Bendigo bids farewell to a trotting idol

Updated November 6 2012 - 6:00pm, first published October 24 2006 - 11:37am
Bendigo bids farewell to a trotting idol
Bendigo bids farewell to a trotting idol

MAORI'S Idol, arguably Australia's greatest trotter, was laid to rest at the Bendigo Harness Racing Club yesterday. The winner of 40 races from 46 starts, Maori's Idol died of old age last Friday at Bill and Margaret Hanson's Homevale Stud at Fern Hill, where the 34-year-old stallion had spent the past 16 years. Throughout his race career,

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