New Posts For Thread: Stockton racecoursehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31813633/stockton-racecourse1 can remember going 3 times as a lad one jumps meet on a sat and 2 midweek flat meetings with my dadmy dad was telling me his memory of going racing at stockton with his dad,wasa seeing lots of blokes in long ankle length macks walking rounde forminNever made it to Stockton but the thread brings back memories my tenuous connection to Boro. Our leave clerk was a Boro fan and his dad was a bookmaker, he fiddled travel warrants so a few of us could go to away matches with him.Tha last one was V Brhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31813633/stockton-racecourse?post_id=563370967#563370967Never made it to Stockton but the thread brings back memories my tenuous connection to Boro. Our leave clerk was a Boro fan and his dad was a bookmaker, he fiddled travel warrants so a few of us could go to away matches with him.Tha last one was V BrWed, 16 Aug 2023 06:24:17 -0500Gay Spartans only run in the 79/80 season was at Stockton where he gave lumps away to win a handicap ,he had earlier in his career won the sun alliance chase Micheal Dickinson rode won the king George and would probably have won the 78 gold cup had ihttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31813633/stockton-racecourse?post_id=563370905#563370905Gay Spartans only run in the 79/80 season was at Stockton where he gave lumps away to win a handicap ,he had earlier in his career won the sun alliance chase Micheal Dickinson rode won the king George and would probably have won the 78 gold cup had iWed, 16 Aug 2023 06:08:40 -0500More of that made his debut at Folkestone the following meeting was there lasthttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31813633/stockton-racecourse?post_id=563370845#563370845More of that made his debut at Folkestone the following meeting was there lastWed, 16 Aug 2023 05:52:52 -0500Red Rum ran there 4 times:At 2 - unplaced over 6fAt 4 - won a 2m hurdleAt 5 - unplaced in a 2m5f hurdleAt 6 - 3rd in a 3m chasehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31813633/stockton-racecourse?post_id=563370737#563370737Red Rum ran there 4 times:At 2 - unplaced over 6fAt 4 - won a 2m hurdleAt 5 - unplaced in a 2m5f hurdleAt 6 - 3rd in a 3m chaseWed, 16 Aug 2023 05:18:13 -0500Like Dante, Musidora started her 3yo season in the Roseberry Stakes at Stockton. She won there before winning the 1000 Guineas and Oaks (1949).Prince De Galles also won the Roseberry (1969), short-heading Burglar (who was really a sprinter). He won thttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31813633/stockton-racecourse?post_id=563370667#563370667Like Dante, Musidora started her 3yo season in the Roseberry Stakes at Stockton. She won there before winning the 1000 Guineas and Oaks (1949).Prince De Galles also won the Roseberry (1969), short-heading Burglar (who was really a sprinter). He won tWed, 16 Aug 2023 05:01:44 -0500pretty obvious even by this brief thread the amount of quality horses that used turn up at the gaff tracks as compared to todayhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31813633/stockton-racecourse?post_id=563370551#563370551pretty obvious even by this brief thread the amount of quality horses that used turn up at the gaff tracks as compared to todayWed, 16 Aug 2023 04:05:20 -0500i can remember alverton with jonjo on board running in a 2m novice chase only 2 runners it started at 10s on alverton fell but jonjo remounted and still won easilyhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31813633/stockton-racecourse?post_id=563370541#563370541i can remember alverton with jonjo on board running in a 2m novice chase only 2 runners it started at 10s on alverton fell but jonjo remounted and still won easilyWed, 16 Aug 2023 04:00:16 -0500yep that name rings a bell ronnie cheershttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31813633/stockton-racecourse?post_id=563370529#563370529yep that name rings a bell ronnie cheersWed, 16 Aug 2023 03:58:04 -05001stp. The other book was Danny Wilson.Ronniehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31813633/stockton-racecourse?post_id=563370471#5633704711stp. The other book was Danny Wilson.RonnieWed, 16 Aug 2023 02:55:37 -0500The inaugural two day meeting was held on Thursday 6th and Friday 7th September 1855. Stockton Grand Stand Company was formed in 1859 with the aim of leasing new land, building better facilities and putting the course on a firmer footing. The coursehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31813633/stockton-racecourse?post_id=563370125#563370125The inaugural two day meeting was held on Thursday 6th and Friday 7th September 1855. Stockton Grand Stand Company was formed in 1859 with the aim of leasing new land, building better facilities and putting the course on a firmer footing. The courseTue, 15 Aug 2023 17:57:10 -0500