In recovery mode from injury, star jockey Blake Shinn took time to answer a few of our Quick Questions… What is your first racing memory? Vintage Crop winning the 1993 Melbourne Cup. Who is your favourite horse and why? Happy Clapper. I adored him and so did the fans because… Read More »
In our last series of Quick Questions we find out more about the in-form trainer Gavin Bedggood… What is your first racing memory? Having Champagne in the 1998 Melbourne Cup sweep – or my dad taking me to the Moonee Valley trots in the 90s. Who is your favourite horse… Read More »
In our continuing series of quick questions with racing personalities, we find out a bit more about trainer Grahame Begg. What is your first racing memory? I was at the AJC Derby at Randwick when Divide And Rule won, trained by my father and ridden by Darby McCarthy. Who is… Read More »
We are starting a series of rapid fire questions with racing personalities, and we kick off with popular trainer Robbie Griffiths. What is your first racing memory? Think Big winning the 1974 Melbourne Cup Who is your favourite horse and why? Spring Theme and Go Raami both were so influential… Read More »
Alligator Blood’s managing owner Allan Endresz has provided an update on his star horse who is set to make a return from a long break due to injury. Alligator Blood has not raced since last years Golden Eagle but the horse and his owner have remained in the spotlight with… Read More »
By his own admission Anthony Collins is seldom left speechless, but that is exactly the position he found himself in with events that transpired in the race commentary box at Toowoomba during the recent running of the Darryl Gollan Memorial race-day … and you have to go back many years… Read More »
At Doomben, when the jockeys move from their conversation point with connections near the jockey’s room to go out and mount their horses in the parade ring, they pass through a gate, which leads onto the chute which runners use to find their way out on to the track. They… Read More »
The Bill Whittaker Book Award for 2020 goes to John H Payne for his ‘splendidly researched book’ Their Last Ride: The Fallen Jockeys of Australia. “You deserve the congratulations from both myself and the judging panel,” stated R. L., Bob, Charley AO, the former Chairman of Australian Racing Hall of… Read More »
The Bill Whittaker Book Award for 2020 goes to John H Payne for his ‘splendidly researched book’ Their Last Ride: The Fallen Jockeys of Australia. “You deserve the congratulations from both myself and the judging panel,” stated R. L., Bob, Charley AO, the former Chairman of Australian Racing Hall of… Read More »
Sammie Clenton has recently returned to riding and she has been in terrific form. Michael McGill speaks with Sammie to get to know one of the best female jockeys riding in NSW.
JustHorseRacing.com.au writer Michael McGill interviews jockey Blaike McDougall. View the interview below. Where were you born and where did you grow up? I was born in Ryde and spent the first few years of my life in Parramatta then my Nan brought me up in a place called Portland up… Read More »
JustHorseRacing.com.au writer Michael McGill interviews jockey Samantha Clenton. View the interview below. You grew up in Herons Creek. Did you grow up in a racing family? No however we grew up with a horse background. Mum and Dad had horses and I grew up around them and we had… Read More »
Just Horse Racing writer Michael McGill interviews up-and-coming race caller Luke Marlow. View his interview below. Tell us about growing up in rural Queensland? Well I love the bush and I grew up in a town of 800 people called Thangool. It was a great grounding for me to live… Read More »
JustHorseRacing.com.au writer Michael McGill interviews jockey Thomas Huet. View the interview below. Where in France were you born? I was born in a little country town three hours south of Paris called Tulle in the Loire Valley. I lived there until I was sixteen years old and then moved up… Read More »
JustHorseRacing write Michael McGill interviews NSW country trainer Nick Olive. View the interview below. Do you come from a racing background? Not as such. My dad used to go to the races but he was not working in the Industry. When did you decide you wanted to be a… Read More »
You grew up in Wagga. Did you come from a racing background? No not at all. I grew up on a farm doing rodeos and horse sports but not racing. Where did you start your apprenticeship and who was it with? I did my apprenticeship with Garry Frazer at… Read More »
It is always refreshing in the racing industry to meet a young jockey who knows what they want and puts in the hard yards to make that dream happen. One such hoop is Blake Spriggs. For a young man he has already seen the highs and lows of the sport… Read More »
Paul King or The Duck as he is more fondly known had a very successful career in Western Australia for many years where he was one of the leading riders. During his career he has ridden 16 Group One winners and also had stints in places like Macau, Malaysia, Mauritius… Read More »
When it comes to living legends of horse racing in Australia and New Zealand, they don’t come much bigger and better than Jim ‘Pumper’ Cassidy. The 53 year old retired at the end of the 2015 Melbourne Cup Carnival and will make his first appearance on a race track since… Read More »
They say hard work pays off, and that is indeed the case for jockey John Kissick, who is now the official stable rider for the powerful country stable of Brett Cavanough. Kissick said he didn’t need asking twice when the opportunity arose. “Brett Cavanough asked me if I’d be interested… Read More »
