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ROBERT HEATHCOTE

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Trainer - ROBERT HEATHCOTE

Robert Heathcote first came into the racing industry as a racing manager before taking out his own training license in 1997.

In just his first season of training, Robert Heathcote finished sixth in the premiership and has worked his way up to become one of the leading stables in Brisbane.

Heathcote won his first Group 1 with Solzhenitsyn in the 2012 Toorak Handicap but is best known for his association with champion sprinter Buffering.

Buffering won seven Group 1 races including the 2016 Al Quoz Sprint at Meydan securing over $6 million in prizemoney with 20 wins to his name.

Heathcote has won the Queensland Metropolitan trainers premiership on multiple occasions and is recognised as one of the states leading stables.

First Win  28 Sep 1991
About To Shout (Aus)
Canberra (Act)  |  Inga Callahan Mdn Hcp
Best Horse :
BUFFERING  (Timeform Rating 127)
MOSSMAN (AUS)  ACTION ANNIE (AUS)  [By ANABAA (USA)]
First Group Win (G1):
WOORIM  (25 Feb 2012)
SHOW A HEART (AUS)  WABBLE (AUS)  [By CANADIAN SILVER (CAN)]

ROBERT HEATHCOTE's Career

Latest Runners

FP Date Course Runner Div Type Distance PM USD $ Jockey Time
10 of 13 30 Nov 2025 CDRA GAS BRIGADE 10/1 4U MDN 7 f $19650 FIONA SANDKUHL 1:25.43
6 of 9 30 Nov 2025 CDRA BILLIONAIR BABY 5/1 BM70 7 f $18340 ANGELA JONES 1:25.50
3 of 10 29 Nov 2025 DOOM CASPERNOVA 13/2 BM85 5 ½ f $55675 JACE MCMURRAY 1:03.69
3 of 9 29 Nov 2025 DOOM EXPRESS PAYMENT 3/1 BM80 1 m $55675 COBI VITLER 1:36.20
4 of 12 29 Nov 2025 DOOM HATCHET 18/1 QLTY LR 6 ¾ f $104800 RON STEWART 1:18.63
3 of 10 29 Nov 2025 DOOM EN POINTE 50/1 3UFM OPEN LR 6 f $104800 ROBBIE DOLAN 1:09.33
1 of 10 29 Nov 2025 DOOM SER JOH 18/1 CG BM70 6 f $55675 JACE MCMURRAY 1:09.41
5 of 8 29 Nov 2025 DOOM DEMON DARB 5/1 3U CL6 6 ¾ f $55675 ANGELA JONES 1:19.42
5 of 12 29 Nov 2025 DOOM SAN GABRIEL 9/1 3U CL3 1 m $49125 ANGELA JONES 1:36.48
7 of 15 28 Nov 2025 CDRA BOLSHEVIC ROAD 7/2 BM0-60 6 ½ f $18340 ROBBIE DOLAN 1:18.39
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Jockey Statistics

Last 100 Rides
Career
Jockey Name Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Runners PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
DANIEL MOOR 4 22.2% 3 38.9% 18 $131,335 0 0 0 0 $1.84
ROBBIE DOLAN 3 33.3% 3 66.7% 9 $114,600 0 0 0 0 $2.11
RON STEWART 2 28.6% 1 42.9% 7 $48,810 0 0 0 0 $1.39
JACE MCMURRAY 2 40.0% 1 60.0% 5 $80,800 0 0 0 0 $4.72
ANGELA JONES 1 7.7% 2 23.1% 13 $48,860 0 0 0 0 $0.30
BEN THOMPSON 1 10.0% 4 50.0% 10 $57,260 0 0 0 0 $0.44
JAKE BAYLISS 1 25.0% 0 25.0% 4 $52,250 0 0 0 0 $1.20
BLAKE SHINN 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $182,500 0 1 0 0 $2.80
ANTHONY ALLEN 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $15,600 0 0 0 0 $13.00
ZAC PURTON 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $1,156,500 0 0 1 0 $13.00
CEJAY GRAHAM 0 0.0% 2 28.6% 7 $7,480 0 0 0 0 -
COBI VITLER 0 0.0% 2 66.7% 3 $13,200 0 0 0 0 -
CHLOE WELLS 0 0.0% 1 33.3% 3 $9,060 0 0 0 0 -
MARTIN HARLEY 0 0.0% 1 50.0% 2 $9,400 0 0 0 0 -
DAMIEN THORNTON 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 $1,560 0 0 0 0 -
Jockey Name Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Runners PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
JIM BYRNE 111 16.9% 171 43.0% 656 $3,707,375 1 2 1 4 $0.79
DAMIAN BROWNE 102 22.8% 104 46.0% 448 $8,714,573 8 2 5 11 $0.95
LARRY CASSIDY 82 17.0% 117 41.3% 482 $2,858,900 0 2 1 2 $0.88
RYAN WIGGINS 71 13.7% 119 36.5% 520 $1,703,575 0 0 0 1 $0.71
JAMES ORMAN 68 20.2% 74 42.3% 336 $2,410,185 0 0 1 1 $0.96
GLEN COLLESS 61 15.5% 106 42.4% 394 $1,579,900 0 0 0 1 $0.60
CHRISTIAN REITH 56 13.8% 99 38.2% 406 $878,101 0 0 0 1 $1.04
MICHAEL CAHILL 53 15.7% 75 37.9% 338 $1,722,585 0 0 0 5 $0.86
R FRADD 49 18.6% 66 43.7% 263 $2,264,270 0 0 2 1 $1.26
RON STEWART 45 14.8% 80 41.0% 305 $1,687,930 0 0 0 2 $0.88
SCOTT SEAMER 37 14.4% 64 39.3% 257 $1,156,000 0 0 1 1 $0.80
BEN THOMPSON 35 12.6% 89 44.6% 278 $2,119,140 0 1 0 0 $0.56
STATHI KATSIDIS 35 16.7% 52 41.4% 210 $958,656 0 0 0 4 $0.89
MATTHEW MC GILLIVRAY 32 18.8% 37 40.6% 170 $1,032,680 0 0 0 0 $0.86
DANIEL GRIFFIN 31 12.4% 62 37.1% 251 $394,315 0 0 0 0 $0.68

Seasons Summary Statistics

Season Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Runners PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
2025/26 28 13.0% 48 35.2% 216 $2,687,835 0 1 1 0 $0.92
2024/25 75 12.2% 122 32.1% 613 $4,148,288 0 0 0 1 $0.74
2023/24 75 12.9% 127 34.6% 583 $6,133,340 0 0 0 4 $0.78
2022/23 82 14.4% 133 37.7% 571 $5,762,265 0 3 1 2 $0.84
2021/22 78 13.9% 143 39.4% 561 $4,565,896 1 0 1 1 $0.71
2020/21 64 12.5% 125 37.1% 510 $2,939,390 0 2 1 1 $0.76
2019/20 74 13.1% 121 34.4% 567 $3,516,915 1 1 0 1 $0.64
2018/19 52 13.3% 96 37.9% 390 $1,914,850 0 0 0 1 $0.67
2017/18 83 14.0% 155 40.1% 593 $2,872,671 0 0 0 2 $0.89
2016/17 83 14.2% 131 36.5% 586 $2,529,200 0 0 1 1 $1.11
Overall 1824 12.8% 3246 22.8% 14267 $74,231,122 12 14 18 56 $0.70