Wallace, one of the Australia’s greatest thoroughbred sires of the first twenty years of the twentieth century commenced his stud career at Bundoora Park in 1896. By the champion Australian racehorse and sire Carbine from Melodious (by the imported Goldsborough), Wallace was a good but not exceptional two-year old, being placed in several leading juvenile […]
Tag: Horses
Darebin : 1881 Victoria Derby winner
“Darebin, the winner of the blue ribbon of the Victorian turf, of whom our artist has drawn a very correct likeness, is a brown colt, of great substance, but slightly deficient in quality, by the imported horse Peer, from the New Zealand mare Lurline, who was one of the best and gamest horses that ever […]
Racing and Breeding in the City of Whittlesea
Racing The first race meeting in the City of Whittlesea appears to have been ‘The Plenty Races’, which took place on 26 December 1845 on ‘Mr Payne’s Station’, somewhere near the Bridge Inn at Mernda. The next recorded races were the ‘River Plenty Races’ on 26 December 1848 at ‘Mill Park, near the Plough Inn, […]
REDLEAP Champion Jumps Horse
In Commemoration of the 103rd anniversary of the Redleap’s death, a famous jumps horse that trained in Mill Park, the City of Whittlesea will be exhibiting a small display of his remains from Museum Victoria’s collection at the Council Offices in late 2011. This will be an opportunity for the community to learn about the […]
Black Saturday – Something about Henry
I noticed you are collecting experiences of the fires. I’m not sure if you’ll empathise with my experiences of that day as its about a horse, our horse and his name was Henry. We loved him and all our experiences of owning him, being with him, and coming to understanding him. He gave us a […]
Findon Harriers Hunt Club
”’The Findon Harriers”’ were founded by Edward Miller in 1872. The pack was first housed at Findon, the Miller family’s home at Kew, hence their name. They were kennelled there for several years until Kew residents complained, presumably about their barking, so they were removed to Alphington. In the early 1890s, they were transferred to […]
Redleap Stables
Albert and Septimus Miller Albert and Septimus Miller’s Redleap Stables were built in 1892, the year of Redleap’s famous victories in the VRC Grand National Steeplechase and Grand National Hurdle at Flemington and the VATC Australian Steeplechase at Caulfield. The stables and adjacent training track, which cost nearly £7,000, were said to be the best […]