William Morgan
@mainholmpress.bsky.social
Author bloodstock consultant farmer ex-stud manager
Thanks... six years after the course closed (last fixture cancelled in 1931)
December 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Thanks... six years after the course closed (last fixture cancelled in 1931)
Well, it is interesting in as much as it is much smaller than the final stand, if it was replaced, rather than added to as a second stand, and there seems to be no record in the press of any change. Perhaps the building of the later stand, if such, helped break the meeting.
December 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Well, it is interesting in as much as it is much smaller than the final stand, if it was replaced, rather than added to as a second stand, and there seems to be no record in the press of any change. Perhaps the building of the later stand, if such, helped break the meeting.
Try again... can just see Plymouth stand now I know, as in photo you have used before and is in book. I was given another of c 1900, said to be P, but different. Looks right place, woods and hill, but know of no 2nd stand or rebuild...
December 9, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Try again... can just see Plymouth stand now I know, as in photo you have used before and is in book. I was given another of c 1900, said to be P, but different. Looks right place, woods and hill, but know of no 2nd stand or rebuild...
I have replied with photo of another stand, but not sure if it has gone...
December 9, 2025 at 8:53 AM
I have replied with photo of another stand, but not sure if it has gone...
I have never seen that photo of Plymouth before and actually didn't spot it was a river! Where is that from, please?
December 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I have never seen that photo of Plymouth before and actually didn't spot it was a river! Where is that from, please?
I am going to stab at Cottenham for 3... Agree Ponte for four... did Brighton have only that one stand?
December 8, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I am going to stab at Cottenham for 3... Agree Ponte for four... did Brighton have only that one stand?
I actually should stay out of closed courses, because it is not very fair... that is an odd view of Sandown, I would never have got it in a hundred years.
November 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I actually should stay out of closed courses, because it is not very fair... that is an odd view of Sandown, I would never have got it in a hundred years.
4. I know I have seen this photo, but cannot remember...
November 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
4. I know I have seen this photo, but cannot remember...
Agree 2 Sedgefield...
November 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Agree 2 Sedgefield...
I agree 1 Redcar...
November 24, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I agree 1 Redcar...
Going to say 3 Bournemouth...
November 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Going to say 3 Bournemouth...
Sorry, too busy at Carlisle by the time I got home, results announced. Would have got the two defunct but neither of the others...
November 11, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Sorry, too busy at Carlisle by the time I got home, results announced. Would have got the two defunct but neither of the others...
I too do it on the phone, never tried the laptop.
November 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I too do it on the phone, never tried the laptop.
Thought hard about Manchester and decided not quite big enough... ding, dong, wrong!
October 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Thought hard about Manchester and decided not quite big enough... ding, dong, wrong!
3. Could be Lanark before the stands swapped sides... I am sure I have seen that photo somewhere!
October 27, 2025 at 12:46 PM
3. Could be Lanark before the stands swapped sides... I am sure I have seen that photo somewhere!
I think it is difficult! Going left field and saying 1 is Windsor looks figure of 8? Probably rubbish...
October 27, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I think it is difficult! Going left field and saying 1 is Windsor looks figure of 8? Probably rubbish...
Too late with two... Goodwood (don't think it is Lewes)...
October 27, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Too late with two... Goodwood (don't think it is Lewes)...
Indeed and one does get some funny angles... cunning to produce a blurred photo, only one you have...
October 21, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Indeed and one does get some funny angles... cunning to produce a blurred photo, only one you have...
The Old 'Daintree' racecourse...
October 21, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The Old 'Daintree' racecourse...
Again, a strange tilt for a course that is dead flat...
October 21, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Again, a strange tilt for a course that is dead flat...
Oh...certainly make the supplement bigger!
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October 20, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Oh...certainly make the supplement bigger!
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They like a hill... never under Rules, was it?
October 20, 2025 at 8:51 PM
They like a hill... never under Rules, was it?
I have had a paper map of that area for years as well as lots of copies, and never seen it, oh dear...
October 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I have had a paper map of that area for years as well as lots of copies, and never seen it, oh dear...