Tall tales and colourful banter is the norm at racecourses around the country, but Cambridge trainers might have reason to take that to a new level after a trackwork visit from Scottish rugby great Gavin Hastings yesterday.
Hastings, who captained the British and Irish Lions on their 1993 tour of New Zealand and played 61 tests for Scotland, was in the Waikato for the Lions game against the Chiefs in Hamilton last night and took the opportunity to attend trackwork.
Among the trainers to enjoy Hastings' company were New Zealand's top training partnership of Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman, who posed for a photo with the legendary fullback.
Forsman tweeted the photograph with the caption: "An honour to meet Gavin Hastings at the track this morning @Lions #legend #jonahlomurugby"
The visit brought back some fond memories of playing the video game Jonah Lomu Rugby, Forsman said.