Great to catch up with a horseman whose name appears regularly among winning trainers at Southern Districts meetings, and occasionally in the city. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)
Chad Lever’s sudden disappearance from the riding ranks last September mystified trainers, punters and friends. The popular jockey had been juggling a huge workload for several years. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)
It’s great to catch up with the ever ebullient Dr Geoff Chapman who slipped quietly into retirement four years ago, after a life of achievement and great diversity. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)
The moment news of Ray’s retirement hit the airwaves it became a priority to lock him in for a podcast. After all I have known the man for fifty four years. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)
Great to catch up with the girl who left her busy father a note to ask for her first pony. Robert Murray agreed, and the first stone was laid on the path to his daughter’s career as a respected professional jockey. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)
It’s a pity we didn’t get to talk to Kim about her stunning Rosehill double with French Bonnet and Kingsheir on Saturday. This interview was recorded the previous day shortly after she’d arrived home from the Gosford trials. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS.)
Great to catch up with Barry Lockwood who’s back on deck following two unrelated health issues. The talented horseman talks openly about his serious cancer scare, and the loss of a toe as a result of a golden staph infection. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)
When Cliff Brown arrived in Singapore in 2008 equine virus had paralysed the racing industry in most parts of eastern Australia. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)
James Heddo thought he was in need of a change of career direction when he resigned from the ATC Executive team in 2020. He found that change in the hospitality industry… (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)
“He always seems to have a handy horse in the stable”, is an old racing adage which traditionally applies to smaller racing stables. Steve Englebrecht has been one of those trainers for most of his forty year career. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)
Great to catch up with a very switched on trainer who has sailed past the 1000 career win tally. Joe explains that he discourages owners from keeping horses who are not paying their way. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS.)
Thoroughly enjoyed my chat with Sheila Laxon ONZM who’s now training in tandem with her partner John Symons on the Sunshine Coast. Welsh born Sheila was riding ponies on the family farm at age three, a precursor to a fascinating life with horses. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)
Despite missing the first month of the current racing season, Brooke Stower finds herself in 15th spot on the NSW jockey’s premiership ladder with over three months to go. (CLICK IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS.)
After a brief career as an apprentice jockey and an even briefer one in the harness racing sport, Kevin Kemp acquired his thoroughbred trainer’s license in1975. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)
John Hutchings was one of the most gifted country jockeys of his generation. Between the mid 1960’s and mid 1990’s John rode 1470 winners and won nine jockey’s apprenticeships, three of them while still an apprentice. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)
As this podcast goes onto the website Chris Alford is closing in on an astonishing 7650 career wins which include 124 Gr 1’s. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)
We introduce a hard working Queensland jockey who more than holds his own in the fiercely competitive Brisbane riding ranks. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)
Great to catch up with Bill Prain who called it quits in 2018 when his great friend and valued client Fred Peisah succumbed to illness. Bill had been adamant for some time that he’d retire if ever Fred left the racing industry. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)
With the 2022 Inglis Easter Sale upon us we thought it timely to chat with long time vendor John Muir. The former high profile car dealer runs Milburn Creek, a boutique breeding farm at Wildes Meadow on the Southern Highlands. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)
When Colin Little walked away from his Caulfield training base late last year, he knew that retirement wasn’t too far away. He intended to keep training at Pakenham in the immediate future, but an ironic twist of fate intervened. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)
