Trainer-Milkman who saved the day and backed Poon retires
The hours being a milkman and a horse trainer are hard to juggle but Brad Cole managed for decades. A 40-year training career included answering an SOS call that helped launch a global jockey but months later he was fighting for his own life.
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About the Author
The saying goes ‘racing people are never boring’ and in a sport filled with great storytellers - some yarns told across the bar over a beer are sometimes just too good not to share.
Calling his first thoroughbred race as a fourteen year-old, Ben Sporle has held a lifelong passion for horse racing and the people that make it tick.
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