JOE JANIAK, STILL BREEDING AND OWNING WINNERS

By Graham Potter | Tuesday, September 9, 2025

Joe Janiak, who set in motion one of the most endearing underdog stories in the history of Australian Racing when he purchased Takeover Target for $1 250 in July 2003, was at the track at the Gold Coast on Saturday where he witnessed the victory of his four-year-old gelding Speedy One.

Speedy One is owned outright by Janiak and he races in the famous silks of red and black checks with white sleeves and cap that Takeover Target carried to victory in no less than four countries on his way to a superb record of twenty-one wins from forty-one starts … a race record which included eight Group 1 wins.

Janiak was as low-key as ever on Saturday when Speedy One improved his race return to four wins from six starts.

Janiak has said previously that a series of health issues over several years have slowed him down but, truth to tell, he has never courted the spotlight and the quiet humbleness that has always been in play was still there on Saturday in as authentic a manner as that trait can be.

“I bred Speedy One myself … and I’ve got a full brother to him who is a little bit older,” said Janiak. “He’s called Speedy Target. He’s won a couple (and has finished second in no less than four of his last five starts) … and Speedy One has now won four out of six. There’s not much of him so weight is probably going to slow him down a bit, but we’ll see what happens.

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