Having played a part in the famed career of Piping Lane, Leon Laskey has had a lifetime ambition to have an even stronger connection to a Melbourne Cup winner. He is hoping Sydney Cup favourite Alalcance can realise that dream.
Before John Letts made himself and Piping Lane famous, there was another jockey who helped turn one of the Melbourne Cup’s most celebrated rags-to-riches stories into a winner.
Leon Laskey’s days in the saddle were limited but he was around long enough before becoming a professional cyclist to have a connection with Piping Lane, one of only three Tasmanian-bred horses to win Australia’s greatest race.
A nondescript brown gelding, Piping Lane gave little indication early on about how his career would unfold, racing 14 times before breaking through for his first win at Launceston’s Mowbray racecourse.
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