Like mother, like daughter…

Doris Kelly Jr wanted to emulate what her mother, Doris Sr, and brother, John Kelly, were doing – training greyhounds.

This would all change not long after Doris Jr met her husband-to-be, Barry Toner, at the Warragul races.

Together, the young couple would taste success on the racetrack not long after their 1969 wedding, with their first city winner – Park Fair (Raleen Chief x Whirlee Scott) – taking out the Oakleigh Stake on May 28, 1970.

Although the couple were listed jointly as ‘Owner, Trainers’, the young Mrs Toner and women like her were not allowed to catch their greyhounds on race Read full article

Source:: https://www.grv.org.au/news/2023/05/13/like-mother-like-daughter/

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