Brian Cox's devotion to his family was compared to The Three Musketeers as he was farewelled in front of up to 450 people on Friday.
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The Musketeers had a 'one for all, and all for one' motto and the congregation at Wodonga Football Netball Club heard Brian, wife Janet and daughter Sarah lived that philosophy.
"They did everything together," John Mugavin said of his great mate 'Coxy'.
"He loved his wife so much and he adored his child, Sarah."
Brian died in a truck crash in the Upper Murray on October 28. He was 65.
He was one of the Border and North East's greatest horse trainers, winning his hometown Cup nine times and the Albury Gold Cup three times.
But as Mr Mugavin indicated, he didn't want it all to be about the horeseman. He wanted to sum up the man.
"A champion guy ... and he was fun," he said.
Brian was born to Ollie and Evelyn on January 18, 1954.
"'Coxy' loved his mum ... and Ollie was Brian's best friend, not only a training friend, a father friend," Mr Mugavin said.
He also loved his brothers Kevin and Nigel.
"They fight, we fight, we all fight," Mr Mugavin said after speaking to Brian in August.
"But I love my brothers, dad and mum taught me that, I just forgot."
Like so many dads bursting with pride about their daughter, Brian thought nobody was good enough for his Sarah.
That was until Kurt came along.
"Kurt, he thought the world of you, Brian loved you very much," Mr Mugivan said.
When Brian left the racing industry in 2016, he had more time for his family after years of 4am starts in an industry known for long hours.
"He now had more time to relax, talk and enjoy his family," Mr Mugivan said.
The extra hours also allowed him to make those cheeky calls to friends.
"He was just out there to get anybody he could, a lot of people here have got a smile on their dial now because he just rang to be a pest and he did, he did it well, but what a good pest," he said.
And although focused on the man, the horseman must also be remembered.
"I only hope and that Janet hopes and I'm sure the public hopes that the Cox Wodonga dynasty is recognised in some way," he said.
Mr Mugivan said Brian's opening line was 'who rocks with Cox?'
At the end of his speech, he asked the crowd, 'who rocks with Cox?'
The crowd replied, 'we do'. He asked again, 'who rocks with Cox?'. The response was much louder, 'we do'.
Brian would have loved it.
- The Border Mail attended yesterday's celebration of Brian's life with the permission of the Cox family.