Col Hodges’ absence from western districts race meetings of late has been a talking point among his legion of friends.

Brett Robb made the call to go solo as a trainer when his father Rodney decided to cut his team back to five horses in 2020.

Eighteen year old apprentice Jett Newman had a huge number of trial rides before being signed up by northern rivers trainer Matt Dunn.

I’ve had several emails requesting a podcast with Gratz Vella in the wake of his thrilling third placing in the TAB Golden Slipper with Music Time.

Kris Lees was thirty three years old when his father Max passed away in 2003. He’d been training a handful of horses in his own right while working as stable foreman for his very respected trainer/dad.

With another edition of the historic Sydney Cup coming up on April 11th, it seems an appropriate time to catch up with a man who won it twice as a jockey in 1959 and 1961.

It’s just over six years since Scott Darby last appeared on our podcast. At the time his popular racehorse syndication company was gathering momentum.

Blake Spriggs answered immediately when I tried his mobile number one day last week.

The Jane Clement story makes for a very interesting podcast and we’re delighted to have her join us this week.

Richard Litt’s entry into the Sydney training ranks materialised under very sad circumstances.

Former champion jockey Wayne Harris speaks glowingly of his former “stablemate” Neil Rae.

The enormous genetic influences in Kerrin McEvoy’s background were obvious from a tender age.

Ashlee Grives nee Siejka left a big imprint on the NSW race driving scene with an impressive tally of 800 winners. She trained many of them in her own right.

Lee Magorrian had never been on a horse’s back when he got a stablehand’s job with Joe Byrne in his native County Meath in 2009.

With his team of gallopers now in single digits, Terry Robinson has few city runners these days.

It’s been a pleasure to welcome a sequence of popular country trainers to the podcast lately and we’re going “bush” again in our first interview for 2026.

It's always a pleasure to welcome a bush trainer to the podcast. Our guest this week is Stephen Lee who chips away diligently from his Ballina base season after season with consistent results.

Jessica Owers was well established as a feature writer for several respected racing publications before being invited to tackle her first book in 2011.

Mitchell Bell is one of several Sydney based jockeys who regularly ply their trade on outside tracks.

Although there wasn’t a trace of racing in Clare Lindop’s family background, the little girl from Warrnambool was hellbent on becoming a jockey from age 10.