Nice one, Roger!
Roger Lang, the tall New Zealand jockey who skilfully partnered Oopik to win the feature race at Warwick Farm last Saturday, is no duffer either when the occasion demands powers of repartee. When Lang visited the Australian Jockey Club office in Sydney last week his size came under the attention of one of the club officials. “Do they have elephant races over there?” the official remarked. Quick as a flash, Lang replied: “Yes, and we bring them over here and win your cups.”
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Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34128, 14 April 1976, Page 28
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86Nice one, Roger! Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34128, 14 April 1976, Page 28
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