Our Trainers
Below is a list of our trainers. Each trainer compliments Philip Starr Bloodline Service's philosophy of maintaining a point of difference with honesty and integrity.
Darryl Dodson
Darryl Dodson is a trainer with the motto "Have horse will travel anywhere if the race suits" and his playground is anywhere between the cities of Adelaide & Melbourne. His Telopea Downs stables are situated roughly between those two cities, so he can easily go in either direction chasing the best options for his owners.
I first met Darryl in 1995 at the Adelaide yearling sales when I was exhibiting my broodmare book for the first time. I knew him by sight and a bit cheekily I told him I thought he could train, so he asked me how I came to that conclusion. My response was that I thought he trained more winners by supposedly "nondescript sires" than any other trainer I could think of, so he must be able to train.
When Darryl gets a horse right, they can stay right for ages. A track on his extensive property and swimming facilities offer plenty of variety for the horses and for fast work & jump-outs, Bordertown track is close by. He is prolific trainer of winners year in & year out in a very competitive environment. He keeps his team to around 30 horses to stay hands on. He fits our trainer's profile, by training plenty of winners and being a gentleman and man of integrity.
Come racing with Darryl and see what I mean.
Photo c/- of the Virtual Form Guide
Neil Dyer
Neil Dyer has been successfully training horses for over 20 years at Kyneton, Victoria.
With a team of 25-30 horses in work at any time, Neil is renowned for his attention to detail and treating each of his charges as individuals. He has enjoyed success in Melbourne, Adelaide and throughout Victoria and carefully places his team to give them every opportunity. In addition to Group and Listed race success, Neil’s team has enjoyed terrific results on the country cup circuit. There is no limit to Neil’s determination, which is matched by his will to travel anywhere to find the right race for his horses.
Simon Miller
With a successful start as a trainer based in Perth, Western Australia, now behind him, Simon trains under the Aquanita banner. He has been blessed to have worked under trainers such as Robbie Griffiths, John O'Shea, Robert Smerdon & Tony Vasil and appears as a stand out trainer amongst the new kids on the block in Western Australia after achieving excellent early results. From 65 runners in his first season he achieved a winning strike rate of 21.5%.
Colin Little, Lord Lodge
To win a Trainer's Premiership you need a lot of horseflesh.
Rightly or wrongly, Premierships are determined by the number of city wins. If Premierships were determined by the WINNER TO RUNNER ratio then you would see a very different picture indeed!
In the 2005/6 racing season Colin Little's racing stable boasted one of the best strike rates in the land. A staggering 1 in 4 of the horses he took to the races won! A further 53% of them were either placed 2nd or 3rd!
No other commercial racing stable in Victoria was able to boast that sort of percentage!!!
David Payne
David Payne Racing Stables
What more needs to be said about David !!!
