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‘The Babe’ makes Moonee Valley return

by | Oct 22, 2024 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

Brent Thomson was a fresh-faced New Zealand-based 17-year-old apprentice when he made his first appearance on Australian soil at Moonee Valley. It was Cox Plate Day, 1975, and the weather was atrocious, so much so the meeting was abandoned after the running of Moonee Valley Cup, but not before Thomson… Read More »

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