Turf Monthly

GREAT RACES

This month we travel back to 2004 to relive a race that still brings chills to most who watch it. In fact, the late Jack Ingham once said that he has this footage in his den and that he would regularly watch it as it always gave him a thrill.

Lonhro was universally one of the most popular horses to race in Australia at the time. There was never a thought about Sydney and Melbourne rivalry when the champion stepped out. He was a son of

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