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)
Great to catch up with Robert Morris, one of Australia’s busiest harness racing drivers. The thirty year old has driven 100 winners or more on NSW tracks for the past ten seasons. (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)
Bob Lapointe was just 26 years old and didn’t know a soul when he arrived in Australia in 1967. Within a few years he’d become the king of fast food dining in this country. He ventured into varied business interests including horse racing. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)
Gary Kliese has been a fixture on the Sky Racing service from NSW northern tracks for 23 years. He was appointed and tutored by Graham McNeice who remains his greatest supporter. (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)
Great to catch up with 88 year old Brian Forrester, one of the elite harness drivers of his generation. NZ born Forrester learned his craft from master Christchurch trainer George Noble before going on to work for several leading horsemen. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)
We present a replay of one of our favourite interviews from the early days of the website. Our guest is that great raconteur Johnny Letts whose stellar riding career brought him 2300 wins including two Melbourne Cups. (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)
Great to catch up with the young jockey who’s been breaking records since his career began in NZ in 2007. James begins by assessing the merits of Coolangatta’s win in the recent Magic Millions. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS)
