SAROA secretary Richard Stafford talks to Gary Newton and Matt Kelly about recent additions and moves in the apprentice ranks and about the upcoming SAROA Raceday https://saroa.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/190608-SAROA-interview.mp3
Richard talks to Gary and Matt about Raquel Clark’s trip to Singapore as part of her prize for winning the Dux of the Apprentice Academy. They also talk about race naming packages for the SAROA RaceDay on the 20th July. https://saroa.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/190601-SAROA-interview.mp3
Richard discusses with Matt and Gary the Adelaide Racing Carnival and the imminent opening of the new Gifford Hill Racing complex at Murray Bridge https://saroa.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/190525SAROAinterview.mp3
Jed joins the guys on Vision Australia Radio to talk about his mare Eperdument. https://saroa.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/190518-SAROA-interview.mp3
Yes, Ryan Balfour is a trainer but like many trainers, he owns shares in a number of the horses he trains. He was selected as Owner of the Month for March in which he had wins as a part owner with Viduka, L’il Kontra and Lostarc. Ryan joins Matt and Gary in the Punters’ Club to talk about his stable. https://saroa.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/20-Apr-2019-SAROA-interview.mp3
Richard advised Gary and Matt about upcoming SAROA events These include The SAJC/TRSA event on Derby Day May 11 to acknowledge the “Support SA Racing Jobs” campaign The SAROA Raceday on July 20th – where SAROA will be holding a Gourmet BBQ lunch and will be looking for sponsors to purchase race names for the day. The SAROA AGM September 14th, which is a free event for members The planned SAROA tour which this year will feature Mill Park Stud and Finniss Lodge Thoroughbreds and will conclude with lunch at the Finniss General Store. More details on these events will be added to the SAROA website in due course. Richard also mentioned that the first meeting on the newly renovated Mt Gambier track had been held the day before and all reports were very positive about the new surface. https://saroa.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/13-Apr-2019-SAROA-interview.mp3
With Winx’s retirement imminent Richard discusses what it might be like to own a horse like Winx with Gary and Matt https://saroa.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/190406-SAROA-Interview.mp3
As a further effort to obtain support from government for racing in this state SAROA recently sent the following letter to all state politicians. While the letter is quite long we felt it was necessary to give a full picture of the issues involved. You are very welcome to use parts of the letter to write to your local parliamentarian to ask them to support racing in this state. Support SA Racing Jobs
Richard talks to Matt about the SAROA education night, where vets Dr Holly Lewis and Dr Peter Horridge gave attendees an overview of their roles as vets involved with horse racing. Holly talked about the types of examinations that vets do to ensure horses are right to race both before and after race days. Peter, as one of the TRSA Raceday vets, talked about his role in integrity and animal welfare and about having to make difficult and sometimes unpopular decisions after relatively cursory inspections. https://saroa.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/190330-SAROA-Interview.mp3
