Brett Cavanough believes 14 years as a shearer helped him develop the mental toughness required to reach the heights of success, with his six-year-old horse, Burdekin, claiming a big win on the weekend.
abc.net.au/news/horse-trainer-hunter-valley-brett-cavanough-1000-race-wins/102702538After more than two decades in the game, Hunter Valley horse trainer Brett Cavanough has notched up 1,000 race wins.His horse, Burdekin, which is owned by the family, won at the Casino racesThe career milestone was made when his six-year-old horse, Burdekin, roared ahead in the 1,000-metre Michael Griffin Memorial Handicap at Casino on the weekend.
"Obviously the thousand was good, but to watch the way that horse actually won … Jai Williams [the jockey] just marked him as urgent and sent him to the front at 100 miles an hour," Mr Cavanough said.Brett Cavanough was born into racing, but spent more than a decade as a shearer. He said his win rate was about 15 per cent, while his top three placings over his career nudged 40 per cent.Mr Cavanough was born into the racing industry, riding trackwork at the age of 12 before school for his grandfather Frank Cavanough, who was a mentor for one of Australia's best trainers, Peter Moody.According to Mr Cavanough's stats, he has a horse come in first about every seven races."I had 14 years of shearing sheep and there was no horses at all,' he said.
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