They say, “laughter is the best medicine”.
But Harston’s Tony Duncan, 59, is chasing a greyhound racing ‘tonic’.
And his spirits will be lifted if All Inn Abby or All Inn Morgan claim a $25,000 first prize in the Group 3 Northern Districts Cup (450m) at Shepparton on Saturday night.
Early in 2018, Duncan was diagnosed with bowel cancer and sadly the dreaded disease has ‘metastasised’ to his lungs.
“Spots on my lungs were detected and I’ve been undergoing chemotherapy for 10 weeks. I spend four hours every fortnight receiving treatment at GV Health in Shepparton. But it doesn’t worry me, the dogs keep me going,” a stoic Duncan said.
Bred and owned by Duncan, All Inn Abby (Box 7) and her younger half-brother All Inn Morgan (Box 8) are ‘longshots’ in the final at $21 and $12 respectively on TAB’s fixed odds market.
Tragically, their dam All Inn Amy – also raced by Duncan – died 12 hours after whelping her second litter of pups in November 2018.
“That was All Inn Morgan’s litter, of which there were 10, and already six have won races,” Duncan said.
Duncan rates All Inn Morgan as his best chance in the Cup but isn’t overly confident.