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Newbury (England)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Jumping for Joy at Newbury!, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2002
Scope and Contents

Photographs of two horse races in the early 20th century: the top image shows two riderless horses jumping over a fence at the Berks handicap and the bottom image shows the jockey, Burley, almost falling off his horse during the Newbury jumping meet.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Outsider's Victory, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/1946
Scope and Contents

Photograph from a newspaper from 27 September 1920 entitled, Outsider's Victory, showing the racehorse 'Royal Hussar' beating 'Fancy Man', 'the favourite for the Cambridgeshire by half a length in the Lambourn Welter Handicap at Newbury, England.' The text notes that the winner was a 100-8 outsider.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Racing Mishaps, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3463
Scope and Contents

Two photographs of horse racing mishaps at the 'first southern meeting under National Hunt Rules at Newbury' in 1919. The top image shows the horse, "Unity" falling at the brook in the Findon Selling Handicap Steeplechase and unseating the jockey; and the bottom image shows the horse, "Neil Girl" nearly falling at the second obstacle in the Juvenile Selling Hurdle race.

Dates: 1870s-1930s