Professional
Services offered? Training, Pre-training and breaking in.
Where are you based? Mornington VIC
Years working in the industry? 15
Which other trainer has assisted you most in your formative years? David Balfour (Dad) and John Hawkes
Best horse trained? Just starting out on my own – give me a month.
Best horse you’ve worked with? Octagonal
Best horse seen? Makybe Diva
What race would you most like to win? Cox Plate
What is your basic training philosophy? Treat every horse as an individual.
If you could improve one aspect of racing what would it be? More definitive direction for Jumps racing participants.
Marital status? Single
Favourite meal? Peking Duck
Favourite drink? A good red wine.
Favourite movie? Kingdom Of Heaven.
Give us your 3 ideal dinner guests? Roger Federer, Tiger Woods and Keely Hazel.
Preferences
Chick flick or shoot em up action? Action
News or sport on TV? Sport
Savoury or sweet (food)? Savoury
Lover or fighter? Lover
Yeller or church mouse (when barracking for a horse)? Yeller
Camping or 5 Star? 5 star
Text or talk? Talk
Night out or night in? Night out.