Help finding photos of ex racehorse!

[CBonfield]

Hi,
I have an exracehorse who I've owned for 5 years now, over the years I've tried 100s of times to find photos of him racing but I'm at a complete loss. I know his last race was a while ago now (2016) but I would love to find a photo of him racing if at all possible. I've even found photos of the races he was in but he is not in the background or anywhere to be seen!

His racing name is Oakbank (USA) foaled 2011 out of Empire Maker (USA) and Summer Shower (GB)

I have found his racing record with his wins and losses but nothing else.

Any help would be really appreciated!
Thanks,
Clara

 

[Melody Grey]

Find who your horse was trained by from Racing Post and try to contact them directly?

 

[CBonfield]

Find who your horse was trained by from Racing Post and try to contact them directly?

Thanks for your help! Yes I actually used to work for his trainer but they didn't seem to know where I could get any photos :/

 

[Melody Grey]

Thanks for your help! Yes I actually used to work for his trainer but they didn't seem to know where I could get any photos :/

Can the trainer ask the previous owner/owners on your behalf? Most owners (and trainers!) would have some pics of their investment.

ETA- and they might even be interested in what their horse is up to now so might be happy to oblige?

 

[Frumpoon]

Look at the At the Races website

I got lots of footage of my boy racing

 

[CBonfield]

Look at the At the Races website

I got lots of footage of my boy racing

Thank you so much, I found some footage of him racing finally!! Do you know if you can find photos on there as well?

 

[CBonfield]

Can the trainer ask the previous owner/owners on your behalf? Most owners (and trainers!) would have some pics of their investment.

ETA- and they might even be interested in what their horse is up to now so might be happy to oblige?

Yes thats a good idea, thank you! They might help with some photos

 

[Frumpoon]

Thank you so much, I found some footage of him racing finally!! Do you know if you can find photos on there as well?

You’ll be able to see which races he ran in, then lookup the course photographer...they usually have an online archive

 

[SibeliusMB]

Was he a winner at all? If you look up the dates/locations of his wins, you can contact the track photographer to see if they still have those win photos on file. That's how I got my late boy's two win photos. I contacted the photographer directly and was able to purchase them.

 

[TulipTilly]

Definitely try to contact the photographer directly if possible. Most are very happy to help!

 

[onlytheponely]

If you're on Facebook join the group 'Racehorses, where are they now?'. Lots of stable staff on there who remember their horses and often have photos.

 

[CBonfield]

You’ll be able to see which races he ran in, then lookup the course photographer...they usually have an online archive

Ah okay, that was the bit I got stuck at last time but I will have another go! Thanks for your help

 

[CBonfield]

Was he a winner at all? If you look up the dates/locations of his wins, you can contact the track photographer to see if they still have those win photos on file. That's how I got my late boy's two win photos. I contacted the photographer directly and was able to purchase them.

Yes he won once so I was thinking I should be able to find a photo of it! I'll get in contact with the photographer, thank you!

 

[CBonfield]

Definitely try to contact the photographer directly if possible. Most are very happy to help!

Yes I think that is my best bet, thanks for your help!

 

[CBonfield]

If you're on Facebook join the group 'Racehorses, where are they now?'. Lots of stable staff on there who remember their horses and often have photos.

Great tip thanks! I'll have a look on there

 

[Dreamer2020]

Hi OP - if you contact RaceTech you can buy a dvd with his races on ... I did this ... it's not cheap but is lovely to have Good luck with the photos too! xx

 

[Kipper's Dick]

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[CBonfield]

Hi OP - if you contact RaceTech you can buy a dvd with his races on ... I did this ... it's not cheap but is lovely to have Good luck with the photos too! xx

Ah great okay, thank you for the tip!

 

[poiuytrewq]

I put mines name into Facebook and did a general search, as in not on any particular page- although that’s worth doing also.
It worked really well. Several people who had taken him racing years ago had put photos on their own walls which all came up.

 

[poiuytrewq]

I just tried my suggestion and didn’t find anything, other than Oakbank racing club which appears to be quite old.
Absolutely contact old trainers, my boss is always quite happy and interested to hear from new owners of past horses and can usually dig out a few photos

 

[Maddie Moo]

This is the track photographer for Lingfield where he won - would be worth contacting them and seeing if they have any archived.

Hoycubed Photography

 

[Maddie Moo]

This is the track photographer for Lingfield where he won - would be worth contacting them and seeing if they have any archived.

Hoycubed Photography

Also not a winners photo but here he is finishing second at Kempton in 2014 Photo

 

[CBonfield]

I just tried my suggestion and didn’t find anything, other than Oakbank racing club which appears to be quite old.
Absolutely contact old trainers, my boss is always quite happy and interested to hear from new owners of past horses and can usually dig out a few photos

Yes annoyingly there seems to also be a racecourse called Oakbank so it gets a little confusing when I've been researching! Yes I will contact the old owner and trainer if I don't get anywhere with the photographers. Thank you for your help!

 

[CBonfield]

Also not a winners photo but here he is finishing second at Kempton in 2014 Photo

Oh thats awesome! Thank you so much for finding that, I must've missed it! Its so cool to be able to see them like that, thank you
I've also emailed the photographer so just waiting to hear back from him!

 

[Maddie Moo]

Oh thats awesome! Thank you so much for finding that, I must've missed it! Its so cool to be able to see them like that, thank you
I've also emailed the photographer so just waiting to hear back from him!

Its no problem at all From experience I’ve found it they finish in place position and they’re in a close enough distance to the winner like he was, you can be lucky enough to find them in the winners photo.

I hope they can find you his win photo from Lingfield, hopefully it’s in their archive