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ROBERT LESLIE GAYLARD
03/01/1950—21/07/2020
T he Racing Industry was deeply saddened by the passing of Rob Gaylard who died very suddenly on Tuesday 21 July at his home in Lara, Victoria. Stories have been told of Rob, as a teenager, borrowing the great steeplechaser Crisp from former VRC Chairman and Committeeman Sir Chester Manifold’s property at Talindert, Camperdown and taking the horse to the pony club where Rob rode the horse over a huge fallen log. He only did it once so the story goes! Rob took on many and varied jobs early in life and finally found his niche in the media reading the sports news on BTV 6 in Ballarat and then moving to GTV 9 in Melbourne. He then worked at Southern Cross television in Bendigo. He was the anchor host for the trotting coverage at Moonee Valley for six years on Channel 31 and at the same time was in great demand to host the various racedays for the Victorian Country Cups. He worked
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