After 17 years at Tulloch Lodge, O’Halloran called it a day in 2020 when enlisted by prominent owner Paul Fudge to train out of his magnificent 100-hectare property at Moss Vale in the Southern Highlands.
Married to fellow Grafton trainer Scott Henley, Blanch successfully juggles motherhood, looking after their three young children (Lyla 8, Zachary 6, and Paige 2), with preparing 10 horses at the couple’s on-course stables.
To say Burges covered more ground than the early explorers certainly wouldn’t be telling a fib.
Understandably, Englebrecht rates his 1999 Group 1 George Ryder Stakes winner Referral as the best horse he has trained in his lengthy career.
Whilst he has trained more than 250 winners since taking out his licence in 2009, many racing enthusiasts may not be aware he was an integral part of the team which guided Takeover Target from Queanbeyan to international fame.
Nothwithstanding keeping a small string, Deamer’s talents quickly caught the eye of major industry players such as the late Nick Moraitis and one of Australian racing’s leading syndicators Dynamic.
The prizemoney isn’t anywhere near as lucrative as that $1.3m purse and omens don’t always become reality either, but the experienced Grafton trainer will surely climb another mountain if he can land a special race on his home track at this week’s July carnival.
Twenty-eight-year-old Seib hadn’t intended to take up training outright so early in her life – but is making every post a winner from an opportunity thrust upon her in the most tragic of circumstances.
Newing has won races on no less than 40 racetracks in New South Wales and Queensland, and started horses on another 34 in those two States as well as Victoria.
