horserace

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Grand Stand - Belmont Park (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Mando Maniac said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Thoroughbred Horse Racing, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
  • Festin2008 said:
    Thank you for posting this photo of Belmont Park Racetrack. I love old racetrack photos. Please keep them coming.
  • BANAMINE said:
    gotta love it
  • track_photos said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Race Tracks - Horse Racing Venues, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Riders at the Riders at the 'ladies only' race, Yass, March 1936, by Sam Hood

from State Library of New South Wales

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  • dejedehablar said:
    geniales las fotografias!
  • Mando Maniac said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Thoroughbred Horse Racing, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
  • Vikingmaid said:
    at least three and maybe all five are women!
  • State Library of New South Wales said:
    Yes, all women
  • covid convict said:
    These women were riders in the 'ladies only' race at the 1936 Yass Picnic Races... trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/160637099 - this pic appeared in the Sydney Mail on 18th March, 1936... 'WAITING FOR THEIR HORSES. Misses Heffernan, Joan Horsley, Peggy Robertson (rode the winner 'Murtha') , Elizabeth McFarlane, Ailsa Robertson. The girls showed excellent control over their charges' - the Sydney Mail's caption... trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/104228560 - the Land, 20th March, 1936...the Land's version... The Land's caption also has the same names, L-R: Nedra Heffernan ; Joan Horsley ; Peggy Robertson ; Elizabeth McFarlane ; Ailsa Robertson.

"Roamer" - Taggart up (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • spotboslow said:
    Roamer was a bay gelding foaled in 1911, bred by the Clay Brothers in Kentucky. He was named Roamer due to the circumstaces of his birth. It was an accidental breeding - somehow, the farm's 'teaser' stallion (a stallion of low value used to test if mares are in heat, who is rarely used for actual breeding), aptly named Knight Errant, got in with a blind mare named Rose Tree II. After being claimed at age two by owner Andrew Miller, Roamer began to blossom. He raced from 1913 to 1919, winning 39 of 98 races. His best year was 1914, when he won 12 of 16 starts and was the year's leading money earner. He set five track records and won many notable races, including the Travers Stakes, Carter Handicap, and three Saratoga Cups. Some press accounts called him "The Wonder Horse of the Decade". Roamer died in 1920. While being rested on a farm in New Jersey, he slipped in an icy pasture, broke his leg, and had to be destroyed. He was inducted to the Racing Hall of Fame in 1981. This photo pre-dates Roamer's fame - in fact, it shows the day his fortunes changed. The jockey here is Thomas McTaggart. The only time he ever rode Roamer was in a claiming race at Belmont Park on July 15, 1913. They won, "much the best", by four lengths, and Miller claimed him for $2,000. He would go on to earn $98,828.
  • Velurajah Selliah said:
    Thanks for making my day ! Have a great weekend my dear friend!
  • Richard Norton said:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roamer