Clemo’s win in the June Handicap will be long remembered for a variety of reasons, a runaway winner at Flemington, and a fine lady who gave a touching tribute of her late husband.

Clemo certainly brought joy to his trainer, and the wide group of owners that race the steel grey gelding, he was greeted by a reception worthy of a Melbourne Cup win.

There were touching scenes in the mounting yard after the win of the gelding named in memory of Paul Clements, who had succumbed to cancer.

His widow, Rachel, was overjoyed by the win, “it’s an incredible day for us, I think what’s happened here today, it has been an opportunity for the kids and I to have a relationship with the passion that was very much Paul’s.”

Colours carried by Clemo were designed by his children, depicting a rainbow in the sky the day their dad died.

The gelding has always shown Pritchard – Gordon that he has ability, it is now beginning to show, this was his third win from seven starts, a credible strike rate.

It hasn’t taken long for Craig Newitt to his niche; he is back in winning form after a riding stint in Singapore.

Clemo ridden by Craig Newitt

Whilst it is not uncommon for brothers, or even sisters, riding against each other, new ground was broken at Flemington on Saturday when husband and wife rode in the same race.

It all happened when Dean Yendall rode Academy Jack for Darren Weir, and Christine Puls had the mount on Le Remas, for Brian McKnight, in the VRC-CRV Winter Championship Series.

No doubt they would have had a discussion on how their mounts performed driving back to Horsham that evening.

Yendall would not spend many daylight hours at home, when he is not riding in races he is going or coming from the races, many long lonely hours are spent on the road travelling, he knows every bump from Warrnambool to Mildura.

His latest car, not quite 12 months old, already has nearly 90,000 on the clock, and he has lost count of how many cars he has had.