Brother and sister Robert Chaplain and Carmel Burke owned Hillside and Bore Head, trained by D. Judd and Ron Dillon.
After winning the Doomben Cup Bore Head had a further 31 race starts without a victory.
After winning the 1965 Caulfield Cup, many thought he stood a good chance in the Melbourne Cup of that year (won by Light Fingers, trained by Bart Cummings).
Jockey Fred Clarke was convinced that Bore Head was on his way to winning the cup that day.
The following year he placed twelfth in the race behind another Cummings-trained horse, Galilee.