Fannie Bay to Flemington: Living Bush Legends

Nonfiction, Sports, Horse Sports, Equestrian
Cover of the book Fannie Bay to Flemington: Living Bush Legends by Barrie McMahon, Barrie McMahon
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Author: Barrie McMahon ISBN: 9781465883148
Publisher: Barrie McMahon Publication: January 4, 2012
Imprint: Smashwords Edition Language: English
Author: Barrie McMahon
ISBN: 9781465883148
Publisher: Barrie McMahon
Publication: January 4, 2012
Imprint: Smashwords Edition
Language: English

The soul of Australia is captured in its legends. Some we invent, like the Man From Snowy River while others, such as Ned Kelly, we anoint. Animals share this legendary status. Phar Lap and Red Dog have captured our hearts as compellingly as Crocodile Dundee or the Man with the Donkey.
Though we live in cities, our legends stem from our dying bush culture, from the cattle musters, the remote communities and the bush races. The story of Shane Clarke, bushman, horse breaker, trainer and Aussie battler, who arrived in devastated Darwin after cyclone Tracy, and reject horse Undue, illustrates that bush legends regenerate and endure.
Legends are made when the odds are beaten. Such was the case with Darwin trained horse Undue. Never taken seriously except on the Fannie Bay dirt oil track, horse and trainer captured ‘down south’, plundering the stake money and the bookies’ bags to become the only Darwin trained horse ever to win Group 1 races.
Perhaps bush culture is not dying and we are just looking in the wrong place. We need to look from Fannie Bay to Flemington.

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The soul of Australia is captured in its legends. Some we invent, like the Man From Snowy River while others, such as Ned Kelly, we anoint. Animals share this legendary status. Phar Lap and Red Dog have captured our hearts as compellingly as Crocodile Dundee or the Man with the Donkey.
Though we live in cities, our legends stem from our dying bush culture, from the cattle musters, the remote communities and the bush races. The story of Shane Clarke, bushman, horse breaker, trainer and Aussie battler, who arrived in devastated Darwin after cyclone Tracy, and reject horse Undue, illustrates that bush legends regenerate and endure.
Legends are made when the odds are beaten. Such was the case with Darwin trained horse Undue. Never taken seriously except on the Fannie Bay dirt oil track, horse and trainer captured ‘down south’, plundering the stake money and the bookies’ bags to become the only Darwin trained horse ever to win Group 1 races.
Perhaps bush culture is not dying and we are just looking in the wrong place. We need to look from Fannie Bay to Flemington.

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