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Tony's close call
* CAULFIELD trainer Tony Vasil almost drowned while in Queensland last week -- not in the devastating floods, but in the Gold Coast surf.
Vasil was paddling between the flags when he was taken by a rip and "was swimming my backside off but getting nowhere" when a lifesaver plucked him to safety.
The Queensland trip was otherwise mixed for Vasil. His
gun three-year-old Intencion failed to get a run in the Magic Millions Classic despite superior form -- he ran at Rosehill yesterday en route back to Mel-
bourne -- but he did buy two yearlings at the sales.
Two sad losses
* SAD losses this week with the passing of the...