When did the current line of the family get into racing?
My grandfather Fred Smith, not the very famous Fred Smith, trained in New Zealand in 1950’s, 60’s and 70’s and he started the racing bug in the family. He had a few Group quality horses and won a Hawkes Bay Cup with a horse…
[Published Bluebloods Nov/Dec 2020]
Since the reign of King Charles II and the acknowledged birth of modern racing circa 370 years ago, the number of truly innovative changes to our sport can, arguably, be counted on one hand. History will judge if micro-ownership will be added to that list and if it can, then MiRunners and…
[First published March 2020]
RICHARD Freedman’s working life has been diverse. As part of “FBI” (Freedman Brothers International) he and his brothers collected Melbourne Cups and Golden Slippers with metronomic regularity before Richard moved into the media, tried racing administration and then started a commercially successful business in the field of water management.
But things have turned…