Whilst Quinton Scott is fast approaching three score and ten, there are no signs of retirement; he can still match it with the young fellows half his age.

Quinie, as he was known as a kid, was just about four years old when he commenced pottering about his grandfather’s stables at Violet Town.

His grandfather, Tom, was a good trainer, above all a highly respected citizen and a familiar figure, as he always wore a grey dust coat.

His father, Digger, was a successful jockey in the North –East, he was the stable rider, he rode the Mooroopna track well with its run in of 600 metres, the longest straight in Victoria at that time .

There was a lot of reminiscence after Forgeress’s win at Sandown last Saturday, the intention is to look for another suitable race in the city, while the tracks remain soft she will have another couple of runs before going to stud.

Quinton commenced training in the old stables at Violet Town before moving on to Kilmore, from there to Flemington in Sandown Road, just a few doors up from where Carbine was stabled, his next move was Cranbourne, and finally he is well settled at Warrnambool by the seaside.

Travelling doesn’t seem to bother him much, on the eve of Forgeress’s recent win at Sandown he was up at 3.30am, took a jumper to school at Pakenham, arrived home at 5 pm, and did it all again the next day, but it was a bit sweeter this time, he was up in the winner’s circle

A return trip from Warrnambool to Adelaide, and back the same day with a horse is quite common for him, in fact the previous week he made a trip on the Saturday and was back at Casterton the next day.

Quinton Scott