Van der Hum

Heading to Australia he won the 2400m Herbert Power Handicap on 9 October 1976 from Demerara on a slow track.

With Bob Skelton aboard he was then 8th, out of 14, behind the three-year-old New Zealand-bred filly Surround in the Cox Plate on a fast track.

On cup day there was a very heavy downpour on the course and Van Der Hum, a wet track specialist, beat Gold and Black into second place.

Trainer and part owner Leo Robinson had spent two nights prior to the 1976 Melbourne Cup in his car, armed with a shotgun, outside Van Der Hum’s stall.

However, Van Der Hum followed up 4 days later with a 2nd at Flemington in the 2500m CB Fisher Plate behind Tom's Mate.