Stakes-Gr1 (1,600m) at Warwick Farm, coming away to win under hands and heels riding by 1½ lengths from Shogun Lodge. Next on the agenda was the George Ryder S-Gr1 (1,500m) at Rosehill where Lonhro again won easily, this time by a 2 length margin. He was the raging favourite for the Doncaster Handicap-Gr1 (1,600 m) at Randwick, where he carried topweight of 57.5 kg. Defier and Shogun Lodge looked to be his main dangers, but then the rain fell and both his rivals were scratched when the track was rated officially slow. Inside the final 200m, Grand Armee, carrying 6 kg less than Lonhro, hit the front and raced clear to pass the post three lengths ahead of Dash For Cash with two lengths to Boreale, who held out Lonhro for third. This was Lonhro's third and final unplaced run in a race. Lonhro rounded out his autumn a week later in the Queen Elizabeth S-Gr1 (2,000 m), winning by 1½ lengths. There was brief speculation that Lonhro might be retired to stud, but it was soon announced that he would return to racing as a 5yo with the WS Cox Plate his spring target. Lonhro's part owner Jack Ingham died after a long battle with illness in August 2003 as Lonhro prepared to return to racing. Five-year-old season: 2003-2004 In August 2003, Lonhro began his 5yo season with his second win in the AJC Warwick S-Gr2 (1,400m). Two weeks later, it was on to the Chelmsford S-Gr2 (1,600m) where he again won. The WFA George Main Stakes-Gr1 (1,600m) at Randwick and a rematch with Grand Armee was next. In a slowly run race, Lonhro defeated Grand Armee by three lengths, with a further two lengths to the previous year's winner, Defier, in third. It was then to back to Melbourne for the Caulfield Stakes-Gr1 (2,000m), where Lonhro beat Mummify. Winning by two lengths, he became the first horse to win consecutive Caulfield Stakes since Kingston Town in 1981 and 1982. Two weeks later, Lonhro looked invincible in the Cox Plate-Gr1 (2,040m) with recent stars Sunline and Northerly missing and only Defier and Fields of Omagh joining Lonhro from the 2002 field. There were doubts over Lonhro handling the Moonee Valley surface, but his class was expected to overcome any problems. Then, in the 40 minutes before the race, it began to rain, continuing through to the race itself. The