Trakus aims to attract new generation of racegoers

By Patrick Bartley
Updated March 27 2015 - 8:13pm, first published 7:25pm
Clock watcher: Form guru Des Spain times the gallops, 1960s style. Photo: Supplied
Clock watcher: Form guru Des Spain times the gallops, 1960s style. Photo: Supplied
Clock watcher: Form guru Des Spain times the gallops, 1960s style. Photo: Supplied
Clock watcher: Form guru Des Spain times the gallops, 1960s style. Photo: Supplied
Clock watcher: Form guru Des Spain times the gallops, 1960s style. Photo: Supplied
Clock watcher: Form guru Des Spain times the gallops, 1960s style. Photo: Supplied
Clock watcher: Form guru Des Spain times the gallops, 1960s style. Photo: Supplied
Clock watcher: Form guru Des Spain times the gallops, 1960s style. Photo: Supplied

In the late 1960s, one of Australia's most astute track watchers, Des Spain, would get together  with six other  racing enthusiasts each Saturday before the first race at the metropolitan meeting.

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