ABOUT BRIAN MCGRATH RACING

McGrath training at Cranbourne is something of a homecoming as he hails from a famous Victorian racing family. Grandfather Brian was a leading rails bookmaker in Melbourne in the 1960s and 1970s and his father Jim is ­renowned worldwide as an English-based racecaller and journalist. Uncle Joe works for the VRC and is an integral part of the Melbourne Cup tour.

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McGrath intended to follow in his dad’s footsteps and worked on the racing desk at The Sun newspaper in London.

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