THE Bathurst Harness Racing Club is pleased to announce Peter and Marie Neil as the 2018 Bathurst Gold Crown Honourees.
“Peter and Marie have had a long association with not only the Bathurst Gold Crown but harness racing in general,” Bathurst Club President Wayne Barker said.
“Both Peter and Marie have successfully operated a breeding establishment at Goulburn, for a number of years with a band of 25 broodmares.
“Adding to this, Peter and Marie also run a very successful training operation of 30 horses based near Bathurst, under the watch full eye of long time trainer Peter Bullock.” Barker added.
These horses always carry the Shannon name and it is not unusual for the Neil’s to have multiple runners in a race on their home track at Bathurst.
“Peter and Marie would one day love to win a Gold Crown or a Gold Tiara and I am sure that win is not too far away, after being runner up on three previous occasions,” Barker advised.
“You can only keep breeding quality horses, which Peter and Marie do to give yourself a chance, so you would like to think a Crown or Tiara win is just around the corner.
“The Board was unanimous with their selection of Peter and Marie to be this year’s Honouree’s, and personally, I couldn’t think of a more fitting choice.”
Peter and Marie will be welcome into the list of Gold Crown Honouree’s, at the Honouree Dinner on Tuesday 27 March at the Bathurst RSL Club, commencing at 7pm.
Previous Bathurst Gold Crown Honourees
1990 – Mr Jimmy Caffyn
1991 – Mr Kevin Newman
1992 – Mr George Gath
1993 – Mr Jack Honan, Mr Bill Wise and Mr Noel Simpson
1994 – Mr Tony Turnbull
1995 – Mr Don Clough
1996 – Mr Brian Hancock
1997 – Mr Ken Dyer
1998 – Mr Harry Pearce
1999 – Mr Mick Lombardo
2000 – Mr John Tapp
2001 – Mr Wayne and Mrs. Anne Lamb
2002 – Dennis Wilson
2003 – Ken Brown AM
2004 – Bob McArdle
2005 – The Jack family
2006 – The Manning family
2007 – The Dumesny family
2008 – Mr Chris Gray
2009 – Mr Steve Turnbull
2010 – The Fitzpatrick family
2011 – Jayne Davies and Noel Alexander
2012 – The Hando Family
2013 – Doug and Janet Moore
2014 – Mr John Coffey
2015 – Mr Chris Alford
2016 – McCarthy Family
2017 – Mr Kevin Thompson
2018 – Mr Peter and Mrs Marie Neil
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