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Magic carpet ride: The boozy dinner with Nature Strip on the menu

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Magic carpet ride: The boozy dinner with Nature Strip on the menu

Lyons was in Adelaide at the sales when he met Robert Smerdon and Stewart Webb. S merdon wanted to sell him a horse, but Lyons got the horse anyway. Lyons sold 85 percent of the animal to a farmer, while the other 10 percent went to Patrick Harrison. The rest went towards paying off debts. Tony Vasil is a former trainer of horses bought for no money. He brought Peter Kean, Greg Smith and Patrick Van Duuren to the group. They are now training Nature Strip. Tony was a judge at Launceston Cup. Steve Hansen was also a member of this group at that time.

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