Patience Pays Off

Whilst I find horse racing a truly amazing sport the massive highs and lows of it never cease to amaze me. It was never more evident than in the build up to the Maiden 1006m at Grafton on Monday. Before the start of the event the Shane Everson...
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First Up At Lismore

With husband Scott Henley soon to return to the training ranks in Grafton Fleur Blanch is trying to leave no stone unturned in the quest to open up a big lead in the household premiership. Lismore yesterday was the host for winner number one f...
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Great Win For Marlow

Taree cup carnival provided the opportunity for Grafton trainers to ply their trade on the weekend and for the second year running John Shelton made the journey and came home with one of the feature events as a prize. In 2019 it was Tarbert in...
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Return To Racing

Racing returned to Grafton on Monday with CRJC Premiership Winners Race Day. Grafton trainers were well represented and managed to score victories in three of the seven races. Daniel Want was the first in the winners enclosure when Sacred...
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Tobasco Was Hot

Casino Race Club conducted its annual cup meeting last Saturday albeit to a closed audience other than those who watched the races on Sky. Grafton were in the winners circle by way of the speedy Tobasco. Trained by John Shelton and ridden by expat...
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Top Trainers Dominate

With Grafton's biggest non July race meeting on today it is time to review the last Grafton meeting and as is so often the case Grafton based trainers again shared in the spoils. It was the two biggest stables in the town to win races. First celeb...
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Double For Shelton

With Grafton racing again today it is time to review the performance of the locals at the most recent Grafton meeting. The day could not have started on a better note when the inform David Campbell stable saddled up the heavily back TICKETS FOR YO...
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Howells On Fire

With the NRRA Country Championship qualifier returning to Grafton on Thursday there will a huge 10 race card with lots of Grafton trainers represented however you could be forgiven for thinking it was Grafton day at Ballina on Monday with four of the...
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