The Freedman Brothers

Like father like son. Richard Freedman has now been joined in his training partnership with his well-qualified son Will and the NSW Tycoons are delighted to have them. Their family history in racing goes back four generations to their great grandfather Bill “Midge”...

Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott

Gai is arguably the biggest name in racing; her honour roll is amazing; there’s the Golden Slippers, the Melbourne Cup, the Cox Plates and everything in between. She learnt the trade from the greatest of all time, her father Tommy, who won 33 consecutive Sydney...

Joe Pride

Joe Pride had no family link with the racing industry, and was actually studying psychology at University when the fascination with the horse struck and he joined the powerful John Size stable, learning his tricks of the trade. Joe proved himself to be a quick learner...

Kim Waugh

Kim is a trailblazer, first as a champion harness driver and trainer before switching with enormous success to thoroughbreds. She has experienced Group 1 glory winning the Sydney Cup with Mahtoum, who went on to finish fifth in the Melbourne Cup. While training out of...

Mark Newnham

Like so many, Mark’s “rapid rise” has been decades in the making. Starting at the age of 15 as a strapper, to apprentice and then as a jockey with over 300 wins. Mark learnt from the best with a long stint in the stables of the legendary Bart Cummings and as a foreman...

Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young

Trent & Natalie are a formidable partnership both on and off the track. They first met as two Kiwi teenagers working at the Kranji track, things took their natural course, and the pair moved back to New Zealand as a couple and started their training partnership....