Champion sportspeople – and also those striving for greatness – must possess a quartet of critical qualities in their quest to elevate clear of competitors and contemporaries.
Roughly quantified, these traits include talent – obviously – which must be complemented by competitive instincts, intuitive intellect and, finally, a freakish, almost ignorant self-belief.
On Saturday night at Melton, and not for the first time in his fledgling career, 23-year-old reinsman Jack Laugher displayed all of these crucial characteristics.
CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL COLUMN AT THETROTS.COM.AU
Approved By Dean Baring www.harnessbred.com
Driving The Future Of Harness Racing