BRISEIS CLUB DINNER Wednesday 14th October

Time: 6:30 pmVenue: Buckleys Entertainment Centre Fellmongers Rd, Breakwater Tickets: BRISEIS CLUB MEMBERS: $90 GUESTS: $95

Guests of Honor

The club’s October 14th dinner Guests Speakers are.

ANTHONY MITHEN

ANTHONY MITHEN: A classic success story, Anthony is the Principal and public face of the majestic Gnarwarre Rosemount Stud, working alongside his brother-in-law Nigel Austin in managing their thoroughbred breeding and racing operations (According to media reports, Nigel - the Cotton On King - is one of Australia’s richest citizens, amassing a personal fortune of $A2.42 billion). Anthony is probably best known as an outstanding sports journalist and broadcaster, commencing at the Geelong Advertiser in 1990, before moving on to the Truth newspaper, The Age, Network Ten’s news and sports department, National Nine News, then hosting Sport 927’s daily sports program with Michael Christian; he also called football for K Rock.One of his greatest racing thrills occurred in 2018 when the Rosemount-bred Runaway won the Geelong Cup and gained a start in the Melbourne Cup. Anthony’s daughter Lily played in Melbourne’s WAFL premiership team.

LINDSEY SMITH:

LINDSEY SMITH: Sometimes described in media circles as “the best horseman in Australia,” Lindsey is a true character of the turf, a likeable larrikin. The father-of-five has trained more than 1300 winners, including 11 Group 1s, for stake money of $A50 million. Starting out as an apprentice jockey at age 14 in WA, he was a failure in the saddle, but graduated to working for top trainers Tommy Hughes in Victoria and Henry Davis in Queensland. Returning to Western Australia in 1993 to become a trainer in his own right, he was so broke he couldn’t afford a float to transport his horses to the track. Among his classic training feats was Old Comrade’s shock win over the champion Northerly in the 2002 Australian Cup; he also mentored Plasteredto victory in the 2004 Victoria Derby, and Scales of Justice to glory in the 2019 Menzies Stakes. Lindsey moved East in 2019, training at Warrnambool for six years before moving to Barwon Heads and later Geelong.

PAT CANNON:

PAT CANNON: Pat is not married and doesn’t have any children. His favourite companion is his nine-year- old bay gelding racehorse Shultzy, a winner of nine races and 15 placings from 65 starts: “While I’ve got old Schultzy I’m happy,” he says. Born in Mortlake, Pat grew up in Warrnambool, left school at 14, and got a job with popular local horse trainer Jocka Baillie, who famously trained Galleywood to win the 1986 Grand Annual Steeplechase: “I wasn’t going to be a rocket scientist so I jumped out of school as quick as I could,” he says. “I was Galleywood’s strapper, what a thrill!” At 16, Pat signed-on with Flemington trainer Steve Richards andlater worked for John Sadler, Robert Smerdon and Leon Corstens. He was Bomber Bill’s strapper when the grand sprinter won South Australia’s Goodwood Handicap and raced in Hong Kong and Dubai. In 2011, Pat was granted a trainers’ license. He is now based in Geelong, assisting Lindsey Smith.