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1976 - A MELBOURNE CUP TO REMEMBER

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.

1976 - A MELBOURNE CUP TO REMEMBER

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GORDON SPINKS PREDICTS A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR GOLD COAST APPRENTICE JACE McMURRAY

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GORDON SPINKS PREDICTS A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR GOLD COAST APPRENTICE JACE McMURRAY

When someone as eminently qualified as Gordon Spinks heaps praise on a new apprentice, you tend to take it on board. The former star Sydney jockey was on the phone last week to spread the word about a seventeen year old Gold Coast rookie called Jace McMurray.

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ANDREW ADKINS AND MELBOURNE’S JAMIE MOTT HAVE MUCH IN COMMON

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ANDREW ADKINS AND MELBOURNE’S JAMIE MOTT HAVE MUCH IN COMMON

One thousand kilometres away at the Wyong meeting Andrew Adkins watched Jamie’s Gr 1 win on the jockey’s room monitor and no doubt related to the significance of the win.

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HOT UNDER THE COLLAR

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HOT UNDER THE COLLAR

The scuffle between trainer Richard Laming and jockey Noel Callow at the Cranbourne trials recently, left both participants a little lighter in the pocket. Stewards ruled that Laming instigated the incident, and fined him a hefty $2500. Despite the fact that Callow retaliated with a left rip to the body, he was fined a more lenient $300.