Historical information

the Horse and Jockey Hotel was built around 1856 for the purpose of providing rest, food and drink to the Bullockies travelling the stock route between Portland and Belfast.
Hotel named so because the horse racing took place close by and the hotel was the jockeys official weigh in.

Significance

A rare photograph of a hotel that no longer exists

Physical description

Black and white photograph of the Horse and Jockey Hotel in Orford with two motor bikes in front with riders resting and large dog wandering across in front

Inscriptions & markings

On Back in biro- Fred Toohey. Geoff Purcell in ink- Horse and Jockey Hotel Orford