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)

“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)

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)

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)

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)

Great to catch up with the popular Kembla Grange trainer who is enjoying a magical ride with Think It Over, the horse rated by many as Australia’s most improved galloper. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

I’ve always been aware that a man called Lou Robertson was one helluva horse trainer, but I really didn’t know why history has treated him so kindly. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

Maddie Raymond has been training in her own right for just two years but has already given notice that she has arrived in the Victorian training ranks. (CLICK IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

We catch up with Bryan Guy who called time on his training career recently when Gold Coast developers secured his training property at Bundall. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

The former outstanding Randwick trainer talks about his introduction to horses at an Oatley riding school, and his interest in becoming an apprentice jockey. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

Great to catch up with a lady whose continued success is bringing her under notice as a very serious horse trainer. Theresa Bateup announced her presence with a metro double on Gong day. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS.)

Great to catch up with a doyen of western districts racing! Gayna recalls the thrill of her first training win with Scarlet Vixen at Orange in 1985. She paid $1400 for the filly at an Inglis sale. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS.)

Delighted to catch up with a bloke who boasts a racing pedigree to match that of any thoroughbred blueblood. Alan Gollogly is the son of the former successful Queensland jockey of the same name, and the grandson of Fred Best who won 17 Brisbane trainer’s premierships. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

Kylie Gavenlock’s early life revolved around her devotion to horses and her love for the NSW Central Coast. Now at age 57 Kylie is still based at Gosford and is in her fourth decade as a professional trainer. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

Great to catch up with respected Scone trainer Rod Northam who’s hoping a slot holder might come along for his Kosciuszko hopeful Spiranac. Rod has high praise for the Scone training precinct. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)

Great to catch up with trainer Noel Mayfield-Smith who recently pulled up stakes and relocated from Hawkesbury to sunny Coffs Harbour. He explains why he settled on the north coast. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)