It’s a pleasure to welcome Terry Evans to the podcast - the trainer who happens to be the sole occupant of on course stabling at the Tuncurry-Forster racecourse on the NSW north coast. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)
This is a long overdue chat with one of the most respected riders in the Australian amateur ranks. When not competing at faraway picnic meetings, Ricky Blewitt can be found riding trackwork at Narromine before starting his full time job. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)
Five years ago Scott Singleton found that he was spending much more time on the road to country race meetings than he was at city and provincial meetings. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)
I’ve had a number of verbal and email requests to provide a podcast with a former top Queensland jockey who enjoyed a distinguished career despite a torturous battle with weight. (CLICK IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)
The Karen Owen story had potential podcast written all over it from the moment I interviewed her after a recent Randwick win with Fay’s Angels. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)
Larry Cassidy’s sheer consistency as a professional jockey has brought him a strong fan base over almost four decades in the saddle. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)
Five winners in a week when you have only twelve horses in work is a notable effort for any trainer. Port Macquarie’s John Sprague did exactly that in the middle of March. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)
Always a pleasure to catch up with the bush trainers. Our podcast guest this week is Albury’s Ron Stubbs whose reputation precedes him. (CLICK ON THE IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)
The Gosford racing precinct has never had a better ambassador than Angela Davies. The amiable trainer was born and reared in a cottage opposite the racecourse float entrance and hasn’t strayed far since. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)
I’ve never had the pleasure of meeting Dominic Tourneur but I’m aware of his prominence among Adelaide jockeys and his success rate over a long period of years. (CLICK IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)
I deserve a reprimand for taking so long to catch up with Jenny Duggan. There are several well known facts about this 44 year old Swedish born jockey. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)
I first met Tony Lee when I had the honour to be guest commentator at the 1996 Wellington Cup meeting. In preparing to call a couple of races on the big programme, I received every possible courtesy from the NZ ace. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)
Nathan Doyle places his horses judiciously and is rewarded with a consistent win rate. In this current season he’s sitting in tenth spot on the NSW premiership ladder. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)
Shaun Guymer made the decision a few seasons back to follow in the footsteps of Sydney based jockeys like Grant Buckley and Jeff Penza who’ve enjoyed fruitful careers away from the metropolitan area. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)
The brilliant young Brisbane jockey is under suspension as this podcast is posted. He’s not happy about this one or the many that have preceded it in his short career so far. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)
An interesting guest is Wyong trainer Damien Lane who walked away from a likely future as a carpenter to the chancy business of professional horse training. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)
Ryan Maloney was in high spirits when this interview was recorded on Thursday Dec 14th. He was looking forward to a big book of eight rides at Eagle Farm but fate saw him in a hospital bed in the early hours of Saturday morning. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)
Wayne Peake’s interest in racing began at age 8, when he walked onto Kembla Grange racecourse with his family. By early teens he was totally obsessed with the sport.
Hugh Bowman wasn’t where I expected him to be when we finally pinned him down for this interview. When I spoke to him a few days earlier he was still in Hong Kong undergoing physiotherapy… (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)
With a team rarely exceeding twenty five horses Sara Ryan is able to do things a little differently to the bigger stables. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)