Lawrie Fownes has experienced some great days in racing, but the former trainer says he has never seen a greater feat than that his son Caspar achieved on Sunday. The proud father was lost for words to describe the phenomenal six winners his son led into the winner's stall, and believes we may never see the achievement repeated."It is truly an unbelievable achievement, and I am extremely proud" Fownes said. "Someone told me that a bloke trained six winners in a meeting way back in
Lawrie Fownes has experienced some great days in racing, but the former trainer says he has never seen a greater feat than that his son Caspar achieved on Sunday. The proud father was lost for words to describe the phenomenal six winners his son led into the winner's stall, and believes we may never see the achievement repeated.
"It is truly an unbelievable achievement, and I am extremely proud" Fownes said. "Someone told me that a bloke trained six winners in a meeting way back in 1975, but there is no way the competition was as fierce back then as it is today.
"I know Caspar was confident he had a strong team coming to the races, and possibly having three winners, but to knock up six is remarkable."
Caspar took all before him to become just the second trainer in the modern era to lead in six winners in one meeting after Cheung Hok-man first completed the feat on November 15, 1975.
"It truly is a marvellous achievement when you talk about the professional era of Hong Kong racing," Fownes said. "Six winners at a meeting is almost impossible at any meeting and to do it in an environment that is competitive and as world class as Hong Kong is indescribable."
The whole Fownes family are great supporters of Caspar's career with wife Alix, father and sister Fenella regulars at the races. Fownes set up for a good day by claiming two of the first three races with Tout Va Bien and Perfect Gear, but an unbelievable run of four consecutive victories from races six to nine elevated his day to the truly remarkable.
Telecom Gogo, Win Practitioner, Jumbo Gold and O'Reilly Magic all hit the line first in the space of an hour and a half, leaving heads spinning at Happy Valley as punters and fellow trainers alike took in the magnitude of the occasion.
"It was amazing really, a great day for Caspar and I doubt we'll see anything like it for a long time yet," premiership leading trainer John Size said.
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