Contributors
John Berry
John Berry spent his childhood in the Scottish Borders and inherited his own parents’ passion for the Sport of Kings. Berry’s career has spanned everything from an amateur jumps jockey, a trackwork rider in Australia and for trainers Luca Cumani and Andy Turnell and working on a stud before taking out a trainer’s license in Newmarket in 1995, taking over Beverley House Stables in 1997. His other activities in Newmarket have included serving on the Town Council for eight years and being the town’s Mayor in 2015/’16.
Alan Carasso
Like so many lovers and followers of sport, it was a champion that secured Alan Carasso’s conversion into “true devotee of horse racing.” For Alan Carasso – who grew up near Arlington Park in Chicago, that champion was ‘the Incomparable, Invincible, Unbeatable Cigar’, who won a Dubai World Cup and Breeders’ Cup Classic as part of a
Richard Edmunds
Richard Edmunds called Auckland home, having been born and raised in the harbourside city. He studied at the University of Auckland and has a master’s degree in political science. Edmunds’ first foray into racing journalism was with NZ racing publication The Informant in 2014 and since departing in 2019, has been involved in a range
Andrew Hawkins
Andrew Hawkins has an enviable journalism resume for just 30 years of age. His passion for racing has seen him attend the world’s biggest race meetings. Hawkins spent five years in Hong Kong, working as a racing content specialist with the HKJC and a reporter and sub-editor for the South China Morning Post, Asia’s largest English-language newspaper.
Satoshi Hiramatsu
Satoshi Hiramatsu has the good fortune of travelling around the world, reporting for the Japanese Racing Association (JRA) and major racing publications.
John Holloway
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John Holloway has been involved in many facets of the Australian racing industry: a Sydney Turf Club director, famed racing journalist and bloodstock ‘authority’.
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His legendary career as a racing writer began in 1959 with the Sydney Sun. Holloway was part of the “Golden Age” of racing journalism counting the likes of Keith Robbins, Ian Heads, Ray Chesterton,
Berry is also a regular guest on Sky Sports Racing in the UK, plus a renowned columnist for the Thoroughbred Daily News, Winning Post (Australia) and Al Adiyat (Dubai). Berry’s sincere love for the sport and its myriad stories is obvious from his articles. Berry has the unique ability to blend academic style with a sense of historic drama. He seems personally interested in the ‘how of everything’, and making the reader interested too.
16-race winning streak in the 1990s. His 16th straight victory was in the Arlington Citation Challenge at Arlington Park. Carasso recently celebrated 22 years with The TDN and tries to keep abreast of racing wherever it happens, from America to Zimbabwe.
of freelance roles including with Raceform, the successor of The Informant, plus TDN Aus/NZ and long-standing publication Bluebloods. At 34 years of age, Edmunds now lives two hours north at One Tree Point on the Whangerei Harbour with his partner Pippa (and two cats!)
He recently spent time home in Australia, as a presenter and tipster for international meetings on Sky Racings and then as a journalist and editor of ANZ. In 2021, Hawkins will return to work for the HKJC on a two and a half year contract. Even at a glance, it’s clear Hawkins lives and breathes racing and enjoys engaging with fans on Twitter.
Hiramatsu is well respected by industry participants as a racing journalist and writer, including leading jockeys and trainers.
Craig Young, Bernie O’Brien, Ken Callendar, Max Presnell, Chris Scholtz and Tony Brassel among his colleagues and peers. Holloway is always a regular at the yearling sales, assisting vendors and breeders with their drafts and still continues his popular weekly column “Bloodlines” in the Sydney Morning Herald.
