(Update:  This post was never published - but almost 12 months ago I began putting this piece together because at the time I started, it seemed pretty obvious to me that SNITZEL, who will always be one of my favourite stallions, was about to emulate his fabled grandsire DANEHILL by becoming Australian Champion Sire four years in row. In doing so he would become the first stallion since Danehill, and only the 6th horse ever, to achieve this feat.  And having worked so closely with the horse between 2008 and 2018 I wanted to say a few words about a stallion I had grown so close to (and yes, tell me it's a bad thing, but I do get emotionally attached to the horses I work with, it's what I do)   Out of no disrespect to Snitzel, my writing became extremely on-again-off-again, filled with all the starts and stops that seem to populate my life at the moment and are caused almost entirely by The Great Lockdown.   Before I get started on the horse's achievements, can I make it perfe