Following on from my last post, I knew I had a shot of a heavy horse race somewhere in the archive.
Sure enough, back in 1984 at the annual "Marymass" in Irvine, my attention was drawn to a race card featuring the "Robert McGill Heavy Carthorse Handicap". Now this was a serious business with plenty of side bets on the go.
I was amazed at the speed of the horses considering their size and had to get out of the way quickly after taking this shot.
If I had tried taking the same shot on a proper race course, I would have been out on my ear. Click the link and you'll find a great bit of footage from the festival of 1931.
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