Jason Coyle happy to pick jockeys on form, not on gender
With Jason Coyle having so many female jockeys winning races, it took me back to the era when females were shunned in the saddle.
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Max Presnell
How Max Presnell almost changed league history
Max Presnell has spent more than 60 years in racing - and he's now put it all down in a book.
V'Landys sticks to his guns in fight against southerners
Regarding the Everest there is a Gordon Gekko "greed is good" enthusiasm about Peter V'Landys, the general who repelled the corporate hordes plus extracting blood out of a stone from the New South Government for racing.
Treatment of The Farm and Canterbury a sorry affair
Windsor has few prestige races yet it provides a cheery experience. Hen parties cluster on the lawns, sharp suited likely lads who spend more on their hair cuts than a case of pinot noir chat up lasses with cheery banter amid queues from better-than-average food shacks and the access to the parade ring and winner's enclosure is ultimately informal."
Weir hopes magic rubs off on Chocolate Holic
To what degree the Darren Weir magic, so effective with Black Heart Bart, works on Chocolate Holic will be seen in John Monash at Caulfield, billed down south as the best race in Australia today.
The knack of a picking a winner in the saddle
Ron Quinton is following in the Theo Green tradition, the knack developing jockeys that Bart Cummings had with Melbourne Cup winners, emphasised by Hugh Bowman and Andrew Atkins chasing this season's premierships.
Syndicates put glory within reach of the average punter
The recent examples of New Zealand stayer Yogi and Tiberian, tuning up in Europe for the Melbourne spring, prompted the spark that Australian racing rides on the back of syndicates.
Bjorn Baker a part of a new breed, unlike crafty old times
The winning streaks and demeanour of Bjorn Baker, the new age happy-go-lucky Kiwi, is a far cry from "Mo" Bernard and Cyril Neville when New Zealanders were renowned for stealth and cunning. However the picket fence, 1111, with Baker has replaced duck eggs, 0000, before winning for which his countrymen were renowned.
Schofield’s ride hardly top shelf but video reveals need for reprieve
With the commentary of Mark Van Gestel in Morgan Freeman (voicing God) mode, the video saved Glyn Schofield from being hung, drawn and quartered by punter opinion over one of the most controversial recent rides.
Highly contrasting fortunes for the new faces of Victorian racing
With Darren Weir chasing another remarkable achievement today, the woolly topped Ciaron Maher faces the possibility of being a casualty to modern integrity.
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