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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
3 of 7 26 Oct 2025 CDRA NINJITZOU 7/4 BM65 1 m $18396 BEN THOMPSON 1:37.13
2 of 12 25 Oct 2025 DOOM HATCHET 9/2 OPEN 6 f $55845 BEN THOMPSON 1:08.18
12 of 12 25 Oct 2025 DOOM THE BIG GOODBYE 50/1 OPEN 6 f $55845 CEJAY GRAHAM 1:08.18
9 of 10 25 Oct 2025 DOOM EXPRESS PAYMENT 11/2 BM78 1 m $55845 JAKE BAYLISS 1:35.55
11 of 11 25 Oct 2025 DOOM BETTER BE NORDY 50/1 CG CL6 6 ¾ f $55845 DANIEL MOOR 1:18.61
7 of 7 25 Oct 2025 DOOM CUNNAMULLA FELLA 9/1 OPEN 1 m $55845 JAKE BAYLISS 1:36.15
8 of 11 24 Oct 2025 CDRA DEEP DAWN 9/1 BM0-58 1 m $18396 DANIEL MOOR 1:38.57
3 of 8 24 Oct 2025 CDRA CAXTON LASS 11/2 BM65 6 f $18396 RON STEWART 1:11.92
1 of 9 24 Oct 2025 CDRA EN POINTE 15/2 OPEN 5 f $18396 DANIEL MOOR 0:58.11
2 of 9 24 Oct 2025 CDRA AMORE VELOCE 4/1 OPEN 5 f $18396 BEN THOMPSON 0:58.11
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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 3 17.6% 1 23.5% 17 $99,140 0 0 0 0 $1.77
RON STEWART 2 66.7% 1 100.0% 3 $35,050 0 0 0 0 $3.23
ANGELA JONES 1 8.3% 4 41.7% 12 $56,250 0 0 0 0 $0.18
JAKE BAYLISS 1 10.0% 3 40.0% 10 $106,350 0 0 0 0 $0.48
BEN THOMPSON 1 12.5% 4 62.5% 8 $53,310 0 0 0 0 $0.55
KYLE WILSON-TAYLOR 1 16.7% 3 66.7% 6 $47,350 0 0 0 0 $0.41
BLAKE SHINN 1 33.3% 2 100.0% 3 $261,000 0 1 0 0 $0.93
JACE MCMURRAY 1 50.0% 0 50.0% 2 $23,100 0 0 0 0 $1.30
ROBBIE DOLAN 1 50.0% 0 50.0% 2 $21,760 0 0 0 0 $4.25
ZAC PURTON 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $1,155,000 0 0 1 0 $13.00
BEN LOOKER 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $41,400 0 0 0 0 $7.00
CHLOE WELLS 0 0.0% 2 25.0% 8 $14,160 0 0 0 0 -
CEJAY GRAHAM 0 0.0% 1 16.7% 6 $4,570 0 0 0 0 -
DAMIEN THORNTON 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 4 $3,850 0 0 0 0 -
RORY HUTCHINGS 0 0.0% 1 33.3% 3 $5,400 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 15.0% 80 41.5% 301 $1,674,170 0 0 0 2 $0.89
SCOTT SEAMER 37 14.4% 64 39.3% 257 $1,156,000 0 0 1 1 $0.80
BEN THOMPSON 35 12.7% 89 45.1% 275 $2,114,190 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 22 13.6% 36 35.8% 162 $2,378,430 0 1 1 0 $0.91
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 1818 12.8% 3234 22.8% 14213 $73,921,717 12 14 18 56 $0.70