Tomorrows Villiers Stakes, at Randwick, brings back memories of a golden era in racing.

Peace had been declared, but three months after World War 11, when the greatest phenomenon since Phar Lap appeared on the Australian Turf.

The Villiers Stakes was the launch for Bernborough in Sydney, one of the best loved, best remembered, and devastating gallopers, the turf has known.

He won the Villiers in a mere canter, by five lengths, from Good Idea, Victory Lad was a further three lengths away, they were both quality milers.

Bernborough was the greatest box office attraction racing has ever known, it was evident when 108,500 fans saw him run in the Caulfield Cup 67 years ago, when the population of Melbourne was only a quarter of what it is at present.

There was nothing quite like the era of Bernborough, no one could argue with that.