Our Team

Mark Kavanagh

Mark Kavanagh was a very successful jumps rider but it’s as a trainer where he has excelled.

Mark was living in Mount Gambier when he started training in 1991 and was leading trainer in the South East District Racing Association 1992-93 Season. His first full season as a trainer he backed that up with another win 1993-94 season.

He was soon recognized as an astute trainer and was given Red Hope to train after George Hanlon told the owners he would not measure to Melbourne Class. Mark won the Hilton on the Park Sprint, Laurent Perrier Stakes, Ian McEwen trophy and Moondah Plate with the Big Chestnut. He also won two Liz Davenport Classic and two Whylie Handicaps, a total of 15 races.

Mark then opened a Satellite stable in Adelaide and soon trained successfully out of both stables.

In 2000 Mark and his family moved to Adelaide full time and winners really started to flow. Border Time, Easy Landing, Star Joe, Ez and Imperial Cross were just a few that won listed and group and cups races that year.

In 2003 Mark purchased some old stables and set about renovating and rebuilding the whole complex. It is now the best in Adelaide with absolute first class facilities for 39 horses. There is a house converted to offices and facilities for owners to have a drink and watch videos. The horses are paraded on the large lawns boarded by lovely gardens. Owners are kept informed at all times with e-mails, faxes and phone calls.

Mark believes owners need to be kept informed and that’s a priority. Mark is always buying yearlings at the major sales around Australia and is always on the lookout for new owners.

In 2007 Mark opened a stable at Flemington and enjoyed immediate success that Spring with Divine Madonna, Maldivian and Devil Moon all wining at Group One level.  He unearthed another potential super star the following Spring in Caulfield Guineas winner Whobegotyou and experienced one of his biggest days on a racetrack when Maldivian won the 2008 MVRC Cox Plate,and stable mates Sea Battle (Waterford Crystal Mile) and Whobegotyou (AAMI Vase) won on the support card.

Bart Cummings

Bart Cummings started his remarkable career as racehorse trainer in 1953 when he received his trainer licence. In 1958 he bought his first yearling and won his first feature race, the South Australian Derby.

In the 1965-1966 season Bart Cummings received his first Trainer’s Premiership after winning seven Cups, setting a training record in the Australian racing history. He quinellaed the Melbourne and Adelaide Cups and won the Caulfield, Sandown, Sydney, Brisbane and Queen’s Cups.
Bart Cummings set another training record when he became the premier trainer in South Australia and Victoria in the 1968, 1969 and 1970 seasons.

Bart Cummings originally operated from Glenelg, South Australia, in 1968 he opened a permanent stable complex in Victoria at Flemington and in 1975 he opened Leilani Lodge on Randwick Racecourse, NSW which is currently the centre of his training facilities. Here most horses are trained to develop their maximum potential.

Jason McLachlan

It was inevitable that Jason would become a horse trainer having been brought up in the shadows of his late father Bruce McLachlan.
Jason has had the perfect breeding into the thoroughbred industry learning his craft from a very young age. Having been involved with Queensland’s first training partnership with his father was a befitting induction into the elite ranks of being a group one winning trainer, a feat that does not come easily and requires one of commitment and total dedication.

Now an open trainer in his own right Jason and his McLachlan Place Racing stables aims to the future and with the wishes of his late father will continue to provide the best of care and training for those who wish to aim to enjoy the success that this wonderful industry can provide. Jason’s view is simple in that hard work and the best of care will give every opportunity for all to experience the thrill of being a part of the winners circle.

Jason has gained an enormous amount of experience having been head trainer for John Cornish of Torryburn Stud in Sydney for four years, stable foreman for his father when they had the satellite stable in Melbourne which also tasted group one success as well venturing overseas to further his knowledge in France. He has had his own success in training black type winners in Crimson Reign and Presently in Sydney and running second in the Queensland Guineas with Hit the Road.

Jason in the partnership is the current trainer’s premiership holder at the Sunshine Coast Turf Club and in the top five trainers for winners in the state of Queensland.

Richard Jolly

“I used to love being a jockey and now training is my passion”
From the prominent Jolly racing family in Adelaide, Richard learned much of his trade from his father Peter. Richard is a popular and well- respected member of the racing community in South Australia and has made his mark on racing in the state with some excellent strike rates.

Starting his jockey apprenticeship at the age of 14, winning the leading apprentice in 88/89 and runner up in 89/90. Richard enjoyed a distinguished career in Adelaide as a jockey for over 14 years winning over 800 races. During that time he tasted Group 1 success by riding the winner of the Perth Cup on a horse called Saratov and later rode it in the Melbourne Cup. Richard was always amongst the upper echelon of riders in South Australia.

Richard started training horses in August 2000 having retired from racing as a leading heavyweight jockey in January 2000. Since this time Richard has had a great deal of success finishing consistently in the top group of trainers from year to year, a real achievement in such a competitive industry.

Richard is a horse trainer who rides his own horses in track work - a task from which he derives much pleasure and inside knowledge. This provides the stable with a unique advantage over other stables in that it can not only set horses  for specific campaigns but has a trainer in place who can ride and report back on a horse's progress on the track.

Richard trains a team of 30 horses in full work at any one time and is domiciled in stables within a furlong of the Morphettville race track. He believes in working closely with all horses in order to place them at the best advantage.

Jarrod McLean

Jarrod McLean has lived all of his life on his parents property where his stables are situated at Yangery, on the outskirts of Warrnambool, Victoria.

Jarrod has been involved with horses from a very young age. He started off as a member of the local Pony Clubs then went on to successfully compete in Show Jumping events throughout the district. He was also a member of the Boggy Creek Hunt Club with the highlight of his time there training and riding the winner of  their Annual Point to Point Steeplechase on "Play The Pokies".

His first experience with race horses was gained  whilst working for a local horse trainer as a strapper and track rider in his early teens.  His life passion was to eventually obtain his own trainers licence and to train race horses.

When Jarrod successfully completed Year 12 at school, he commenced an apprenticeship as a Chef at a Warrnambool Hotel. With the hours of work required, he was able to combine his cooking with horse training. Jarrod was only 18 years-old when he was granted his Owner/Trainer Licence.  He quickly met the criteria to upgrade  this restricted licence to a  full Trainers Licence. 

After becoming a qualified Chef, he was able to retire from this occupation to concentrate on training full time.

Jarrod has had many memorable moments in his training career, the most memorable would be the performances of Cargo Cult, Kibbutz, Juggle The Books, Netra and Nicastro, and not forgetting the Jumps racing which he is so passionate about with great rides by his brother Brad on horses he trained such as Greenlaw, Stealth Knight, Loanshark and Suspense.

Jarrod enjoys what he does and has worked extremely hard to get his business where it is today.

Jarrod consistently has around 20 horses in work enabling him to maintain a hands-on approach.  Jarrod's attention to detail matched with his drive and competitive spirit are his key ingredients for success.

John McArdle

Redgum Racing
Redgum Racing is a partnership formed in July 2003 by John McArdle (Trainer) and Brent Clayton (Stable Manager) for the training of thoroughbred racehorses.

We began with 6 horses on the books and have expanded rapidly over the years to now having around sixty horses. In the early days we were fortunate enough to have immediate success with horses purchased by Redgum Racing to include 2004 Oaks winner Hollow Bullet and 2005 VRC Sires Produce winner Danger Looms.

Our business is designed to work in a way that John is able to spend all of his time dedicated to the training and well being of our horses, leaving Brent to manage the day to day running and maintenance of the stable. This formula has worked well to date and we see no reason why it will not remain successful for years to come.

Greg Eurell

Greg was born in Sydney in 1960; he grew up around horses and started show jumping when he was 15 years old. He was sent to America at 16 with the Equestrian Federation team and went on to be one of the leading show jumping riders in Australia. In 1979 Greg travelled to Europe to compete and was very successful culminating in his selection aged only 20 to compete at the Olympics in 1980 but due to the Moscow Games being boycotted by Australia he did not attend. He kept at it and was selected and competed at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

With horses in his blood Greg started breaking and pre-training horses for many well known people in the racing industry and took out his trainers licence in 1987.

Over the years the business of Greg Eurell Thoroughbred Training has expanded and there are currently over 160 horses on his books. He has around 40 in full training at any one time and another 45  at his pre-training and breaking in farm.

Greg has consistently finished among the leading trainers in Victoria over the past ten years. He has trained many Black Type winners including the current stable stars Apache Cat and Mic Mac. Most of Greg’s success has come with horses with very modest price tags.

Jeremy Easthope (Ascot)

Jeremy has had his trainers license since December 2006. Prior to taking out his License he worked with Colin Webster for two years as a stable hand. He then thought he would venture out of Perth and found himself working at one of the worlds biggest studs, Coolmore Stud in new South Wales. Obviously working in a place such as Coolmore you learn to really care for younger horses. Jeremy played an integral part in the preperation of yearlings for the yearling sales.

In a short space of time Jeremy has done very well with a small team. For the 07/08 racing season he produced 8 winners and has the fantastic strike rate of 14.8% winners to runners and 33% place getters to runners. He purchased I Command for $44,000 in 2007 who, since entering his stables, has won 5 races and been placed on another 5 occasions. He has amassed close to $150,000 and been stakes placed four times, which include a second place behind Universal Ruler in both the Bunbury Stakes and the Easter Stakes which was run at Ascot.

Jeremy has also had success with former cast off galloper Fim Maru. In only his first preparation for Jeremy he had 11 starts for 3 wins and over $100,000 in prizemoney for his owners.

Jeremy has stables located on Leake Street in Ascot which is only a short stroll to the Ascot racecourse. He has access to facilities which include a swimming pool, sand and grass tracks as well as a horse walker.

Peter Moody

Peter Moody's first taste of Group 1 succes came in November 2001 when his Carnegie colt Amalfi owned by Ron & Judy Wanless took out the VRC Derby, this win helped establish Peter in Victoria where he had set up a small satellite stable, in 2003 after continued success Peter closed his Queensland operation to concentrate on his expanding Caulfield base.

Growing up in Charleville in Country Queensland and having worked for legendary trainers T.J. Smith & Colin Hayes , Peter went on to be foreman for Bill Mitchell for 10 years before applying and being granted a number one trainers license.

2003 not only brought the move to the new Caulfield base it also brought the next Group 1 success which came with sprinting mare Ancient Song, purchased by Laurel Oak Bloodstock and long time client Stuart Ramsey the mare in just her 3rd start for the stable took out the Salinger Stakes on Derby Day. Stuart Ramsey's committment to the stable was again rewarded in 2004 when Sky Cuddle took out the Group 1 Emirates Stakes on the last day of the Flemington Carnival.

Further Group 1 success has followed with Testafiable taking out the 2006 S.A. Derby, and the win of Magnus in the 2007 A.J.C The Galaxy after placing's in both the Group 1 Lightning Stakes and Oakleigh Plate it was a well deserved win for owner and breeder Robert Crabtree and partners, and also in 2007 was the very special victory of Cinque Cento in the Doomben Cup again for long time friends and clients Stuart and Trish Ramsey and family. 2008 saw our first multiple Group 1 winner in the form of the super tough Riva San, in the space of a week this filly took out the Group 1 QTC Oaks & QTC Derby. In the Autumn of 2009 three more Group 1's came our way in three different states, the first being Reward For Effort in the Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield, this was then followed by Typhoon Tracy in the Coolmare Classic at Rosehill and finally Markus Maximus in the WA Derby.  

Mick Price

Since taking out his licence in 1991, Mick Price has firmly established himself as one of the leading racehorse trainers in Australia.
Some of the stakes performed horses to be trained by Mick include Pompeii Ruler, Rustic Dream, Slavonic, Vocabulary, Kempinsky, French Bid, Halibery, Intelligent Star, Mr Trickster, World Peace, Kylikwong, Tanith, Chattanooga, Amtrak, Red Dazzler, Pure Harmony, Doubting, La Bella Dame etc.

In 2003 Mick trained the trifecta in the Group 3 Blue Diamond Preview with Halibery, Gaelic Princess and Roedean, while World Peace took out the race for the stable in 2004.

Mick kept his fantastic record with two-year-olds intact by winning both the colts and fillies divisions of the Blue Diamond Preludes in 2005 with Perfectly Ready and Doubting.

In 2007 he continued his stakes winning trend by taking out the Group 1 Underwood Stakes with Rubiscent, the Group 2 Sandown Guineas with Schilling and the Group 3 Sandown Stakes with Gotta Have Heart, just to name a few.

Mick has also tasted success in the Futurity Stakes (G1), Railway Stakes (G1), Goodwood Handicap (G1), Toorak Hadicap (G1), Norman Carlyon Stakes (G2), Angus Armanasco Stakes (G2), AAMI Vase (G2), Swettenham Stud Stakes (G2), Bill Stutt Stakes (G2), Moonee Valley Cup (G2), Woodstock Stakes (G2), Kewney Stakes (G2), Yallambee Stud Stakes (G2), JJ Liston Stakes (G2), Craiglee Stakes (G2) and been placed in the Caulfield Guineas (G1), Yalumba Stakes (G1), 1000 Guineas (G1), Victoria Derby (G1), VRC Oaks (G1), Blue Diamond Stakes (G1), Manikato Stakes (G1) and C. F. Orr Stakes (G1) among others.

2008/2009 Season has started off in terrific style with Light Fantastic winning the Group 2 JJ Liston Stakes. The Sth Yarra Stakes Group 3 was won by Vivacious Spirit. Group 1 New Zealander Alamosa won the Group 1 Toorak Hcp and Damselfly won the Group 3 Thoroughbred Club. In total, Mick won six Group 1 races, five Group 2 events, five Group 3 events and six Listed races for the season among his massive total of 124 winners for the racing year.  Below are all the stats and figures.

Now in 2009/2010 Mick has just trained his 15th Group 1 winner with Heart Of Dreams winning the Underwood Stakes at Caulfield on September 19, 2009.

Mick Price has consistently trained over 100 winners per season in the last five years and his strike rate is second to none.