New Posts For Thread: Birmingham Racecoursehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31796179/birmingham-racecourseBirmingham race course 1961Birmingham race course. Markless ridden by S. Chamberlayne, winning by 3 lengths from My Own, in the Rugby Amateur Riders Stakes at Bromford Bridge. 24th April 1961.Salmon Spray.At that time Bob Turnell trained a lot of my favourites also. The Laird-Buona Notte- Birds Nest- Secret Ballot-Pas Seul-Rondetto I remember.There was also another good hurdler that I can't recall, may have had a fish in it's name.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31796179/birmingham-racecourse?post_id=563028543#563028543Salmon Spray.At that time Bob Turnell trained a lot of my favourites also. The Laird-Buona Notte- Birds Nest- Secret Ballot-Pas Seul-Rondetto I remember.There was also another good hurdler that I can't recall, may have had a fish in it's name.Tue, 21 Mar 2023 08:35:13 -0500Anzio was useful on the flat. He was paper favourite for the Queens Vase at Royal Ascot in 1960, but went off 9/1 and was unplaced, ridden by Eddie Hide. He came into the race having won '3 good races in Ireland', and was trained in Ireland until Fulhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31796179/birmingham-racecourse?post_id=563026379#563026379Anzio was useful on the flat. He was paper favourite for the Queens Vase at Royal Ascot in 1960, but went off 9/1 and was unplaced, ridden by Eddie Hide. He came into the race having won '3 good races in Ireland', and was trained in Ireland until FulMon, 20 Mar 2023 02:28:41 -0500Thanks blackbarn. I've been trying to recall it. I could remember where I was when I was looking at the race in the paper (a Ladbrokes on Smithdown Road in Liverpool). I tried to find it on the web, but couldn't. I thought he'd either struggled to wihttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31796179/birmingham-racecourse?post_id=563026369#563026369Thanks blackbarn. I've been trying to recall it. I could remember where I was when I was looking at the race in the paper (a Ladbrokes on Smithdown Road in Liverpool). I tried to find it on the web, but couldn't. I thought he'd either struggled to wiMon, 20 Mar 2023 01:49:33 -0500ged - Well remembered, that was him!!! Trained by R Laing in the 79 and 80 season. At Ascot in 80, he was "very leniently treated owing to a handicapping error" when beating Shaftesbury by 3/4 length. Connections of the latter were probably quite crhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31796179/birmingham-racecourse?post_id=563025553#563025553ged - Well remembered, that was him!!! Trained by R Laing in the 79 and 80 season. At Ascot in 80, he was "very leniently treated owing to a handicapping error" when beating Shaftesbury by 3/4 length. Connections of the latter were probably quite crSun, 19 Mar 2023 13:22:39 -0500Pure chance - I have a 'Races of 1978' hard cover results annual produced by Furlong Press, and I was checking something else. I'd been to one of three days at Brighton that week with my Dad and my brother, which so far as I know, is still the only thttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31796179/birmingham-racecourse?post_id=563025269#563025269Pure chance - I have a 'Races of 1978' hard cover results annual produced by Furlong Press, and I was checking something else. I'd been to one of three days at Brighton that week with my Dad and my brother, which so far as I know, is still the only tSun, 19 Mar 2023 11:14:57 -0500Well done Anorak. Was that the horse that was once let into a handicap about a stone light due to a clerical error? It was either him, or one with a very similar name.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31796179/birmingham-racecourse?post_id=563025095#563025095Well done Anorak. Was that the horse that was once let into a handicap about a stone light due to a clerical error? It was either him, or one with a very similar name.Sun, 19 Mar 2023 09:53:43 -0500The 1978 F Walwyn flat winner was a 3yo called Beggars Bridge, who won a 1M Stakes at Brighton on Aug 2nd. Had previously been trained in Ireland and went on to run over hurdles for Walwyn. Was rated 101 by TF in the 1978 flat annual.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31796179/birmingham-racecourse?post_id=563025061#563025061The 1978 F Walwyn flat winner was a 3yo called Beggars Bridge, who won a 1M Stakes at Brighton on Aug 2nd. Had previously been trained in Ireland and went on to run over hurdles for Walwyn. Was rated 101 by TF in the 1978 flat annual.Sun, 19 Mar 2023 09:44:08 -0500I went to last meeting with my Dad on midsummer's evening in June 1965. Poured down all night on a miserable evening.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31796179/birmingham-racecourse?post_id=563024977#563024977I went to last meeting with my Dad on midsummer's evening in June 1965. Poured down all night on a miserable evening.Sun, 19 Mar 2023 09:01:04 -0500If your on the M6 between J5 & J6 below was the racecourse.The housing estate (which I visit once a week) is called Bromford.All the roads are named after race courses.Across from Bromford estate is Castle Vale,where they built the Spitfires for thehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31796179/birmingham-racecourse?post_id=563024931#563024931If your on the M6 between J5 & J6 below was the racecourse.The housing estate (which I visit once a week) is called Bromford.All the roads are named after race courses.Across from Bromford estate is Castle Vale,where they built the Spitfires for theSun, 19 Mar 2023 08:48:06 -0500I have a feeling that's right. A lot of Turnell's horses were amongst my favourites as a youngsterhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31796179/birmingham-racecourse?post_id=563024707#563024707I have a feeling that's right. A lot of Turnell's horses were amongst my favourites as a youngsterSun, 19 Mar 2023 07:35:54 -0500