Coming up Roses 34 years later

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When Empire Rose won the Melbourne Cup in 1988, a young Essendon boy had his ears glued to the radio, screaming himself hoarse. From a field of 22, the precocious racing fan had picked the giant Kiwi mare as the winner. He was not among the crowd of 93,440...

Even though the starry-eyed kid did not hail from a horse racing family like Laxon, he grew up to become a trainer himself.Fitzsimmons finished tops on 65 winners, six clear of Kiwi woman trainer Donna Logan.

“It’s so hard to win, and Laurie’s won nine. When I first arrived in 2007, he was the champion and he won five more.“It was one of my first racing memories that gave me that initial interest in racing. As much as Empire Rose’s triumph on that first Tuesday in November was a moment of epiphany, that training gig has not always been a bed of roses.

 

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