Nearly four decades ago, well known horseman Greg Leight found himself on the front page of the Latrobe Valley Express newspaper after driving at a Traralgon meeting.
The paper's photographer snapped Leight wearing plenty of shell grit, but still smiling despite an unplaced drive on a wet Saturday in 1981.
This Friday, Leight is looking to be the headline act again with Daddywho running in the Traralgon Pacing Cup at Warragul.
Daddywho is driven by Leight's son Steve, and draws barrier three in the 2210-metre race.
The Traralgon Pacing Cup has attracted a quality field for a $10,000 prizemoney purse and is the last of six races on Friday.
The race commemorates two decades of registered trotting meetings in Traralgon from 1975 to 1995.
The Cup was staged at Traralgon from 1977 to 1995, while a Latrobe Valley Pacing Cup was also staged there for a number of years.
Legendary horseman Ted Demmler dominated those Cup races at Traralgon with seven winners as trainer or driver.
Since the Traralgon Pacing Cup was reintroduced at Warragul in 2006, Chris Alford has won the race five times, to go with his one Cup win at Traralgon.
Former Traralgon committeeman Brian Andjelkovic and his wife Pat have donated trophies for Friday's race. They sponsored the last race run at Traralgon in November 1995.
Kyle Galley