yperno was an immensely popular stayer of the 70’s and 80’s but one that always could illicit mixed emotions. Many of those arose from his Melbourne Cup win, but we will get to that part of the story in a moment. Hyperno was trained by Geoff Murphy at Caulfield early in his career, and had one start as a 2yo, not surprisingly finishing well back in a 1000m maiden at Werribee. As a 3yo he did not show a lot until he got to a mile, and at his fifth race start he ran second over this distance at Bendigo. He was to break his maiden over the same course and distance at his next start on Remembrance Day 1976.
