On 9 February I mentioned a few famous owners who were involved in racing. I've received a few emails from people about other owners they know - including feedback on Flying Pegasus who former Adelaide trainer Les Samba's daughter Victoria (who works in the AJC Marketing department and is engaged to top hoop Danny Nikolic), is a part owner of.

Nonetheless one email in particular had a nice twist to it so I thought I would pass it on:

I was having a quick look through famous owners and while Deledio doesnt exactly fall under this category, Deledio who won at Bendigo today is named after Richmond AFL player Brett Deledio.

Deledio (horse) is by Testa Rossa out of Youthful Presence (sold by Yallambee on the Gold Coast last year for $85,000) and is trained by Lee Freedman. Deledio (jock) won the AFLs Rising Star award (think it was last year) - henceforth the play on Youthful Presence. According to the mail, Deledio is heading for the VRC Sires Produce-G1.

Deledio is part-owned by Karen Bytel, a flight attendant, who has owned 4 horses including Alinghi and all 4 of them have won.