I Am David A stellar example of Jessica’s specialism in long-form human profiles. This story led the 2020 Magic Millions carnival magazine and is a jaunty character piece on David Chester, international sales director for Magic Millions.

It takes a journalist Hedley Thomas is the Walkley Award-winning investigate journalist for The Australian, and it was a career highlight for Jessica to meet and profile the genius behind ‘The Teacher’s Pet’. This story led the Magic Millions magazine in 2023. COMING SOON!

The Fall of Singapore This story for TDN AusNZ in 2023 earned Jessica a finalist’s berth in the Kennedy Awards for Racing Writer of the Year. It looks at the closure announcement of racing in Singapore from the perspective of Australasia’s three major auction houses.

The Holy Spirit In 2019, Jessica visited the Eureka Stud stallion Spirit Of Boom. Published by Magic Millions in 2018.

Turkish Delight In 2020, it was all about Winx. Jessica flew to Melbourne to interview Turkish national Umut Odemislioglu, the wonder mare’s faithful and intelligent strapper.

And they’re racing! This story was commissioned by OUTBACK magazine in 2014 and was a broad look at racing in bush Australia. It led the edition and was a vivid, photography-heavy feature.

The Byerley Turk set to vanish in Australia This story appeared in TDN AusNZ in 2021 and discussed the disappearance of the Byerley Turk sireline in Australia.

The oxycodone patch poised to transform racing In 2015, Jessica wrote this story during her contract work for the New York-based Thoroughbred Racing Commentary (TRC). This story looked a revolutionary and new topical analgesic for in-training racehorses.

Cobalt: Eroding the integrity of racing in Australia This article appeared in Thoroughbred Racing Commentary (TRC) in 2015 and is one of the most complete accounts of the cobalt saga that rocked Australian racing at the time.

The Green Breeder Jessica and the kids road tripped to Victoria in late 2022 for this story, a fascinating feature on eco-savvy breeder Toby Liston of Three Bridges Farm. This feature appeared in Magic Millions.

The men in Black In a rare scoop, Jessica managed to get the three brains behind Queensland’s Black Soil Bloodstock in the same space at the same time in October 2023, all in aid of this wonderfully chatty feature for Magic Millions. COMING SOON!

In conversation with: Jason Scott The new CEO of Racing Queensland, Jason Scott, sat down for a candid chat with Jessica in this story for TDN AusNZ.

A Star is born Denise Martin is one of the sweetest and most savvy women in Australian racing. Jessica sat down with her in September 2023 for this Magic Millions feature. COMING SOON!

He’s a Belter Justin Warwick is the dry, straight-shooting former trainer in Western Australia who spun the greatest story of his filly, Sheeza Belter, for Jessica for the Magic Millions Perth magazine in early 2023.

A legend in his own Lunchtime In 2012, Jessica visited Widden Stud to learn the story of the sprinting stallion Lunchtime. This feature for Inside Breeding magazine.

Eyes on the prize Sydney jockey Hugh Bowman is a star today but, in 2011, that star was still on the rise. Jessica caught up with the now legendary jockey at home for The Thoroughbred magazine.

The Old Stable at Newmarket This is one of Jessica’s earliest classics and was published in Breeding&Racing magazine in 2007. It is a vivid and early career account of the Heritage-kept Old Stable at Newmarket, which is today surrounded on all sides by apartment development in Randwick.

Lyndhurst Stud This 2023 story was a commission by Thoroughbred Breeders Australia and is a look at the generational Lyndhurst Stud in Queensland, with the Kruger family at the helm of its modern success story, the stallion Better Than Ready. COMING SOON!

Coffey makes everything better In 2022, Jessica interviewed Irish ex-pat Lisa Coffey for this feature on the award-winning racehorse rehabilitation charity, Racing Hearts, that has made Coffey a household name in thoroughbred aftercare.