Bill White and his stablehand granddaughter Lauren with Blis Valley after their Maryborough win
Veteran Bendigo harness racing trainer Bill White made a rare appearance at the races this week - and the wily horseman returned home with the spoils. Dad is 86 and prefers to stay at home and watch them on television. He usually tells us that there s really no need for him to go, his son Ian said. But when we had three runners at Maryborough on Monday, he decided he d better come along for the ride.
And Bill may have just been the needed lucky charm as five-year-old gelding Blis Valley (