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Group 1 Gav will eternally overlook the trots after Victorian harness racing photographer Claire Weston initiated the purchase of and named a star in honour of late reinsman Gavin Lang.
A piece by Weston, published at thetrots.com.au’s tribute wall, revealed the purchase of a star in the Scorpius constellation (right ascension: 16h51m51.76s, declination: -26°52’25.8″).
Weston named the star ‘Group 1 Gav’ with Star Registry, having said she was “shattered” by Lang’s passing and “looked to the sky and whispered rest in peace Superstar”.
“I felt you were up there somewhere looking down on all your loved ones, friends, colleagues and the harness community who loved and looked up to you,” Weston wrote.
“It was at this moment an idea hit me: GAVIN DESERVES HIS OWN STAR! I couldn’t think of a more fitting tribute to the ‘Greatest of All Time’ than a star for those that you left behind to share, a space to search for you to just say ‘hi’ or a ‘we miss you’.”
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