A breakthrough Melton with Your Nicked on Monday carried plenty of extra significance for harness racing trainer Greg Leight and reinsman Steve Leight.
The Kyneton father and son were quick to dedicate their handy trotter's win to much-loved local identity Eric Scoble, who died suddenly last Saturday.
Scoble, a long-time committeeman and president of the Kyneton Daffodil Arts Festival and a Medal of the Order of Australia recipient in 2019, was one of the Leights' owners.
"Eric was a really well-known identity here in Kyneton, he was in everything. He is a local legend," trainer Greg Leight said.
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Photo: Steve Leight steers Your Nicked home at Melton. By Stuart McCormick.