Image courtesy Racing Photos - Tony was tickled pink with Manolo Blahniq’s win in the Chester Manifold.
In part 1 Tony Noonan talks about childhood days with his mother’s family who whet his appetite for racing.
He talks of his early working days as a Marist Bros teacher, all the while just wanting to be a horse trainer.
He talks of the old friend who taught him the basics of the training caper.
He remembers the devastation left in the wake of his biggest owner walking out with thirty horses.
(Banner image courtesy Racing Photos - Manolo Blahniq with Dwayne Dunn, wins at Flemington)