Over the last fifty years Ray has had an association with many local trainers, most with more than average success, those include amongst others, Tommy Young, Bill Hunter, Vic Cockburn, Bob Hardy, Ron Smith and Arthur Sneddon with pacers like Bill Student, Perfect Student, Good Student, Young Isaacs, Toni Scott, Riffanof, Wirranedo, Grand Special, Playback, Long Frost and many others.

MOLPAN who overcame a thirty six yard handicap from a standing start to finish third behind Charltonian and Flying Cinders in September 1956, was driven by a Mr. R. Lennane at the Young paceway

It is unfortunate, like many other sports, we are seeing a decline in the real characters that made harness racing what it was in the last half century.

Going to the trots was a big night out. Places like Young, Cowra, Temora, Junee and Wagga, were all popular. Saturdays nights mostly with afternoon meetings at Grenfell and Cootamundra.

Families would meet, friends would gather to have a beer and hopefully the punters and bookmakers would challenge themselves to see who had the better knowledge of a horses capabilities.

They were great times, lets hope that harness racing maintains its appeal to the general public and continues to be the tradition we all grew up with.