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Track, The - Out Takes

The trots, once a big night out, are racing to survive. Enter the maverick manager of the Harold Park Paceway who is betting a multimillion dollar facelift and a snappy promotional style will turn things around.
Series : Gamblers, The | Episode : 4 | Year : 1998 | Total Duration : 26.5 Minutes | Producer : Stefan Moore
Director : Susan Lambert |
Tape 100. Interview with Harold Park Paceway Manager, Peter Vlandez. Vlandez and co walking in rain and talking to people in offices. Vlandez to camera. Office scenes and meetings.
Access No. 134456 | 59 mins 20 secs | 1990s | Glebe, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 101. Harold Park Paceway Manager, Peter Vlandez in office with workers. Colleagues on phone. VS meetings, interviews to camera etc. Car driving from Paceway in rain. VS Paceway in rain. CUs rain. VS cars in rain.
Access No. 134475 | 52 mins 2 secs | 1990s | Glebe, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 102. Exteriors NSW Harness Racing Club. VS Harold Park Paceway track. VS offices and staff. Interview with Harold Park Paceway Manager, Peter Vlandez. VS Vlandez walking through building with colleague to Director's Room and talking to camera. Interview with long time punter ÒNevilleÓ, totalisator manager ÒDonÓ and other harness racing personalities.
Access No. 134476 | 63 mins 15 secs | 1990s | Glebe, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 103. VS Harold Park Paceway Manager, Peter Vlandez around racecourse and gaming areas. Interview with Vlandez about his enthusiasm for poker machines. VS elderly gamblers and dining area / buffet and dining with view over harness racing. Introduction to and interview with Jimmy Brown who aims to be the first Aboriginal winner of the Miracle Mile. VS harness racing. Interview with jockey Glen Frost.
Access No. 134477 | 61 mins 34 secs | 1990s | Glebe, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 104. VS Harold Park Paceway Manager, Peter Vlandez speaking with colleagues at racecourse. Vlandez through buffet and gaming areas. VS punters at track. VS bookies (including John Kennedy) and betting boards. Harness race POV starter vehicle. Novelty rat racing. Office scenes. Exterior scenes with preparations for family carnival. Interviews with riders and trainers with horses.
Access No. 134478 | 62 mins 7 secs | 1990s | Glebe, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 105. VS behind the scenes at Harold Park Paceway with horses, trainers, riders, families etc. Line dancers on track. VS harness racing. Interview with rider. Interview with Harold Park Paceway Manager, Peter Vlandez and colleague and mixing with punters and families.
Access No. 134479 | 63 mins 22 secs | 1990s | Glebe, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 106. Exteriors at NSW Harness Racing Club. Interview in car with female harness trainer Anne O'Connor then at Cowra property tending to horse. Interview with Anne's father about his involvement with harness racing over the years. VS trotting through country lanes to local racing track. Heated discussion on local club politics. Interview with Anne's daughter who also drives and trains.
Access No. 134480 | 64 mins 2 secs | 1990s | Glebe, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 107. High shots over township of Cowra and surrounds. Anne O'Connor and daughter in local department store. Interview with employee who is also involved in harness racing. Young women on property in shed preparing horse feed. Interview with O'Connor whilst driving into town and passing countryside POV car. Interview with Robert about the struggle between city and country racing.
Access No. 134481 | 55 mins 54 secs | 1990s | Cowra, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 108. VS Cowra locals arriving and in conversation at harness racing meeting. Anne O'Connor calling members from pub. VS members during meeting. Interviews to camera after meeting about the future of rural trainers.
Access No. 134482 | 62 mins 13 secs | 1990s | Cowra, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 109. Interviews with Cowra locals involved in harness racing. VS in offices in Harold Park Harness Racing Club with Manager, Peter Vlandez having his knee bandaged. VS in offices and meeting in boardroom. Interview with colleague to camera and VS taking photos.
Access No. 134483 | 63 mins 35 secs | 1990s | Glebe, Sydney, Cowra, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 110. Official from Harold Park Harness Racing Club taking photographs around grounds. Interview to camera about the way people work around the Club. VS Club kitchen. Manager Peter Vlandez in meeting in office and looking at racing video with colleague. Vlandez leaving offices and walking to dining area. VS trotters on paceway and stands filling up at night. VS racing.
Access No. 134484 | 50 mins 27 secs | 1990s | Glebe, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 111. Harold Park Paceway Manager, Peter Vlandez in meeting with kitchen and other staff around boardroom table. Vlandez in office making phone calls and talking with staff. VS trainers, riders and horses pre race. Interview with horse owner in betting area. VS punters and bookies at betting boards.
Access No. 134485 | 61 mins 59 secs | 1990s | Glebe, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 112. Interview with horse owner in stands of Harold Park Paceway watching races at night. VS driver with horse talking to camera and VS stables preparing horses. VS horses on track before race then VS race and punters in stand watching. Drivers and others watching races on TV screens in stables. Interview with driver Glen Frost.
Access No. 134486 | 35 mins 1 sec | 1990s | Glebe, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 113. Men re-shoeing horse in stable at Harold Park Paceway. Horses in corrals in rural Moss Vale and training at gates attached to moving truck. Horses trotting along road behind gates POV vehicle. Glen Frost in shed full of trotting equipment speaking to camera. Frost in his home and with children. Lengthy interviews with Frost and VS shoeing horses. Wife doing farm chores.
Access No. 134487 | 63 mins 35 secs | 1990s | Moss Vale, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 114. Trotting driver Glen Frost's wife helping to prepare horses. WS green rural Moss Vale countryside. VS horses grazing, women preparing harnesses, and general activity in stables. VS riders racing on country roads. Frost speaking to camera. Horse being hosed down after run. Interview with female stable hand. Frost on phone in house with VS racing photos on wall. Interview.
Access No. 134488 | 63 mins 52 secs | 1990s | Moss Vale, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 115. Trotting driver Glen Frost watching trotting videos in his home and speaking about the races to camera. Domestic scenes and interview with his wife while she irons.
Access No. 134489 | 40 mins 26 secs | 1990s | Moss Vale, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 116. Office scenes at Harold Park Harness Racing Club and Manager, Peter Vlandez at meetings. VS drivers and families arriving with horses and harnesses to Harold Park stables. Glen Frost arriving with truck and unloading horses. VS stables. VS inside Club and restaurant area. Man spruiking new car. Frost and others saddling up.
Access No. 134490 | 61 mins 26 secs | 1990s | Glebe, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 117. VS harness racing drivers setting up and beginning of race POV starting gate vehicle around track. Glen Frost being interviewed trackside after race and horse receiving ribbon. Mark Waugh and wife(?) at stables. Start of another race and shots of bookie John Kennedy at betting board, punters including Waugh placing bet. VS stand from beginning to end of race.
Access No. 134492 | 34 mins 58 secs | 1990s | Glebe, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 118. Interview with Harold Park Paceway Manager, Peter Vlandez. Vlandez outside on track relating track design process to camera. Walk through with camera over perimeter of Paceway land.
Access No. 134493 | 63 mins 39 secs | 1990s | Glebe, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 119. Cowra harness racing trainer Anne O'Connor arriving at Harold Park Paceway and unloading horse from trailer. Interviews, stable scenes. Interview with breeder. Men taking blood samples from horse then being interviewed.
Access No. 134494 | 46 mins 58 secs | 1990s | Glebe, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 120. VS stables at Harold Park Paceway with riders and trainers readying for race and others watching current races. Cowra trainer Anne O'Connor taking horse to race start then watching anxiously from stands. Driver Peter O'Connor having to present to committee in Steward's room after problems during race. Interview with driver. Committee reviewing taped footage of race and giving O'Connor final warning. O'Connors trying out a hood on horses head to limit it's vision. O'Connors packing up to go home.
Access No. 134495 | 46 mins 58 secs | 1990s | Glebe, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 121. Interview with horse trainer Anne O'Connor before leaving pace track.
Access No. 134497 | 1 min 44 secs | 1990s | Glebe, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 122. WS race board at Harold Park Paceway. O'Connor family arriving, unloading horse, VS stables and interviews. VS driver Glen Frost. CU race guide. Peter O'Connor dressing and preparing horse for race.
Access No. 134498 | 55 mins 24 secs | 1990s | Glebe, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 123. Interview at track of Harold Park Paceway at start of race. Anne O'Connor anxiously watching race. VS stables after race.
Access No. 134499 | 19 mins 51 secs | 1990s | Glebe, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 124. VS Harold Park Paceway Manager, Peter Vlandez in offices and meeting with various people. Lunchtime meeting in paceway restaurant. Meeting members looking at trotting race on restaurant television. Vlandez discussing problems with local hockey club. VS Vlandez and directors walking through streets of Glebe, across Pyrmont Bridge road to Glebe Town Hall. Vlandez pointing to posters and labelling them as lies. VS Town Hall filling up with locals, photocopies of newspaper articles and meeting chaired by Mayor Chris Cruden from panel of speakers. Stuart McDonald speaking.
Access No. 134500 | 62 mins 15 secs | 1990s | Glebe, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 125. Public meeting at Glebe Town Hall. Jim Oman speaking for the Glebe Hockey Club. Mayor Chris Cruden introducing speakers. Don Ellsmore from Glebe Basketball Association addresses meeting. Speaker on behalf of concerned residents giving impassioned speech. Cruden taking questions from floor. Harold Park Paceway Manager, Peter Vlandez making speech. Convenor for one of the Glebe precincts taking floor. Various other speakers taking floor with Vladez responding to some. Councillor McEndoe speaking.
Access No. 134502 | 61 mins 33 secs | 1990s | Glebe, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 126. Harold Park Paceway Manager, Peter Vlandez being interviewed by reporters at conclusion of public meeting at Glebe Town Hall. Vlandez and fellow executives walking through Glebe streets at night. Vlandez in office at night debriefing after meeting.
Access No. 134503 | 13 mins 12 secs | 1990s | Glebe, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 127. Harold Park Paceway Manager, Peter Vlandez in office being interviewed about community protests and other issues. Vlandez on telephone to AAP explaining history of dealings with local hockey club. Exterior shots of Club, race track and car park. Interview with another executive in office talking about horses in the Miracle Mile. CU betting sheet with O'Connor horse Alitomo singled out.
Access No. 134504 | 63 mins 36 secs | 1990s | Glebe, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 128. Interview with executive in offices of Harold Park Paceway discussing financial issues in racing. Manager, Peter Vlandez in offices and being interviewed and studying form guides. Meetings in office.
Access No. 134506 | 50 mins 2 secs | 1990s | Glebe, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 129. Harold Park Paceway Manager, Peter Vlandez showing letter from Leichhardt Council to camera and reading anonymous letters out loud. Meeting. Exterior scenes of Vlandez leaving, horse floats arriving and being unloaded. O'Connor family arriving, unloading and in stables. Various behind the scenes shots. O'Connor being interviewed about the future of country clubs. VS races.
Access No. 134507 | 63 mins 15 secs | 1990s | Glebe, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 130. VS before start of trotting race at Harold Park Paceway. Trainer Anne O'Connor preparing horse Alitomo and VS interviews with family. VS stables and driver Peter O'Connor preparing. Anne O'Connor in stands nervously watching race. Interviews with O'Connors in stables after race. Management watching races from stands and being interviewed.
Access No. 134508 | 54 mins 16 secs | 1990s | Glebe, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 131. Travelling shots coming into Cowra and through streets of Cowra. VS local pace club activity. Trotting races and shots of country caller viewing race through binoculars as he calls. VS country races. Interviews in stables. Trainer Anne O'Connor interviewed. O'Connors' daughter racing. VS country bookies with boards and with bags. Race board being changed. Anne O'Connor as Club President presenting winner with prize.
Access No. 134509 | 63 mins 37 secs | 1990s | Cowra, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 132. Harold Park Paceway Manager, Peter Vlandez in office being interviewed about community agitation. Meeting to consider nominated horses for upcoming races. Vlandez entering Supreme Court Ð no filming allowed inside. Exterior shots of Court building. Parties emerging from Supreme Court after case is adjourned.
Access No. 134527 | 46 mins 41 secs | 1990s | Glebe, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 133. Harold Park Paceway Manager, Peter Vlandez and his legal representation entering Supreme Court and VS exteriors. VS parties leaving court to waiting media. Vlandez being interviewed. VS subdued meeting in Council Chambers with Mayor Chris Cruden leading an update mid Court proceedings. Various councillors and members from the gallery speaking. Interviews with individuals after meeting.
Access No. 134528 | 63 mins 34 secs | 1990s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 134. Community member opposing Harold Park activities being interviewed after Council meeting. Mayor Chris Cruden being interviewed.
Access No. 134529 | 12 mins 12 secs | 1990s | Glebe, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 135. Exterior Supreme Court with Harold Park Paceway Manager, Peter Vlandez entering building. Vlandez and party leaving with colleague being interviewed on the complete success of the Paceway's case then Vlandez giving victorious speech then interview. Mayor Chris Cruden being interviewed outside court by reporters and film crew.
Access No. 134530 | 10 mins 51 secs | 1990s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 136. Exteriors Leichhardt Council chambers. Harold Park Paceway Manager, Peter Vlandez being interviewed in office. VS office receptionist taking calls. Vlandez dictating letter then secretary typing up letter. Vlandez walking around paceway talking to security and handing out hats. VS preparations for Miracle Mile event. VS Vlandez behind desk selling owners tickets. VS restaurant and bar.
Access No. 134531 | 63 mins 35 secs | 1990s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 137. VS around Harold Park Paceway in readiness for Miracle Mile. Manager, Peter Vlandez observing protestors from distance. VS around paceway and people in stands watching races. VS punters and bookies. Vlandez interviewed. VS restaurant and Vlandez with Alan Jones. VS races, crowds, drivers. Alan Jones talking to drivers and racing in celebrity race behind pony and being interviewed at conclusion. Trophy presentation. Firework display from back of racing harness. Vlandez outside Steward's Room waiting for outcome of appeal. Horse scratched. VS Vlandez around stands at night talking about ramifications of scratching.
Access No. 134532 | 61 mins 5 secs | 1990s | Glebe, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 138. Interview with representative of Glebe Hockey Club protesting outside Harold Park Paceway with other residents on Miracle Mile day. Interviews with protesters putting their case forward. Protesters putting up banner. Police presence around protesters lining entrance road and representative with loud hailer outlining rules to protesters with gagged councillor demonstrating on ladder. Protestors walking along streets.
Access No. 134533 | 63 mins 10 secs | 1990s | Glebe, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 139. VS cars arriving in car park of Harold Park Paceway for Miracle Mile.
Access No. 134534 | 1 min 30 secs | 1990s | Glebe, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 140. VS Harold Park Paceway Manager, Peter Vlandez walking amongst groups celebrating in Club for Miracle Mile night. Full stands at night and spotlight on horse and driver on track. Australian anthem being sung by woman on track while crowds stand before Miracle Mile. Our Sir Vancelot wins race. Unhappy punter calls the race a farce to camera. VS speeches by Vlandez and the president of the Harness Racing Club and personality Alan Jones. Trophy presentation. Speeches by Trevor Allenby and others. Winner's cloth placed on horse and VS photo call. Vlandez interviewed.
Access No. 134535 | 33 mins 32 secs | 1990s | Glebe, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |