NSW
Chris Waller
The modern benchmark — four Sydney premierships, five Melbourne Cups (winning four straight from 2013–2016 and again in 2021), and a stable that dominates Group 1 racing across Australasia.
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Australia's Leading Trainers
The stables behind the winners — what each trainer does best, their famous horses, and how to read their runners when you're doing the form.
- VIC
Ciaron Maher
The master of the marathon — multiple Melbourne and Caulfield Cups, plus a jumps program second to none. No trainer in Australia wins more races at 2400m+.
- NSW
Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
Tulip Farm's famous name, now a partnership — Golden Slippers, Cox Plates and Melbourne Cups on the family résumé, with a stable of top-tier two-year-olds every spring.
- VIC
Peter Moody
Trainer of the mighty Black Caviar — 25 wins from 25 starts. Caulfield-based, with a sharp eye for a sprinter and a strong country-to-metro placing record.
- NSW
Peter & Paul Snowden
Team Snowden built its name on elite two-year-olds — Golden Slipper winners and a stream of Royal Ascot sprinters out of the Inglis nursery pipeline.
- QLD
Tony Gollan
Brisbane's powerhouse — Queensland premiership leader year after year, with a remarkable strike rate in the Brisbane winter carnival's rich sprint races.
- SA/VIC
Phillip Stokes
From Morphettville to Flemington — the Adelaide trainer with a knack for winning metro races at value prices and a growing Melbourne string.
- VIC
Mick Price & Michael Kent
The Caulfield partnership blending Price's decades of metro experience with Kent's bloodstock eye — Caulfield Cups and a prolific winner's circle.
- NSW
Annabel Neasham
Rising star of Australian training — Coolmore-imported European form and Cox Plate-level middle-distance horses from her Sydney base.
- VIC
Ben Hayes, JD Hayes & Will Hayes
The Lindsay Park empire under its third generation — premierships, Melbourne Cups and one of the deepest teams in the country.
- NSW
Bjorn Baker
Sydney's quiet achiever — a high-volume metropolitan stable with a sharp record in midweek and Saturday grade, and increasingly in feature company.
- VIC
Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
Cranbourne-based partnership with a specialty in stayers and Cups contenders — regular faces in Melbourne spring feature fields.
Why trainer form beats most angles
Trainers shape everything: the placement (which race a horse starts in), the preparation (how it's wound up for the day), and the riding instructions. A stable in form wins at two to three times its base rate — and each of Australia's leading trainers has a signature: Waller's mile-and-up metropolitan grade, Maher's staying features, Gollan's Brisbane winter sprints. Knowing the stable's pattern is often the difference between reading the form and understanding it.
Put it to work today
- Today's race cards — trainer listed for every runner.
- Today's tips — best bets with stable form factored in.
- Top jockeys — the other half of the partnership.
- Ask Racebot — our AI weighs trainer strike rates in every read.
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