70’s
Bobby Skilton OAM
Here are two rare photos sent to me again from Milton Hammond. The first is of VFL-AFL Superstar Bob Skilton OAM addressing a packed crowd […]
Opening Night Cranbourne Racebook
Former Victorian and Bookmaking Guru Gerard Daffy now a Queenslander kindly sent his copy of the Race book form opening night at Cranbourne. A Warrnambool […]
Stan Lake Warrnambool Legend
One of the great names of Greyhound Racing in the Warrnambool area is the late Stan Lake. No individual contributed more to the sport in […]
Allan Britton
The surname Britton is one extremely well known Australia wide the man who started the dynasty is Allan. A Victorian Hall of Famer and a […]
1971 Warragul Cup – Red Velore
The Warragul Cup of 1971 held in March of that year was won by Red Velore (Little Error x Kadia) bred by legendary owner-trained-breeder Joe […]
Just Biddy
Another South Australian champion I remember well from the 1976-77 was Just Biddy. Until I read this brilliant article by June Whyte who has written […]
Gerard The Gent 71 Melbourne Cup
Following on from unusually name dogs one of my all time favourite Melbourne Cup winners had an interesting name “Gerard The Gent”. What a star […]
Peter Donegan
I found a whole heap of stuff I wrote for the Greyhound Weekly and other publications from the 90’s. Here is short piece on Racecaller […]
Ron Nestor – The One and Only
It has been said that Ron Nestor’s record as a volunteer in sports administration is like Bold Trease’s four Sandown Cups – it won’t be […]