Champion jockey's Melbourne Cups returned after being left in taxi
Published in Weird News
(UPI) A champion jockey was reunited with his three Melbourne Cup trophies after accidentally leaving them in the back of a taxi cab in Sydney, Australia.
Glen Boss, who scored Melbourne Cup victories in 2003, 2004 and 2005, said he took a cab to a speaking engagement in Sydney and only realized as the vehicle was driving off that he had forgotten one of his bags.
"I arrived when I was due on stage to speak, so I rushed getting my bags off the back seat. I had three bags, but only two of them were grabbed," Boss told WAtoday. When I realized the third bag was the one carrying my three Melbourne Cups, I nearly fainted and vomited from panic.
Boss called taxi company 13cabs and, after being on hold for a lengthy amount of time, was able to connect with driver Gedy Hildid.
Hildid drove back to Boss' location to reunite him with his trophies.
"As you would understand, the cups mean the world to me, and I was super grateful to get them back," Boss told news.com.au.
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