Our Journey
1941
- 1949
The crowd on Melbourne Cup Day 1948.
1950
- 1959
My Dad Allen''s first day as a bookmaker at Balnarring in early 1956 with his Dad, my Grandfather Allen Senior on the bag.
1960
- 1969
Rod Cleary, Sandown Racecourse in 1967.
1970
- 1979
My Dad taking a bet off a female patron Melbourne Cup Day 1974 when Think Big won for the second year in a row.
1980
- 1989
Working Sandown Cup day in 1984 with Hayden on the Bag, this was the first day we used a computer board at the Track, we were the second Victorian Bookie after Brian Nagle to use one.
1990
- 1999
My first day on the Rails at Flemington in 1999 on Craiglee Stakes day.
2000
- 2009
Working on the Rails Caulfield Cup Day 2004 (2nd Bookie from the left).
2010
- 2019
The team on Caulfield Cup Day 2019 - From left Phil (Chocs), Kev, myself, Barney, Jack and Andy.
2020
- ONWARDS
Rod Cleary with his son's Tim and Luke.