When it comes to training racehorses in Brisbane, you’d be hard-pressed to do better than place your thoroughbred under the care of Rob Heathcote. Rob has trained horses for over 20 years, building a treasure chest of experience to draw on and a pile of trophies to go with it.

Through the mid-90s Rob managed a team of horses for his brother in leading stables through Australia and New Zealand. In 1997 he took the plunge and opened his own training stable. In his first year, with limited opportunities, he finished sixth on the premiership. We remember articles in the media at the time describing his steep learning curve and telling how he was studying everything he could find on getting the best from horse through fitness, feed and soundness. These days he could probably write the book!

His big gamble and good horsemanship have been paying off ever since. He’s won the Brisbane Metropolitan Trainers’ Premiership six times, trained more than 1100 winners, and been named Queensland Trainer of the Year on several occasions.

Rob has prepared top-line horses such as Solzhenitsyn and Woorim to win at Group 1 level but is probably best known as the trainer of seven-time Group 1 winner and “people’s champion” Buffering.  We’re impressed by Rob’s ability to develop what are often considered “less-fashionable” horses to race against and beat the best. He also has an uncanny knack of bringing horses back to perform at their best, preparation after preparation, racing at a high level and enjoying long careers.

Rob trains out of the beautiful Eagle Farm Racecourse training facilities.

We couldn’t be happier having Rob on our team of trainers and tapping into his skills to develop your horse to be the best athlete it can.