Beer made the move from Mornington up to Albury just over a fortnight ago and has already landed three winners, including a Cootamundra Cup victory.

His latest success came at Leeton on Monday when Shinseki ($1.60) made a mess of his rivals to take out the Southern Central Engineering Class One & Maiden Plate (1900m) by 4¾ lengths. 

“It’s been a great start,” Beer said.

“It kicked off with a winner at Corowa and has just started to flow from there.

“Picking up the Cootamundra Cup as well was a big bonus. Country Cups are something I’m not used to getting anywhere near to in Victoria. I think it was my first ever runner in a country Cup so for it to be a winning one was fantastic. 

“It’s just so hard in Victoria with the dominance of the big stables in the country areas.”

The move to Albury has been seamless for Beer. He has 55 to 60 horses on his books and has not lost one, or a client.

He already has 30 in horses in work and looks set to fill some of the void at Albury since Brett Cavanough’s departure 18 months ago.

“I’ve got less overheads here, I’ve lowered my training rates and can still race everywhere so for me it’s been a no brainer,” Beer said.

“I took a filly back over the border to Wodonga the other day to win her SuperVobis so I can still maximise opportunities on both sides of the border.

“It’s just over three hours to Melbourne if you’ve got the right horse and when you look at the stock I have, it’s a lot easier to take the right horse back to Melbourne than it is carting 80 per cent of your stock across Victoria trying to dodge the bigger blokes.

“It’s a central location, Albury, there’s so much racing within a two, three hour radius. You’re absolutely spoilt for choice and it’s not far to Canberra or Sydney if you want to go there either so location wise it’s fantastic.

“From a personal point of view, Albury is great town, it’s a fantastic track and the club and all the trainers have been great.

“There’s no hiding the politics that have gone on between the bigger states over the last 12 months but it’s great for racing and great for participants. Right now I think NSW is a long way in front of Victoria but that will probably change and I can only benefit from that with where I’m based.”

Beer has already purchased a French import to target next year’s Albury Gold Cup, while he is keen to hit Sydney for the Highway Handicaps with horses such as Shinseki.

“I can’t wait for my horses to be eligible for the TAB Highways,” he said.

“A horse like Shinseki would be the perfect candidate for something like a Class Two mile Highway. 

“I can’t wait to target those.”

Beer will look to continue his hot form at Albury on Saturday, where he has nominated five horses.

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