John Manzelmann, given three months to live 15 years ago, aiming to win Townsville Cup with Royal Ascot winner - Racenet

A one-time Royal Ascot winner is a longshot to win a country cup but his trainer has beaten the odds before as a leukaemia survivor.

It's the sort of extraordinary story that perhaps only racing could throw up. There’s the horse trainer who was given three months to live and was so sick with terminal leukaemia they paid out his l… [+2804 chars]

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