that hurts chrome

seeing were in the story telling mode - caulfield cup day 2001

i was living out in the scrub at the time making a packet & still following the nags via radio when i could, one of whom was a little mare called Ethereal. so saturday morning i make the trip to town & plonk $500 to win with the tab & head back to work.

anyway she wins in a photo, i nearly have a stroke & jump straight into the car to go collect, turn radio tab on to be greeted with the news theres a protest, sky heights (oliver i think) against my mare. it was the longest drive of me life & thankfully the protest was finally dismissed & i collected from memory around $5000.

the tragedy of this story? i went off ethereal & onto sky heights in the melb cup & of course she wins comfortably, & im still not pleased with myself 7 odd years later.