Harness Racing Memory Lane

HARNESS RACING

MEMORY LANE

Steel Jaw (Norm Lang) was the first Australian pacer to win a New Zealand Cup The late Noel Simpson bred Karamea Snow, a flashy type who made it to the final of the 1972 Albion Park Inter Dominion for the late Sam Zammit, seen at the reins

The late Steve Weston, who died 46 years, ago, was a son-in-law of the late trainer ’Dinny’ Byrnes; Steve was killed in a race fall at Kembla Grange Two all-time greats, from left, Paleface Adios (Colin Pike) and Hondo Grattan (Tony Turnbull) at Harold Park

What a crowd for the return of racing to Wayville in South Australia in October 2017 It was 1973 when this was taken at the old right-handed grass track at Richmond, west of Sydney

Chateau de Grosbois, the best French training centre for trotters, in 1970 There’s something about a grey! The late Owen Glendenning, a son-inlaw of the late Perc Hall, with Clear Adios at Harold Park in the 1980s

This trotter in Sweden was disqualified, not for losing the driver, but for galloping Sydney-based horseman John Geary died in January this year after a battle with cancer. A friend to many in the industry, the former trainer-driver was the father of four adult children, including prominent reinsman Chris ‘Gearstick’ Geary and Belinda Geary, whose skills with horses are used at the Aquagait Training Centre at Menangle Park