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Under Starters' Orders
by Griffiths Racing
Under Starters’ Orders is a podcast from Griffiths Racing Stables that follows the ins and outs of the racing industry through Robbie Griffiths’s eyes. Join host Greg Miles for an audio series that invites you into the sphere of thoroughbreds, close calls, near misses and a hell of a lot of fun.
Episodes
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Episode #6: The Melbourne Cup Whirlwind
In 2000, Simon Miller responded to an advertisement in the Winning Post to work at Griffiths Racing Stables. In Simon, Robbie shared a passion for the quality of the craft, for embracing the lives—and specialities—associated with each horse that entered their stables. In the stables appeared a...
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Episode #5: Dandy Kid and the Valley
In the late 1990s, breeder Bill Watts asked Robbie and Deane Lester to visit Berrigan to meet a foal out of Demus and Miss Tecoma. Budding stablehand and horse enthusiast Rhiannon Schiffer met the young horse at the Cranbourne stables, where he was later named Dandy Kid, and established a life…
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Episode #4: Loss, Triumph and Tragedy
After just starting Griffiths Racing Stables, Robbie and Shiranee Griffiths find out they are having a baby. They move into a vacant lot on Ballarto Road, and invest their time into the rehabilitation of the horses they have. Having had enough success to afford to install a walking machine on the...
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Episode #3: An International Tuition
After their marriage ceremony, Robbie and Shiranee Griffiths—as well as Rodney and Kerry Griffiths—were ready to embark on a brand new chapter. Follow the two couples as they jet set across the globe, reflecting on just how incomparable the racing industries of Sri Lanka, Ireland and Australia…
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Episode #2: Tasting the Sky
What happens if—or when—someone doesn’t make it the finish line? From restrictive diets, precarious rides, 4:00am starts and wasting away in the sweltering heat of a local sauna, a jockey’s lifestyle is no picnic. Robbie tells all in a revealing episode about how being a jockey took it out of…
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Episode #1: The Company of Animals
Before Robbie ever rode for a living, he had a short lived career as a greyhound handler after being given a timid dog who gained his trust in a short amount of time. In the meantime, his brother Rodney embarked on his own riding career. Somewhere amongst the velocity, the thrill and the…
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Introducing: Under Starters' Orders
The Cranbourne-born and raised jockey turned trainer knows what it takes to ride on the coattails of risk. For every win, every victory, there’s the possibility of a fall. And he’s had plenty of those, alongside the racing veterans that have spent their lives on the track. It makes sense, really:...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Under Starters’ Orders is a podcast from Griffiths Racing Stables that follows the ins and outs of the racing industry through Robbie Griffiths’s eyes. Join host Greg Miles for an audio series that invites you into the sphere of thoroughbreds, close calls, near misses and a hell of a lot of fun.
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Under Starters’ Orders is a podcast from Griffiths Racing Stables that follows the ins and outs of the racing industry through Robbie Griffiths’s eyes. Join host Greg Miles for an audio series that invites you into the sphere of thoroughbreds, close calls, near misses and a hell of a lot of fun.
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