Cigarette in one hand, coffee cup nearby, and that unmistakable grin with an equally glaring cough to match, larrikin horseman Mick Tubman is back in that chair.
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The one all worn and ragged, looking like it's weathered a few too many two-mile contests on bottomless tracks. Think Tubman cares about its condition? Not one bit.
He's just glad he's kicking back in it at the end of all those stable doors after fearing he would never rise from another chair, jammed in front of a poker machine.
"You know how some people ask what it's like having a heart attack ... well, you don't have to ask," the 65-year-old said after only recently returning to the track from a health scare last month.
"The pain hits you and it's like a truck sitting on top of you. I couldn't breathe, but I thought I'm not dying at Berkeley Pub!"
So in a manner only Tubman could do, he "jacked up" the amount he would gamble with each spin, steadied himself after the pain subsided and eventually staggered outside and found a way home.
And even made it to the subsequent trials at Kembla Grange the following morning before finally checking himself into hospital.
"They took me in for a couple of days, did all the tests and sent me home," Tubman said. "My heart's all right.
"I had a heart attack and usually when you have a heart attack it damages your heart. It didn't do any damage thankfully."
A stomach ulcer, fluid on the lungs and chest infection have all plagued Tubman during a year in which he lost his wife Kate.
He had thought all along he would cash in on the first progeny out of his filly Chance Bye, a son of 2008 Golden Slipper winner Sebring.
Now he's had a rethink.
"You're a long time dead," Tubman grins. "Say it's worth $300,000 or $400,000 ... I would never go to the sales spending that sort of money.
"At least you've got one coming every year. You're better off enjoying it while you're here. If I sell him, life's too short."
So he grabs the photos of the now 11-month-old and points to the striking similarity - the splashes of white on the hind legs - between his new pride and joy and his father.
This one will be raced by Tubman and his longtime friend Jack Knight when he's ready.
Hopefully adding to what Tubman enthuses as the best team he's ever had at his disposal.
