There were 78,500 people at Flemington on Melbourne Cup day 1976. Those still living, hold indelible memories of their visit to the historic course on the day mother nature threw a tantrum.
“When he bounded out of the gates and settled in the first half of the field I was confident he’d be in the finish,” said Shoalhaven Heads trainer Terry Robinson.
It was the late Bart Cummings who said “patience is the least used commodity in racing”. Terry Robinson has long held the same view, and has played the waiting game with many of his horses since becoming a full time thoroughbred trainer in 2005.
