David Cairns ‘dreamed the impossible dream’

David Cairns – breeder-owner of champion sprinter of the ‘early noughties’, Bombastic Shiraz – has died, aged 81.

Cairns, who battled a long-term illness, passed away peacefully in his sleep at a full-time care facility on March 23.

He was suffering from Lewy body dementia (a disease associated with abnormal deposits of a protein in the brain) and contracted an uncontrollable infection.

His son, and ‘shadow’, Darren, who trained Bombastic Shiraz, paid an emotional tribute to his father.

“He got on well with everyone; he was that sort of guy – happy and friendly.

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Source:: https://www.grv.org.au/news/2023/04/02/david-cairns-dreamed-the-impossible-dream/

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