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Article: Comeback sealed with kiss
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- The Press
- Article date:
- September 5, 2005
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Chris Johnson and Volronamo both made dramatic and popular winning
comebacks at Ashburton yesterday -- with the promise of much more to
come.
Johnson, on his first day's riding since August 1998, when Just
Anything was successful at Riccarton Park, posted an earlier win on
Paris Hilton, but showed the old class and style on Volronamo winning
the McCrea Handicap.
Johnson, 41, a South Island turf hero before his retirement, was
loudly applauded after his first win from a crowd significantly
boosted by his presence.
But no praise was sweeter than that from his two-year-old
daughter, Holly, who made a special trip to the jockeys' room to give
her dad a Father's Day kiss.
Johnson was ...