Shane McNally
Shane McNally has been a racing journalist for thirty years, writing for Racetrack Magazine, then Turf Monthly, Thoroughbred Times (in the US) and now for Gallop (in Europe) amongst others. The plight of women in racing has intrigued Shane since he worked at the South Australian Jockey Club in his youth and heard colleagues dismiss visiting rider Therese Payne (Michelle’s sister) as a ‘sheila’ who couldn’t ride, even though she was an outstanding jockey who outrode many of the men. Shane's most recent book looks at what makes the Adelaide Hills an Australian treasure, with just enough words to inform and entertain without getting in the way of hundreds of images of the stunning landscape.
Shane is the author of Sport of Queens: Women In Australian Horse Racing and Adelaide Hills.