While scenes of jubilation played out at Menangle on Saturday night as Catch A Wave completed a memorable Chariots of Fire/Miracle Mile double, Pauline Matthews watched on from her home on the outskirts of Port Fairy with a small gathering of family and friends.
She’s now the sole owner of one of harness racing’s biggest and brightest stars, but hasn’t been back to the racetrack since the passing of her husband Richard late last year.
It’s still too hard for the 76-year-old to return to a place she shared so many special times with a best friend of more than five decades.
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