Rochester’s Gordon Bubb was a popular owner who was a regular at all trotting meetings near and far for decades.
He bred, raced and owned some talented pacers down the years.
One called Storm Orphan, trained by NSW horseman Terry Storch, was one of his early stars.
There was also Dalemoor trained by flamboyant Bendigo horseman Len ‘‘Curly’’ Irwin and Ellmers Image, who went from a C1 class mare to an Inter Dominion pacer in one season in 2018 for top NSW trainer-driver Amanda Turnbull.
Ellmers Image also won the Penrith and Bankstown cups and picked up a $30,000 bonus as well and a total of $60,000 for both cup wins in a feat achieved in a short space of a time in 2018.
He was also associated with other talented horses including National Lobell, Glenferrie Bronte, Swaydepete, Natural Belle and Sunset Delight.
Glenferrie Bronte ran placings in the heat and the final of the Victorian Oaks in 2015 and represented Australia in the New Zealand Jewels the same year.
Trainers Gordon put faith in to train his horses included Don Guy, Graeme Johannesson and Ken Wills (all deceased), plus Russ Thomson, Neville Welsh, Chris Hildebrandt, Amanda Turnbull and Nathan Jack.
Gordon’s funeral was held in his home town of Rochester last Friday.
Des Pollock was a former trainer who loved the trotter and trained and raced some good horses in his time.
They included his favourite, trotter Arcee Darcy, Kristen, Baxter and Coglen.
Des, who played in a football premiership side with his home town Gunbower also imparted a lot of his football knowledge onto his stepson, former Kyabram and Goulburn Valley League ruck star David Lucas.
He had a private cremation last week.
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