Greenwald -what a magnificent horse.
Sydney driver Ron Pracey was in the gig for the Melbourne derby in 1969 where he finished last after moving up 4 wide and then breaking.
He later came to Menangle early September 1970 and a surprise change of drivers saw Les Chant in the gig. Later that month Pracey was reunited and he won a Free-For_all in race record time (at least 4 of the runners fell). I went down to the stabling area to see this great horse ( as I also knew Pracey). It was there that I saw the showmanship of Jack McGrath. The horse was untethered and stripped of his gear. First the hopples were unbuckled and dropped to the ground then the rest of the gear was taken off. Finally a head collar was put on. The horse bowed and then walked off and out of his hopples
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