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Episode 69: Michael Cahill (Part 2)
Season 1 Episode 69
In part two of the podcast Michael Cahill remembers Falvelon as the fastest horse he ever rode. He talks of his time in Hong Kong and Macau. The latt…
7 years, 2 months ago
Episode 68: Michael Cahill (Part 1)
Season 1 Episode 68
It’s great to catch up with a jockey who’s been the ultimate professional for four decades.
Michael Cahill was born into a great racing family at Cow…
7 years, 2 months ago
Episode 67: Kristen Buchanan
Season 1 Episode 67
Great to catch up with a young lady who is rapidly establishing herself in the Sydney training ranks. Kristen Buchanan lived in WA as a youngster, an…
7 years, 2 months ago
Episode 66: Rodney Quinn
Season 1 Episode 66
When the website began in May of last year, Rodney Quinn was one of my very early podcast guests. He’d been retired for five years, and was well entr…
7 years, 2 months ago
Episode 65: Bob Thomsen (part 2)
Season 1 Episode 65
Bob reminisces about horses like Danewin, Slight Chance and Shogun Lodge who won many Group 1 races.
He talks of the jockeys who helped him along the…
7 years, 2 months ago
Episode 64: Bob Thomsen (Part 1)
Season 1 Episode 64
Bob Thomsen taught himself the basics of horsemanship at a riding school, before becoming apprenticed to Tommy Smith in 1957. He rode 40 winners, mos…
7 years, 2 months ago
Episode 63: Barbara Joseph
Season 1 Episode 63
In keeping with our plan to introduce country based trainers from time to time, we introduce the lady known as the “Baroness Of Bombala”.
Barbara Jos…
7 years, 3 months ago
Episode 62: Blake Fitzpatrick
Season 1 Episode 62
This week we welcome another member of the famous Fitzpatrick clan-a dominant force on the Sydney harness racing scene for decades.
Thirty five yea…
7 years, 3 months ago
Episode 61: Louis Mihalyka
Season 1 Episode 61
I’ve known few more passionate racing men than Louis Mihalyka, who founded Laurel Oak Thoroughbreds 32 years ago. Like most syndicators he would buy …
7 years, 3 months ago
Episode 60: Jodie Quinlan
Season 1 Episode 60
Jodi Quinlan was pretty sore and sorry when we recorded this podcast, but you’d never pick it. Only a week earlier she had a confrontation with an il…
7 years, 3 months ago