You have got to love Samantha Collett’s sense of humour. ‘Back in dad’s will for a bit longer,” she said after winning on the first-timer Red Sniper for her dad, Jim Collett, at Matamata over the weekend. Samantha Collett had only returned to her native New Zealand from Queensland, where… Read More »
While the Cairns Cup went the way of the John Manzelmann trained The Driller on Saturday, no one would dispute the fact that the overall day’s proceedings were dominated by Jason Taylor, who rode half of the ten-race card … from only eight rides. Taylor was understandably chuffed with his… Read More »
The Tony and Maddysen Sears trained stable star Yellow Brick won his trail at Doomben this morning. There were no fireworks, just a strong workmanlike session with the son of The Mission doing all he was asked to in a satisfactory fashion, … an effort which pleased his co-trainer Maddy… Read More »
Jockey Tommy Berry is almost back in business as he approaches the end of his seven-month disqualification period. The star hoop is free to ride in barrier trials from next week and can be expected to be in full stride soon … but, before that, he has been granted special… Read More »
Winning can sometimes provide a private pleasure to connections that is far more deep seated than any public fanfare can create. That would have been the case when the David Vandyke trained Orbisyn made it three wins on the trot at Doomben on Saturday … the last two of those… Read More »
Sidelined jockey Jim Byrne can’t wait for September. “September is when I go back and see the surgeon,” said Byrne who has not ridden for a little over three months since being left with no choice but to opt for knee surgery, instead of retirement, when the constant, horrendous pain… Read More »
Samantha Collett is heading back to New Zealand today, but it will only be a fleeting visit before she returns to the Sunshine State. “I’m going from August 21 until September 4 for a few weeks, just to catch up with my family and pack my house up and maybe… Read More »
“Master Jamie is an incredible horse. He has been a good horse for a long time.” While Rockhampton based trainer Graeme Green has every right to admire the race record of his stable star, Green also deserves full credit himself for his management of the now eighteen-time winner who is… Read More »
The term ‘old warhorse’ is often bandied around with a bit more regularly than it should be if the description is to remain accurate but, every now and again, a horse does come along where that description fits like a glove … and such a horse will be in action… Read More »
It is one of racing’s truths that when you see a horse come out carrying the red and white silks of Windemere Stud (Steve Tregea) you know it will be well worth a second glance. Tregea’s claim to fame in terms of his association with quality racehorses reaches far beyond… Read More »
One horse that can epitomize both the pitfalls and pleasures of racing ownership is Zarastro. The son of I Am Invincible romped home with ease at Eagle Farm on Saturday, fully justifying his prohibitive starting price of $1.65 in his eleventh career start and in only his second start for… Read More »
Tony Gollan has plotted a path to spring racing action for his rising star Antino, who boasts a race record of eight wins from his nine career starts. Seven of those wins were achieved in his four-year-old season as the now five-year-son of Redwood moved effortlessly from a Class 1… Read More »
Blake Shinn has become the first jockey to put both the New South Wales Metropolitan Jockey’s Premiership AND the Victoria Metropolitan Jockey’s Premiership behind his name … and that accolade will stay after clinching the later title in the season just ended. When you put a ‘first’ behind your name… Read More »
The announcement last week of the formation of a training partnership between Gillian Heinrich and Renita Beaton at the Gold Coast is believed to have formalised the first all-female training partnership in the country. Heinrich, of course, brings lifelong training experience to the partnership … who can forget her famous… Read More »
Ten successive Metropolitan Premierships! Where has the time gone since Tony Gollan made the move from Toowoomba to Brisbane? Certainly, Gollan has never taken a backward step since his arrival in town and his on-going total dominance of the training scene in Brisbane underlines his unwavering focus on striving for… Read More »
When you win a Premiership by ‘daylight’ there has to be a lot of things you are doing right. This season’s results record of Angela Jones can attest to that. With one Metropolitan meeting left until the curtain comes down on the 2022/23 racing season Jones has a lead in… Read More »
Tahlia Fenlon, who enjoyed so much success in North Queensland in her first two, early, formative years as a professional jockey, will be looking to continue to forge her career in South-East Queensland on a permanent basis now that her indentures have been officially transferred from the Rockhampton based trainer… Read More »
It is a riveting daily show that runs until Monday. The chase for the Australian Jockey’s Premiership title for the 2022/23 racing season is going down to the wire in a fascinating contest between Aaron Bullock and Jimmy Orman … two jockeys trading winner for winner in their battle for… Read More »
There could be a palace revolution of sorts going on in the Gold Coast Jockey’s Premiership in which a young apprentice is threatening to dethrone the king … ‘King’ Callow that is, with the veteran rider being placed under severe pressure in the defense of his crown by Bailey Wheeler,… Read More »
Jimmy Orman rode his name into the record books at Eagle Farm today when he became the youngest jockey to ride one hundred metropolitan winners in a season in Queensland. Orman thus joins Chris Munce and Jeff Lloyd in an elite club of only three members in which each rider… Read More »
