SIMILARITIES between myself and Willie Mullins are unfortunately few and far between, but our interest and appetite for the Melbourne Cup were both ignited as kids.
It was reading about the exploits of the legendary Phar Lap that got the champion trainer hooked on Australia’s greatest race, while hat-trick heroine Makybe Diva did it for me, as well as hearing about the ground-breaking achievements of Dermot Weld.
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