Return of the veteran Mac :: Racing Queensland

“And, he beat them by eight lengths. Chloe went via the cape to keep out of the dust.”

Before Saturday’s result, Quick Ketch was Macrae’s last winner at Gatton in September of 2015.

The veteran horseman races Krumac alongside Lyndhurst Stud.

Jeff and Griff Kruger from Lyndhurst Stud on the Darling Downs played a big role in the trainer’s permanent return to the industry.

He had owned shares in horses with his son-in-law Stephen Kirkwood’s stable in his decade away from training to keep an interest in the game.

But, it was the Krugers who twisted his arm recently. 

“They told me that I had been out of the game for a while and they wanted me to get back in it,” Macrae recalls.