So sorry to learn that Victorian trainer Bruce Morgan is a patient in the Royal Melbourne Hospital, after suffering a stroke at his Bendigo stables last week. The esteem in which this man is held by all sections of the Victorian harness racing industry, was acknowledged in the most fitting way in 2015. He was awarded the Gordon Rothacker Medal, named after a doyen of the sport, and a role model to a young Bruce Morgan in the 60’s and 70’s.

Tasmania’s Rattray family made an astute decision almost two years ago, when they decided to geld their unnamed Roll With Joe/Ashkalini colt. The youngster was showing some promising signs in his early education, but good manners were not amongst them.