Luck, legacy and a hot dog: Kiwi trainer’s winning recipe

Luck, legacy and a hot dog: Kiwi trainer’s winning recipe

Pam Gerard is superstitious to a fault. When the impressive Matamata horse trainer is at Ellerslie Racecourse on Saturday before two of her horses contest New Zealand’s richest race, the NZB Kiwi, expect to find her round the back of the stands with a hot dog in her hand. It’s a tradition that began with her mentor and training partner, the late Mike Moroney — the pair sneaking out before the first race at meetings on either side of the Tasman, …