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Better horses than Nothin’ Leica Dane have won the Spring Champion Stakes, but none of them were as tough as the long striding son of Danehill. Experienced racing people in the mid 90’s were in disbelief when his very first preparation stretched from August to November.
At his fourth start he won the listed Dulcify Quality, at his fifth it was the Gr 1 Spring Champion Stakes. Just when observers were expecting him to head to the paddock, Nothin’ Leica Dane turned up in Melbourne and defeated a strong field in the black type Norman Robinson at Caulfield. Two weeks later he caused a boil over when he beat Octagonal in the 1995 Victoria Derby. There was more to come. We’ve got the whole fascinating story in this nostalgic trip down memory lane.
We go “bush” for this week’s podcast and it’s Colt Prosser the only man who uses the facilities at the little Wauchope racecourse on the mid north coast. His mother was a successful trainer and his dad an in-demand farrier, so it was no surprise when horses became his obsession.
Colt spent fifteen years learning the ropes off two prominent trainers before going it alone. There’s no chore he hasn’t taken on in sixteen years as a professional thoroughbred trainer. He’s well past 300 career winners including four TAB Highway victories. This is a laid back chat with a true “north coaster” who can’t imagine doing anything else but train racehorses.
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