Kate Burke is one of life’s enthusiasts. As a thinker and writer she has many strengths across many disciplines, especially in Agriculture and leadership, analysis and planning. One is to find relatable situations and moments; she’s got a terrific eye for the sporting moment. She sent John Harms this email about Test cricket, an email that applies perfectly to the denouement of this Boxing Day Test today.
Almanac Anniversaries: The Glorious Nineteenth (at Murtoa)
September 19, 2024 by 24 Comments
September 19 is the anniversary of the first start of John Harms’s first ever horse, the great mare Courting Pleasure, known as Dog on Fire, or just The Dog. She started at Murtoa in the Wimmera region of Victoria.
Almanac Horseracing: Revisiting Murtoa Cup Day 2008 – Danga’s got the gout
October 3, 2020 by 2 Comments
It’s Murtoa Cup day to start the Spring Carnival. And John Harms re-visits he party that was Methodical Boy’s cup in 2008. [This is a version of a story first published in The Age. – Ed]
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