O'Connor: The rise and rise of the Victorian trotter

03 August 2021
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I'm not sure how many times I've said this in recent weeks, but how good is the trotting ranks here in Victoria at the moment!?

Each and every week, there seems to be another star returning from a spell or an emerging talent throwing their name up in lights.

Friday night was just another example.

Maori Law's appearance in the John Slack Memorial Trotters Cup - Ballarat's annual squaregaiting feature - looked to many to be overshadowed by the first-up runs of Group 1-winning rivals such as Red Hot Tooth, Always Ready, Im Ready Jet and McLovin, but Emmett and Richard Brosnan's charge was having none of it.

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