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)
In order to find the right races for his horses, Ben Brisbourne makes full use of his ideal Wangaratta base to campaign in two states. (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)
Great to catch up with Wayne Harris at a racing luncheon in early December. I was reminded of the fact that the former star jockey was one of our very early podcast guests in 2018. (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)
Some trainers enjoy the bustling environment of a city stable. Others wouldn’t leave their country bases for a Godolphin contract. One of the latter group is Todd Howlett…
The Australian Turf Club moved swiftly to honour Betty Lane Holland following the passing of the trailblazing horse trainer on October 22nd at the remarkable age of 97.
Caught up with Brian Fletcher at the recent Beauford Club luncheon at Newcastle where he was a guest speaker. His tales of the turf and stories from the Panthers camp kept the crowd entertained.
Tyler Schiller was always destined to make it to the ranks of Sydney’s top jockeys. After a flying start in the Riverina he was fortunate to gain a start in Sydney with Mark Newnham.
I’ve long admired Robyn Freeman’s dedication to the craft she loves. She’s one of few female riders still active from the dedicated group who were flying the flag in the 1990’s. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)
For the first few years of their training partnership Robert and Luke Price worked individually - Robert at Turpentine Park, a spelling and pre-training property at Cambewarra while Luke was based at the partnership’s Kembla stables. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)
