So the trotter Holzarte Vedaquais (HV) is purchased for a fortune in France, Tim Butt makes his usual huge clip on the ticket, HV travels half way around the world to record a duck egg at Maryborough, then it wins a shit NR52 midweek race worth $3 990 against walkers at Yarra Valley, and Harness Racing Australia led by the horse’s part owner the CEO Andrew Kelly declare HV’s mission accomplished and talk the Frog walker up as a champion.
The French Trot Like They Fight in Wars – Running Backwards at a Hundred Miles an Hour (First Published 24 August 2021)