Fashions at the May Racing Carnival in its early days. SOURCE: Warrnambool & District Historical Society.

Warrnambool racecourse aerial image from 1920s, taken by visiting Melbourne photographer Charles Pratt, aka Airspy. This image shows a mere handful of houses amid the paddocks beside Moore Street (along bottom corner), Tozer Road, McGregors Road and Grafton Road. SOURCE: Warrnambool & District

May Racing Carnival crowd on May 5, 1972 at the Warrnambool Racecourse.

A race crowd estimated between 1890 and 1910. SOURCE: Warrnambool & District Historical Society.

A large crowd gathers on May 1949 at the Warrnambool Racecourse for the second day of the May Racing Carnival. SOURCE: Warrnambool & District Historical Society.

May Racing Carnival crowd on May 4, 1973 at the Warrnambool Racecourse

Warrnambool Racetrack crowd in the early 1920s. SOURCE: Warrnambool & District Historical Society.

View of W'bool racetrack from the outside new grandstand in 2000.

Ray Tyzack, Matthew Howe, Damian Clark and Derek White, all from Warrnambool, checking their race guide in 2000.

Milliner Peter Jago in his cowboy hat and muscle suit in 2000.

Part of the 2000 May Races crowd on the hill between the old and new grandstand.

May Racing Carnival 2000.

Face of the 2000 carnival Victoria Sanderson.

Race 6 in 2000 was a dead heat between Aireys Inlet and Jackawill.

Carmel Waight, Michelle Burnett, Maureen Burnett, Shane Waight, Greg Moy and son Nathan Moy, 9, all from Ballarat, pictured relaxing at the new outdoors grandstand in 2000.

Race watchers on the hill between the new and old grandstands in 2000.

Karina Lanb, Murray Bowes, Louise Tegart, Mary Mahoney holding Isobella Kendall 20mths, and Butch Longregan horse trainer, and Heather Tuck enjoy breakfast at the beach horse showing in 2000.

Dr Natalie Ryan, Jane Murphy and Carmelita Maxwell enjoy morning at horse showing breakfast at the beach in 2000.

A 1997 May Races crowd.

Des's Fortune ridden by Chad Northcott jumps the first of the Moore Street double in 1997.

Foxboy ridden by Brett Scott jumps the Moore Street road double in 1997.

The winner of the 1997 Brierly Steeplechase was the horse third from the left Foxboy, with jockey Brett Scott.

Winner of Race 2 in 1997 was no.14 Dance the Night with jockey Craig Robertson.

Concern trainer Jim Houlahan talks to jockey Damien Oliver after their win in race 3.

Jacinta Anderson with her friends Carla Reeves, Courtney Purcell and Liz Walsh in 2002.

The Warrnambool Cup field lining up for the starting gate in 2002.

The 2002 crowd in the public betting area.

High Celebrity jockey John Macmillan after his fall over the first Tozer Road jump on the second lap of the steeplechase.

Mystic Outlaw and rider Adrian Garraway prepares to jump the hurdle, followed by Knuckles Pippin and rider Wayne Smith in 2002.

The 2001 May Races.

The men strut their stuff in the 2001 Fashions on the Field.

The men strut their stuff in the 2001 Fashions on the Field.

Jase Alfred, from Geelong, Russell Williams from NSW, Jak Ryder from Geelong and Rod Clarke from Cobden, with their afros in 2001.

Track workers watch a race in 2001.

The Race Track Trio entertaining the public on the hill in 2001.

Deakin university student Amy Russell enjoys herself in 2001.

Contestants in the 2001 Fashions on the Field.

Contestants in the 2001 Fashions on the Field.

The Race 3 field leaves the starting barrier in 2001.

Felicity Clancey with son Hugh, 4, daughter, Prue, 6, family friend Nick Dillon, 9, and Tom Clancey, 8, watching the racing action from over the members fence in 2001.

AFL personality Doug Hawkins catching up on all the May racing news in The Standard at the racetrack in 2001.

Thursday's May racing carnival crowd waiting for the start of race 3 in 2001.

Thursday's May racing carnival crowd waiting for the start of race 3 in 2001.

Ricky Maund on Hibernian Prince, winner of the 2001 Grand Annual Steeplechase.

A fall at the last jump in 2001.

Marg Lynch from Framlingham and Heather Harris from Purnim at the May Races.

New Zealand horse breeder Susan Archer speaking at the ladies luncheon in 2001.

New Zealand horse breeder Susan Archer speaking at the 2001 ladies luncheon.

Jockeys and horses inspect the first hurdle prior to the start of Race 2 in 2001.

Worthy Knight ridden by Brett Scott leads Gentle Habits ridden by Ricky Maund in 2001.

Banna Strand going over a fence at Tozer Road and into the crowd of onlookers at Warrnambool in 2011.