Meet the apprentice hoop set to light up the Gold Coast. Alex Patis left the Gold Coast at the age of 15 and has now returned having studied in the prestigious Victorian apprentice jockey program, won a premiership and with experience riding in two states.
Family and friends have gathered to celebrate the life of racing’s golden boy — Geoff Lane.
Pluck Jam was “ratbag” horse given to Natalie McCall by the owner and a fellow trainer to work out and has now become part of a stunning run of success at the Gold Coast.
Winning Ways has claimed an emotional win as Queensland’s Horse of the Year, with trainer Garry Newham now embarking on summer campaign with the special mare.
ROCBOLT’S journey back from a leg injury has reached its highest point after the gelding secured his first win in nearly 12 months on Saturday.
RESPECTED trainer Pat Duff believes Beany Panya can become one of his best apprentices and says it’s a travesty she hasn’t been given a metropolitan licence.
THE Gold Coast Turf Club has harnessed the attention of the international racing scene after hosting the H. H. Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Festival.
GILLIAN Heinrich says a training partnership with Ben Rodgers is part of a succession plan as she looks at life after racing.
GOLD Coast jockey Chris Whiteley has been taken to hospital with suspected rib damage after suffering a fall while riding in Townsville today.
SYDNEY trainer Bjorn Baker gets more excitement out of one day in racing than he would in a whole career in his former job as a pharmacist.
THE old team will come back together when apprentice jockey Luke Tarrant and trainer Darryl Hansen join forces on the Gold Coast today.
AT 43, Minehiko Shimodaira is Australia’s oldest apprentice jockey.
TRAINER Helen Page believes everyone deserves a second chance and that’s why she has thrown troubled champion apprentice jockey Luke Tarrant a career lifeline.
LARRY Cassidy may have fallen just short of completing a fairytale return to racing but his ability to get back in the saddle is a moment more special than any win for his family.
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