Thank you for visiting our website, which displays the operations of the thoroughbred racing business in Australia, showcasing the facilities and talents of highly successful trainers:
John Symons and Sheila Laxon ONZM.
John and Sheila are Gr1 winning trainers who made the exciting move to Queensland on the Sunshine Coast in 2016 after very successful careers, both individually and in partnership. Sheila is officially the first female Melbourne Cup winning trainer, with Ethereal completing the Cups double in 2001, whilst John is well known to Queenslanders with his Doomben 10,000 and Blue Diamond Stakes winning exploits with Bel Esprit, the sire of Black Caviar, amongst many other group victories.
The trainers are loving the Queensland lifestyle, and with John’s eagle eye in selecting young talent at bargain prices, have built a very exciting team of horses for the coming years.
Life is Great in the Sunshine State!
Sheila continues to participate in the Melbourne Cup Tour each year; something we are very proud to support.
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PONDER A GREAT START FOR SYMONS LAXON RACING!
An excellent return to winning form today by I Ponder in the VALE JOHN 'SNOW' STAFFORD VAUTIN MID BENCHMARK 62 Handicap over 1900 metres, enabled by a terrific ride by Michael Hellyer. It is not easy to get a big, long striding horse around such a tight track like...
STUNNING MISSION!
We saw a stunning maiden victory by 3yo filly Mission of Love at Doomben in the SKY RACING QTIS Three-Year-Old Maiden Handicap over 1350 metres from barrier 11! The daughter of The Mission was $3.20 second favourite behind the well supported gelding Dark Harmony,...
THREE IN A ROW!
A very well timed run by Jaden Lloyd enabled Set Me Up to reel in the 7-8 lengths required to win the ACCESS INSULATION SUNSHINE COAST BENCHMARK 65 Handicap over 2200m, making it three wins in a row! Sent out a firm $2.40 favourite despite being up 5kgs and backing up...
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| Horse | Date | Time | Race | Track | Fields/Form |
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| Dealing's Done | Apr 02, 2023 | 2 - Sunshine Coast | Sunshine Coast | Field | |
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| Dealing's Done | Apr 02, 2023 | 04:52 PM | 7 - Sunshine Coast | Sunshine Coast | Field |
Recent Winners
| Horse | Date | Race | Margin | Jockey |
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| I Ponder | Mar 21, 2023 | 1 - Kilcoy | 0.50 | M Hellyer |
| Mission of Love | Jan 11, 2023 | 6 - Doomben | 1.50 | Jaden Lloyd |
| Set Me Up | Dec 16, 2022 | 8 - Sunshine Coast | 0.20 | Jaden Lloyd |
| Van Nuys | Dec 14, 2022 | 6 - Doomben | 0.30 | Jaden Lloyd |
| Set Me Up | Dec 09, 2022 | 4 - Doomben | 1.00 | Jaden Lloyd |
| Dovetail Diva | Dec 09, 2022 | 7 - Doomben | 0.20 | Jaden Lloyd |
| Set Me Up | Nov 27, 2022 | 4 - Sunshine Coast | 1.80 | Jaden Lloyd |
| Van Nuys | Nov 25, 2022 | 7 - Sunshine Coast | 1.50 | Jaden Lloyd |
| So Dapper | Oct 01, 2022 | 4 - Eagle Farm | 0.80 | L V Cassidy |
| Without Thinking | Jul 16, 2022 | 1 - Eagle Farm | 0.40 | Kyle Wilson-taylor |
