It was race day in Melbourne this past week and the annual big race produced the closest finish in history. I am not 100% certain this is the actual race from 1973 but it was taken in the right month and there would have been little other reason to visit the track. I bet that skyline looks a little different now.
I'm not a big horse racing fan, but I did place my first bet - I didn't do it someone else did it for me because I was too young - a few years after this. I think it was in something called the Cheltenham Cup and the horse was "How Now" which came in a close second. I had him to place and I think I won about $6. I quit while the going was good.
In addition to the images I've posted on Flickr and those I've periodically posted on PND, I have now produced a Big Blurb Book: From the Archive 1960 -1980 of some of the images I really thought were special.
I now have an iPad version of this book for sale ($4.99) on the Blurb site which you can find here: STORE
I have to say, even on the iPad the book looks pretty good.
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