PHOTO GALLERY
The Early Years ...
Above: An early start - infant  Rebecca astride A-Grade showjumper 'Glen Boy' led by her dad Bill Brown
A successful Sydney Royal at the old showground. A young Rebecca aboard Birralee Thamas heading into the Grand Parade
The family favourite
Rippowam Capriole purchased as a 2yr old, educated & shown with phenomenal success by Bec - passed away peacefully at Carlingford Park Stud aged 27 yrs - 1973 to 2000
Seattle - Champion Hack at Adelaide Royal - Grand National winner - sold to the Bailey Family in NZ and continued on his winning ways with the family until his retirement...
Don't
Disturb
Seattle
Showbag
(Ronald)
Don't' Disturb was purchased at the yearling sales at Newmarket (Randwick) and raced by myself with some shares leased to family, John and Carmel. He went on to win 4 races in town breaking two records at his home track at Royal Randwick & Rosehill. In total, Ronald brought 18 cheques home in just 24 starts. He won the Sydney Royal Led Thoroughbred Gelding event three times from as many appearances and placed at both Sydney & Canberra Royals under  saddle.
As a Newcomer Hack he took out the EFA Newcomer HOTY title at only his thrid outing. The following year taking out Intermediate HOTY. He also went Top 10 at every HOTY Open appearance.
Apart from his multitude of champion Hack awards Ronald has forged a place in my heart that is unlikely to be replaced any time soon.
He is now enjoying a life of luxury in retirement at Hillview. 
Hong Kong
Connections
Former Sydney Premiership winning trainer John Size, now based in Hong Kong, sends retirees to Hillview.
(Above) Bec & John at the races in Hong Kong and (below) back at the stables John, Bec and strapper Kevin in Hong Kong. 
Sha Tin Racecourse enclosure.
Pictured in foreground is Aust breed record breaker 'Silent Witness'
Bec with Paulene Cruz and H/Kong Jockey friend on a luxury cruiser sailing the H/Kong Harbour
Owners Lucy and Winston Wong sent their much loved racehorse 'Elvis' to Bec at Hillview.Elvis is happy in his new home at Singleton where his new owner is planning on an eventing career for Elvis.
LINKS
Marley
Sire:Westlake Hampton Court
Dam: Monmarte Miss
New
Beginnings ...
Aunt Bec
(as she is known to her niece & nephew) 
pictured with the
'charmed one'
Coco
Below are photos of my recent trip to Hong Kong. Even though the weather was freezing it was another great trip catching up with everyone.
Lunch with Winston over looking the Hong Kong Harbour. Lucy and Winston eagerly. await their new racehorse's arrival. Since the breakout of EI they have been waiting for 8 months.
Pa Size (John) on his way home from the stables after a freezing cold morning at the track. It is much easier to ride push bikes around the HUGE Sha Tin complex
Kevin (Marfoo/stablehand), myself and John on the first floor of John's stables
After a beautiful Yum Cha lunch. Lucy and I walked down to the Harbour.
First floor of stables/Barn security cameras etc
The undercover enclosure at Sha Tin
The beautiful Helene Mascot (not a great photo of him though) trained by Tony Cruz. He went straight to the top of my  wish list even though he came out and won the prestige's Hong Kong Derby three weeks later.
Photos of my recent trip to New Zealand for the 10the Anniversary NZ Grand National.
Having a nice well earned break. Pictured Jackie Long, myself, Raymond Butler, Darren Telford (hiding) & Glen Gillan.
The Aussie judges and officials enjoying time out in the VIP area. Anne Smiley, Libby Tomlinson, Raymond Butler, Darren Telford & Greg Gerry. Many laughs were had by all.
Our wonderful barman & chauffeur, Aussie Lindsay Long.
Darren Telford and I at the presentation of the Grand National winners
The Aussie's: Libby Tomlinson, Anne Smiley, Greg Gerry, myself, Raymond Butler, Leonie Walsh, Glenn Gillan, Jackie Long, Darren Telford and Lindsay Long
Recent Dale Plumb School held at Hillview T/breds in May. Lots of laughs had by all and looking forward to his return end of July.
From left some of the group: Trina Crawford, myself, Kate Fitsimmons, Sandra Giles, Dale and Joanne Stewart.
After some extremely heavy rain some of the boys decided to have some fun.
The little boys -
Itchy & Scratchy, wearing their Louis Vuitton collars.
A little present from Hong Kong.
December 2008 trip to Hong Kong.  International week. As always, the trip was fantastic........
World Champion Jockey Douglas White with Andrew Frost (Frosty) now a racing commenter on TVN in Singapore and myself in the enclosure at Sha Tin on International day. The betting turnover for this one day was over $1 Billion dollars.
Carmel Size & I at Sha Tin on International day. Many Thanks to Carmel for her hospitality during the week.
Pa (John Size) was able to relax between training winners in the 1st & 3rd race. He later in the day trained another winner and a photo finish 2nd in the last. Unique Jewllery unfortunately missed the start and was just nosed out.He will head for the H/Kong Derby now.
The beautiful Brilliant Chapter won the 3rd race on International day. Photo taken Monday morning.
Brilliant Chapter's Owners,  and I before his great win. I was fortunate enough to be invited to join them for the winning photos as well.
Carmel (Ma) Size with the champion miler Armada.
Premiership Board, John has won 5 out of 7 years training premierships in Hong Kong.
Anne So and I. We had a wonderful time with Anne at Happy Valley on the Wednesday night before Int.Day. A special thank you also goes to Mr & Mrs Kenneth Lo for the great night at their private box/table at Happy Valley. Mr Lo's family have sent horses to Hillview.
Carmel, Kevin (Marfoo) and I at the stables. For me a morning at the stables is like a kid in a candy store.  It is always great to see Kevie too.
The flashy Pocket Money won on International day.
Some of the Rafferty rugs exported over to John.
More photos to come....
Lucy & Winston's new import,the very cute  Lucky Magic. As always Lucy and Winston's hospitality was wonderful . They are hoping he will start racing close to Easter time.
Pocket Money  winning the first race on International day.
Brillaint Chapters winning photo shoot with all of connections & sponsors. Plus a couple of ring in's Frosty & I.
Cougar the not so brave guard dog. More of a clown dog....
Hong Kong 2009 - A whole year has past. Due to showing I didn't make my intended Spring (H/K spring) trip. As always I had another fantastic International week + with some extra days added to the trip. It was great having extra time to catch up with everyone.
Some of the view from the hotel room. A big thank you must go to Gary Kwok for organising the accommodation at the Hyatt Hotel - Sha Tin. The staff were excellent, I was treated very much like a VIP!!!
Right: Lovely friend, Ann So, ready for her riding lesson at the Equestrian Centre.  Ann took us to the centre for the day. The facilites and club house are fantastic but still no yards or paddocks.
Right: Some of the two story barns.
Left: I think I counted approx. 7 - 8 individual arenas.
Right: Some of the single story stables.
Above & below: More arenas
Below: Maroof/Groom cutting up garlic and carrots for the feeds.
Above: The gardens around the complex make the most beautiful sttings.
Below: Even more stables
International Day....
Below & Right: Some of the HUGE crowd and magnificent course.
Below: One of the highlights of the day, Famous Champion French trainer John Fellows and I caught up.  I had visited his stables in Chantilly, Fance while inspecting horses,  years ago.
Below: My mum and I enjoying the fine wine and food.
Below: Liam Tansey (QLD) & I had alot of catching up.
The Stables....
Photo: Martin King
Below: Pa, Beno and vet discussing some of the morning trot ups.
Right: Pa (John) and I at his Sha Tin stables after international day, with Enriched.

Left: Enriched's notice to warn all staff that he is running at Happy Valley's next meeting.
Left: You Gotta Pay, Owned by the Fun Loving Syndicate - Colin, Benson Timothy etc) and marfoo/strapper waiting for his trot up. Another thank you needs to go to Colin, Benson and Timothy for organising the private table at Happy Valley. The guys have sent others to Hillview, Dynamic Fun, Funtrap and Cleen Sweep.
Right: View from the second story of Pa's  stables over looking the course.
Below: One of the ramps to the top floors.
Left: Showtime, he could be mistaken for Apache Cat.
More photos coming soon....
Left: Pa  (John Size) and I on International day - Sha Tin
Right: Timothy Lam and I at the races. Carmel (Ma Size) and I recieved fanastic gifts from Timothy.
Photo: Lorelle Mercer
New Addition, March 2010 - 'Hillview Kevin Bacon' found us and has now moved in, for a little while anyway. He has been adopted by Gomez and Pocket. Itchy and Cougar don't mind a game with him either.
1 week later - Kevin's 2nd photo shoot...........
The Good Old Days.....
Above left: Birralee tamas and myself waiting to enter the Sydney Royal Grand Parade.
Above right: Sister Elizabeth on Maxwellton Darwin (NZ) & Myself and Tamas in the Grand Parade at the old showground.

Left: World champion jockey Darren Beadman with a pony of Quona Sommers of Bowral  and myself with Tamas. Doing a photo shoot  to promote a Championship pony show. We won many pair of ponies and pair of riders on our chestnut boys, 'Billbo Baggins' and 'Rippowam Capriole'.
Right: Dad, Bill Brown with Glen Boy in Hoofs & Horns, March Edition 1953.
Above; Dad riding 'Don' in the High Jump at Dapto show in the 1950's. Grandfather, in the background with a leg in the air, giving them some extra help.
Uncle Dick (Dad's brother, now passed) riding T.A.Fields 'Victory'  setting a new Victorian High Jump record at bendigo Show.
Early 1960's - Teams hunting event at Sydney Royal,  dad, Billy (2nd from right) riding Jack Cullen's Zarene, Jack McGee, Kevin Bacon (obscured) and Bridgett McIntryre.
Above: Dad on his super galloway 'Glen Boy'. An A- Grade show jumper and champion Galloway.
The Kevin Update...
Left: Early May, Kevie injured again due to sleeping under his big brothers
Right: Kevie doing the washing up for Dustan.
Below: June08/10, the best of mates Dustan and Kevie.
Below: Kevie coming in for dinner....
Sure is tough being a pig/horse. Poor confused Kev.......
Unfortunately, a few days after the above photos were taken, some rotten ......... stole Kevie. A very devastating time for all!!!!!

Sydney Show 2011 - Stable Entertainment!!!!
Late Nights/Early Mornings - Busy days - Rain and More Rain
Adds up to needing an extra drink or 2 or 3 and some silly fun at the stables.....
The Qld House Mates: Kylie Raymont, Sarah Godfrey, Carol Rose (Kylie's mum) & of course Bobby (High Court). It's always great stabling with Kylie & crew!!!!
Above: Our Neighbours across the alley. Allan, Sandra Henry & staff. It was more like a Highway actually due to the public.
Hong Kong December 2011 - International Week
Another fantastic trip beautiful horses & wonderful people.......

International Race Day - 2011
The HK Jockey Club put on such a professional, exciting day.
Left: Jo Mackinnon (Sky Racing), Mark Richards (HKJC Excutive Manager Int.Sales) and I having a laugh. What a terrific afternoon
Above: A quick catch up with Tony Cruz in between races. Tony's lovely grey boy California Memory won the $20 million CX Hong Kong Cup.
Right: In the enclosure with Ricky Yiu. Trainer of the world Champion 'Sacred Kingdom'. Ricky has sent some beautiful boys to Hillview.
Above: Singaporean Champion
          'Rocket Man'
Left: The John (Pa) Size and very courageous 'Entrapment'. Just beaten on the line in the $14 million CX HK International Sprint. After winning 7 of his 7 starts then 15+ months out of action. His brilliant reord stands at 11 career starts for 8 wins, 2 seconds and 1 third.
Above: The also very talented, John Size trained 'Rich Unicorn'. He ran 6th in the CX HK sprint.
Right: Finally, after years of just emails Steve See and I finally met in person. Steve has sent his last two retirees to Hillview.
Left & Below: It's not International day without a catch up and drink with Liam Tansey (QLD).
Below: The Enclosure!!!!
Above: My Bag carriers - lol
Mum and niece Mikhaila
Above; Mum and Janet Tansey had a lovely catch up on the shopping scene.
Left & Below Left: The very talented and still improving John Size trained 'Fay Fay' winning the last race. Race record so far 7 starts for 4 wins and 3 seconds.
Below: The brilliant fireworks display put on by the Jockey Club after the last race...
More Int. week photos to come..