If you could choose three guests to have over for dinner, dead or alive, who would they be?
Marcus Corban: Top three dinner guests would be David Ellis, Wayne Smith and John Messara, (they are) all leaders in their careers - rugby, racing and breeding.
William Johnson: I would bring my wife Maddy along to dinner with Matthew McConaughey and his wife Camilla Alves. If you have listened to or read his book ‘Green Lights’ - you’ll understand!
Troy Stephens: (I would choose) Chris Waller, a fellow Kiwi who has achieved so much at the highest level. He has a phenomenal work ethic, with a fascinating racing mind and story. Richie McCaw, he won two Rugby World Cups, captained the All Blacks in 110 test matches. Not many people have the durability and mental toughness to stay at the top for that long. He now flies helicopters now, (which is) an interest of mine.
Henry Field: John Magnier, John Messara and Katsumi Yoshida. I would just sit back and listen.
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Damon Gabbedy: Dame Edna, Elton John, Robin Williams.
Craig Rounsefell: Winston Churchill, my favourite person in history; C.S Lewis, my favourite author; my wife McCall, my favourite person!
Tom Ryan: Elon Musk for his innovative thinking across numerous industries; Vincent O’Brien for his foresight and training genius, and Michael Jordan, one of the greatest athletes of all time who continues to make brilliant decisions off the court.
Jason Walsh: Jerry Seinfeld, Larry David and Ted Lasso. Experts in their chosen field.
James Mitchell: Tiger Woods, Heath Ledger and The Queen, imagine the stories!
Jim Carey: Declan Harvey, Sir Mark Prescott and Anthony Bourdain.
Jason Abrahams: Elvis, Margot Robbie and Jennifer Lawrence.
Lisa Manning: Princess Diana, Jon Bon Jovi and Hugh Jackman.
Joe O’Neill: Bill Mitchell, Barry Andrews and Rodney Hogg, it’d be a very interesting dinner, intellectually they’d all fit!
Mark Player: Cameron Smith the golfer, Nick Smith from Ascot, for humour, and Bruce Springsteen.
Robert Roulston: Princess Mary, who’s about to become Queen Mary, Min Jee Lee the golfer and Scarlett Johansson.
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Jamie Walter: Barry Humphries, John Cleese and Lester Piggott.
Tim Wilson: I would have my grandfather along, the first thing he taught me when I was 13 was how to place a bet using his TAB phone account. He used to ring up and put six digits in and I learned how to use his TAB phone account, so I’d like to get him back from the dead along for dinner and show him the addiction he’s since created! I’d also have Shane Crawford along. He was my hero as an avid Hawthorn supporter as a kid, he’s a mad racing man as well, I reckon we’d chew the fat until the early hours of the morning, Crawf and I. The third one would be Gai Waterhouse, there’s never been an event that Gai’s been at that hasn’t been an absolute ball, she lights up any room she’s in so I’d have Gai along as my third guest.
Toby Liston: Ange Postecoglou, a leader of men, always doubted, continues to deliver against the odds, at Tottenham Hotspur (as) the coach and an Australian who’s come from nothing. Federico Tesio, best breeder, a visionary and a good farmer as well, so I’d love to pick his brain. Third person is always hard, you want to take a friend but Shane Warne, at the end of the night you’d have a good time with him, he’s probably a bit misunderstood in Australia as well. He’s very loyal, is what I learnt post his passing.
