MATT LAURIE
Matt with parents Michael & Leonie Laurie
Matt has been involved with horses from a very young age. After progressing through the grades as a young rider in the sport of Eventing, it became apparent that a career involving the horse was on the cards.
Matt initially spent a lot of time in Broadford at the Australian Equine Behavioural Centre (AEBC) under the tutelage of Andrew & Manuela McLean. They instilled a great foundation in him which led to the breaking in of many horses of all types and breeds.
Upon leaving, Matt headed to the Mornington Peninsula where he joined the team at the Freedman Brothers. It was here that the bright lights of horse racing caught his eye, especially after watching young horses progress through to being stars of the turf.
Matt has an outstanding training setup in Moorooduc which is continually being improved and developed. It was from this property that Matt trained his first winner and has subsequently continued on to win over 500 races and amass 20 million dollars in prizemoney.
Some of Matt's Stakes Winning Horses include:-
- Portland Sky winner of the Oakleigh Plate (G1), Red Anchor Stakes (G3) and Manfred Stakes (G3)
- Escado winner of the South Australian Derby (G1), QLD Tatts Cup (G3), & MVRC JRA Cup (G3).
- Se Sauver winner of the VRC Edward Manifold Stakes (G2)
- Bleu Roche winner of the VRC World Horse Racing Roses Stakes (G3)
- Moonlover winner of the Shojun Concrete Stakes (LR)
- Mezeray Miss winner of the Twilight Glow Stakes (LR)
- Pearl Star winner of the Dequetteville Stakes (LR)
- The Travelling Man winner of the Blue Diamond Preview (LR)
- Riddle Me That winner of the Bendigo Guineas (LR), Paris Lane Stakes (LR) & Winter Championship Series Final (LR)
- Chilled winner of the Without Fear Stakes (LR)
- Archo Nacho winner of the Red Anchor Stakes (G3) & Poseidon Stakes (LR)
- Coleman winner of the Chairman's Stakes (G3) & Debutant Stakes (LR), 2nd Golden Slipper (G1) & Roman Consul Stakes (G2), 3rd AJC Inglis Sires Produce (G1) & Pago Pago Stakes (G3)
Portland Sky & Ben Melham
Se Sauver & Damian Lane
Bleu Roche & Tim Clark
Other significant winners include:-
- Prince Of Sussex winner of the Inaugural $1M Vobis Showdown at Caulfield & Vobis Gold Rush at Bendigo, total prizemoney earned of $681,250 from 3 starts.
- Chartres winner of the VOBIS Sires Guineas at Caulfield.
- Master Reset, with total prizemoney of $448,450 from 35 starts with 10 wins & 4 placings, including a strong win in the 2016 MRC Peninsula Cup.
- Tigerland (NZ) - winner of 6 of his 10 races, with a second & third amassing total prizemoney of $177,610.
- Two Sugars, with total prizemoney of $253,608 from 25 starts with 7 wins & 7 placings including 3rd placing in the Lady Day Vase, a Group 3 Caulfield race
- The Big Steel, with total prizemoney of $364,667 from 43 starts with 8 wins & 7 placings
- Alfa Oro, six wins (3 metro) & 2 second placings from 9 starts.
Prince Of Sussex & Michael Dee
Chartres & Ethan Brown
Alfa Oro & Ben Melham
THE TEAM
Atlanta, Campari Twist & Will
Paul, Staunch and Paulina
Sam and All She Wrote
Ange & Tropicconi
Staff at our recent open day
Arif, Brandon and Mandeep
