LEADING Southern District trainer Brett Cavanough is set to open a second training base at Scone.
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Cavanough revealed major plans for the future of his stable on Wednesday, which is likely to see him move from Albury in the long-term.
Cavanough has successfully gained boxes on course at Toowoomba where he will set up a satellite stable and move horses to Queensland as soon as next week.
He also plans to take on 40 boxes at a ‘world class’ private training facility at Scone, which should be built by the New Year.
Cavanough believes his future may lie in Scone.
“That, in the long term, will be our main stable,” Cavanough said.
“It would be great to be in the heartland of the horses and I can’t do much more here in the Riverina.
“I can’t get the right horses to be competitive in town here so in Scone, the heart of horses, hopefully I can get a good horse.
“In the short term, it will be both (Albury and Scone) but I think in the long term it will be Scone.”
Cavanough will start off by taking a small team of horses to Toowoomba next week.
Among those heading north will be his stable stars, Just A Bullet and The Monstar, along with the likes of Another Rush, Secret City and some two-year-olds.
West Australian jockey Jerry Noske will head to Queensland to ride work and take the race rides.
Cavanough, like all trainers, has been frustrated by the loss of meetings in the Southern District due to the wet weather and hopes to have his team in Toowoomba for jump outs on Tuesday.
“I’ll be up there intermittently,” he said.
“I’ll take a couple of staff up, and might get some locals too.
“It’s just too hard with the wet weather here at the moment and losing meetings all the time.”
The closure of the Albury track for renovations, from August to March, along with Peter Moody’s decision to quit racing have also been factors in the decision.
Cavanough, the major breaker of Moody’s horses, had to release 12 staff earlier this year due to his departure. It has also left a $600,000 hole, before costs, in his business.
Cavanough will continue to operate stud Jindera Park. He also revealed that stable foreman Steph Alexander may run either his Albury or Scone operation.
