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Mobile: 0438 746 487 Email: [email protected] rwwa.com.au Contents HARNESS RACING DEPARTMENT Racing Manager: Barry Hamilton Chief Handicapper: Warren Wishart 14 Hasler Road, Osborne Park WA 6017 Driving Master: Trevor Warwick Mobile: 0434 609 604 Trainers’ Service Centre Phone: (08) 9445 5267* Fax: (08) 9445 3056 24hr Nominations Service (08) 9445 5268* * Note all incoming and outgoing calls are recorded Email: [email protected] Office Hours:7.30am to 4.00pm Monday to Friday STEWARDS DEPARTMENTS General Manager Integrity: Denis Borovica Phone: (08) 9445 5427 Deputy Chief Steward: Rhys Chappell 70 Grandstand Road, Ascot, WA 6104 Phone: (08) 9445 5177 Fax: (08) 9477 5215 Email: [email protected] Investigator: Geoff Johnson 0408 843 560 RWWA INTEGRITY Integrity Recorded Message Service: 9445 5565 Email: [email protected] LICENSING, REGISTRATIONS & STAKES 14 Hasler Road Osborne Park WA 6017 Email: [email protected] 14 Hasler Road Osborne Park WA 6017 Telephone: (08) 9445 5558 Facsimile: (08) 9445 5586 Email: [email protected] Forms can be found at www.rwwa.com.au RACING & WAGERING WA HEAD OFFICE 14 Hasler Road Osborne Park WA 6017 (08) 9445 5333 fax (08) 9244 5914 e-mail [email protected] web www.rwwa.com.au RACING AHEAD WA Features Editorial, Advertising & Subscriptions 02 Notice to industry participants Suzy Jackson Phone: (08) 9445 5371 02 Personality Profile Email: [email protected] 03 Historical W.A. visionary creates Inter Dominion prestige Racing & Wagering Western Australia 14 Hasler Road Osborne Park WA 6017 05 Owners Only 06 Community TAB 08 BOTRA News NEXT EDITION DEADLINE: 09 Race Dates Friday December 15, 2017 10 WA Feature Races 2017/18 All advertisements published in Racing Ahead WA Magazine are the responsibility of the person, company or advertising agency which submitted them for publication. 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Deadlines are correct as of 27th November, 2017 and may change where a race meeting is cancelled or moved to different dates. Please refer to the electronic fortnightly racing program for the latest details. DRIVER & GEAR PUBLIC RACE MEETING AFFECTED NEW NOMINATION NEW ACCEPTANCE DATE OF HOLIDAY CHANGE HOLIDAY BY HOLIDAY DEADLINE (8AM) DEADLINE (8AM) DEADLINE (10AM) Gloucester Park, Friday 29 December 2017 Friday, 22 December 2017 Wednesday, 27 December 2017 Thursday, 28 December 2017 Christmas Day Monday, 25 December 2017 Northam, Saturday 30 December 2017 Friday, 22 December 2017 Wednesday, 27 December 2017 Thursday, 28 December 2017 & & Boxing Day Tuesday, 26 December 2017 Albany, Sunday 31 December 2017 Friday, 22 December 2017 Wednesday, 27 December 2017 Thursday, 28 December 2017 Bunbury, Sunday 31 December 2017 Friday, 22 December 2017 Wednesday, 27 December 2017 Thursday, 28 December 2017 Gloucester Park, Friday 5 January 2018 Friday, 29 December 2017 Tuesday, 2 January 2018 Wednesday, 3 January 2017 New Year’s Day Monday, 1 January 2018 Busselton, Friday 5 January 2018 Friday, 29 December 2017 Tuesday, 2 January 2018 Wednesday, 3 January 2017 Albany, Saturday 6 January 2018 Friday, 29 December 2017 Tuesday, 2 January 2018 Wednesday, 3 January 2017 Pinjarra, Monday 29 January 2018 Tuesday, 23 January 2018 Wednesday, 24 January 2018 Thursday, 25 January 2017 Australia Day Friday,26 January 2018 Gloucester Park, 30 January 2018 Tuesday, 23 January 2018 Wednesday, 24 January 2018 Thursday, 25 January 2017 Personality Profile Article by Robbie Dewar SHANE YOUNG There seems to be a sense of inevitability that Shane Young was PROFESSION: Full Time horseman always going to be in the harness racing game through being a member of the famous Young clan of Pinjarra, however that wasn’t DATE OF BIRTH: 7/8/63 always going to be the case. MARITAL STATUS: Single “Up until I was about 16 I was going to go in a different direction, what that direction was only time would tell but eventually I got WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR BIGGEST WIN OR THRILL IN THE SPORT: involved with the horses. We had a horse called Inside Fifty who won a R0 at Northam, we bred him but had nothing but struggles with him, just so rapt when he I am pleased to be more than just a trainer-driver as I derive a lot of finally broke through. my income from educating and pre-training horses. BEST HORSE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH: Shattering Class and Roadless Trotting has been good to me and I am proud to be involved, “said Travelled Shane. BEST HORSE SEEN: Pure Steel Shane Young is this edition's Personality Profile. BEST DRIVER SEEN: Phil Coulson GREATEST INFLUENCE IN THE SPORT: My Dad Ron BEST LIKED SPORT: AFL FAVOURITE SPORTING TEAM: North Melbourne FAVOURITE TV SHOW: Fox Footy FAVOURITE FOOD: Steak FAVOURITE DRINK: Scotch and Coke FAVOURITE ACTOR: Steve McQueen FAVOURITE MUSIC: Bruce Springsteen FAVOURITE PASTIME: Relaxing FAVOURITE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY: Being involved with the horses Image courtesy of Gloucester Park/Scott Hamilton Media AMBITION IN LIFE: Continue being healthy and happy 2 December - RACING AHEAD HARNESS 1936 - Logan Derby 1937 - Dan's Son 1938 - Pot Luck 1939 - Springfield Globe 1940 - Grand Mogul 1947 - Bandbox 1948 - Emulous 1949 - Single Direct Historical W.A. visionary creates Inter Dominion prestige Article by Wayne Currall I remember it like it was yesterday. It was electric and underlined to me - even at that young age - the prestige and tradition that surrounded “the Melbourne Cup of I was a 14-year-old and it was the final of the 1966 Inter Dominion trotting”. Championship at Sydney’s Harold Park. The Inter Dominion Championship has strong links to Western Champion New Zealand mare Robin Dundee was sent out as the Australia. hot favourite after dominating the heats. Most pundits expected her to win the final. It was in 1923 that WA’s remarkable administrator James Brennan at a conference of trotting officials presented the concept of an She had dead-heated with Jay Ar in the 1965 final - still the only dead-heat in the rich history of the Inters - and was being hailed as the horse most likely to win the 1966 version. But the heavens opened up and the torrential rain turned the track into a quagmire. Tasmanian pacer Chamfer Star took up the early running and despite a courageous effort from Robin Dundee, the horse from the apple isle prevailed in a slogging finish to deny the Kiwi mare. That race will always remain in my memory as one of the great spectacles I have been fortunate enough to see. Of course, being 14 I didn’t realise the importance or the significance of the Inter Dominion Championship grand final. What I did realise was the excitement from the big crowd that was on course. James Brennan 30 BARR ROAD, CAREY PARK FROM $679,000 HORSE HEAVEN/ TRADIES PARADISE For Sale • Immaculately kept 4 bed, 2 bath home centrally located in the Harness Racing and Gallops precinct, on a huge 2,611sqm block in central Bunbury • One of the best homes on the complex with11 large powered stables, utility shed, lockup workshop and feed shed, and inclusive of fully operational treadmill • Full access to convenient and quality training and racing facilities, whatever your code.