“Vic replied the horse would go to the Futurity – Jeff explained that the Futurity wasn’t really the race they were targeting – Jeff wanted the Australian Cup. “Jeff called Vic and asked him what he was doing. “A friend told Jeff that Vic wasn’t training Vo for the 2000 metres of the Australian Cup, he had changed his training routine towards the Futurity, a sprint race,” Small writes. News Corp has obtained exclusive extracts of the book. ![]() In her soon to be released book, ‘The Vo Rogue Show”, Lynlea Small writes that problems had surfaced between Vo Rogue’s senior part-owner Jeff Perry and the horse’s trainer Vic Rail in the weeks before the extraordinary Cup scenes. ![]() The race was promoted as a match race between Queensland champion Vo Rogue and the legendary Bonecrusher, and while Vo Rogue had Bonecrusher's measure, he was unable to withstand the powerful finishing burst of 125-1 shot Dandy Andy. Vo Rogue captured the hearts of the racing public like few others, but never before has the inside scoop of the stress and infighting in the camp surrounding the iconic match race of the century been revealed.Ī new book written by Lynlea Small – the wife of Vo Rogue’s regular hoop Cyril – throws fresh light onto the events surrounding the 1988 Australian Cup.
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