It’s been a long cold dismal winter, and, as usual, the July has seen a great number of heavy winter tracks with race meetings cancelled because of the 'unsafe' race surfaces. A great deal of racing has taken place on the Geelong and the new Pakenham synthetic...

In what was a tragic week for racing with the death of Caulfield track rider Friederike Ruhle, Sheila Laxon attended the National Jockeys Trust Raceday at Caulfield last Saturday, July 4th, with 330 other people keen to show their support.The NJT was set up in 2004,...

Simply Ming added to her impressive sprinting record with a dominant victory, carrying 60kg, at Donald today.Ridden again by Casey Bruce, Ming sat off the hot pace, and before the turn eased out from behind the leading pack ominously, and in the straight she launched...

With a strong sprinting performance, Simply Ming, ridden by Casey Bruce, was too good for her rivals yesterday in a 0-64 Handicap over 1000m at Warracknabeal.Jumping well from the inside draw, Casey took the mare off the rails at the 600m to pounce on the lead on the...

Great to see JSL Racing Australasia's main New Zealand owners, Barrie and Trish Everard, visiting us last week, just in time to see their youngsters Bexstar and Tribeca make their raceday debut at Kilmore.Whilst that day had its ups and downs, with Tribeca pulling up...

In an exciting last to first performance. Denoninator returned to the winner's enclosure in great style at Wodonga today. Appreciating the step up in distance to 2000m, the gelding was handled patiently by jockey Casey Bruce settling at the rear after starting...

John and Sheila are very sorry to hear the sad news of the passing of Philip Vela on the weekend. Philip was an incredible personality with a great sense of humour, and he was a powerhouse of the racehorse industry in New Zealand.Philip, and his brother Sir Peter,...

In a strong, resilient performance, High Chaparral 4yo filly Mohini won her maiden today in the Combined Probus Club Maiden Plate over 1450m at Kilmore. She chased the tearaway leader, Ultimate Dancer, bringing the field up to it before the turn, and twice looked...