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Letter of the Week

Perfect Player

I thought I would add to your excellent write-up on legendary Gippsland trainer Alec Manning (Snippets, 13/2) and last week’s letter from an avid fan stating that Captain Cosmic raced six times in seven days.

I witnessed another of his charges, No Other Player, race four times in three days, running twice at the Omeo picnic races on the Saturday then backing up to run twice at the Swifts Creek picnic races on the Labour Day Monday. He ran over distances of 1000m, 1200m, 1600m and 2100m. And yes, No Other Player won all four races!

Note that Omeo and Swifts Creek will be holding their annual picnic race meetings on the coming Labour Day weekend (March 6-8). For those who haven’t experienced racing in the High Country, it is highly recommended.

Justin Willaton
Sunbury (Vic)
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