIVEN TO WIN BOOK LAUNCH
From the publishers of “World Harness Racing” (2017) in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, comes their latest publication WALLY DRIVEN…
RACETRACKS OF THE WORLD – AUSTRALIA : WESTERN AUSTRALIA (Perth Metropolitan Tracks)
Perth – early Metropolitan tracks In 1910, a successful Irishman and businessman named James Brennan (drapery business), became President of…
RACETRACKS OF THE WORLD – AUSTRALIA : WESTERN AUSTRALIA (Other Regional Tracks)
Regional tracks – The Albany HRC course is located 422km south east of Perth was opened in 1974 as a…
RACETRACKS OF THE WORLD – AUSTRALIA : WESTERN AUSTRALIA (Early Days/Central Wheatbelt tracks)
Early Days – The first instance of horse racing recorded in Western Australia took place on 20 July 1829 with…
RACETRACKS OF THE WORLD – AUSTRALIA : SOUTH AUSTRALIA (part two)
Following on from the previous article which looked at the early days of SA harness racing and Adelaide’s metropolitan harness…
RACETRACKS OF THE WORLD – AUSTRALIA : SOUTH AUSTRALIA (part one)
Like all Australian states and throughout New Zealand, the earliest trotting events were match races. Many of these were raced…
NZ TROTTING BROODMARE GEM – PEARL POINTER
This is the final in an occasional series looking at some of New Zealand’s trotting broodmare gems. Pearl Pointer bred…