Bill West
The long time Maldon father and son training combination of Brian and Ashley McKnight created history with a winning treble at Donald races on Saturday.
The enormity of the feat took a while to settle in, and Brian – who began his training career 53 years ago – reflected that there are many other stables which have spent a long time in the industry without a treble on their record.
McKnight Racing and Oakford Thoroughbred Farm on 800 acres are an institution at Maldon, and congratulations to all involved have flowed in since news spread about the treble in successive races – the first three legs of the quadrella.
The McKnights generally have around 15 gallopers in work at a time, and they took eight to run at Donald.
Their three winners were Oak Bridge – home bred and raced by Brian and wife Judy – San Marino and Logo Logic. See today’s Mail for the full story…