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Clerk of the course Wayne Hancock with the Pat Duff trained Unbowed (Hannah Richardson) after their 2016 Wondai Cup success (Photo: Ross Stanley)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"Gunsynd's<\/p>\n

October 14, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pat Duff, with more than six decades in the industry, was the standout at last Sunday\u2019s TAB Thoroughbred Awards ceremony at Brisbane\u2019s City Hall.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The announcement that the veteran Deagon mentor of horses and humans was a 2022 Racing Queensland Hall of Fame inductee triggered a heartily generous, sustained ovation.<\/p>\n

Duff, who cut his teeth in his profession on his home track at Wondai, put the polish on the likes of Papilloma and Mick\u2019s Luck in his early days.<\/p>\n

Brief stints at the Gold Coast and Hendra preceded a progressive dozen years at Toowoomba.<\/p>\n

There he chalked up his first stakes win when the Lysander Star saluted in the 1973 QTC McDougall Stakes. <\/p>\n

Aptly, the juvenile filly was bred on the Darling Downs with genetic endowments from the Lyndhurst Stud sires Lysander and Smokey Eyes.<\/p>\n

Among the long list of talented gallopers Duff prepared during his Clifford Park period were Our Cavalier, Handsome Prince, Euston Fire and Bay Legend.<\/p>\n

Next up, Duff bought Athol Strong\u2019s yard at Lilley Street near Eagle Farm. <\/p>\n

The next move was to Peachester prior to shifting to his current base at Deagon.<\/p>\n

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