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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
4 of 11 06 Nov 2025 IPSW BILLIONAIR BABY 13/2 CL5 6 f $18340 BEN THOMPSON 1:09.72
2 of 11 06 Nov 2025 IPSW PARTY SPIRIT 1/2 CL5 6 f $18340 EMILY LANG 1:09.72
6 of 11 06 Nov 2025 IPSW I AM A MARVEL 18/1 CL5 6 f $18340 JACE MCMURRAY 1:09.72
8 of 9 04 Nov 2025 E FM CARBONARA 7/2 3 OPEN 7 f $55675 ANGELA JONES 1:22.51
5 of 10 04 Nov 2025 E FM HAMILTON BROWN 6/1 BM65 7 f $24890 BEN THOMPSON 1:22.95
6 of 10 04 Nov 2025 E FM BOLSHEVIC ROAD 50/1 BM65 7 f $24890 ANGELA JONES 1:22.95
8 of 9 04 Nov 2025 E FM CAXTON LASS 25/1 FM CL3 6 f $24890 DANIEL MOOR 1:10.24
9 of 11 01 Nov 2025 FLEM ABOUNDING 15/1 3UFM OPEN G1 1 m $658697 JAMIE MELHAM 1:34.42
14 of 15 01 Nov 2025 RAND ROTHFIRE 25/1 3U OPEN 6 ½ f $1965000 JASON COLLETT 1:16.57
1 of 5 29 Oct 2025 DOOM SAN GABRIEL 11/10 CL1 1 m $24966 DANIEL MOOR 1:41.65
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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% 1 27.8% 18 $120,140 0 0 0 0 $1.84
RON STEWART 2 66.7% 1 100.0% 3 $35,050 0 0 0 0 $3.23
BEN THOMPSON 1 11.1% 4 55.6% 9 $54,860 0 0 0 0 $0.49
JAKE BAYLISS 1 11.1% 2 33.3% 9 $89,950 0 0 0 0 $0.53
KYLE WILSON-TAYLOR 1 20.0% 2 60.0% 5 $33,000 0 0 0 0 $0.49
JACE MCMURRAY 1 33.3% 0 33.3% 3 $23,600 0 0 0 0 $0.87
BLAKE SHINN 1 33.3% 2 100.0% 3 $263,500 0 1 0 0 $0.93
ROBBIE DOLAN 1 50.0% 0 50.0% 2 $21,760 0 0 0 0 $4.25
BEN LOOKER 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $41,400 0 0 0 0 $7.00
ZAC PURTON 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $1,156,500 0 0 1 0 $13.00
ANGELA JONES 0 0.0% 4 36.4% 11 $36,010 0 0 0 0 -
CHLOE WELLS 0 0.0% 2 28.6% 7 $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 12.6% 89 44.8% 277 $2,116,740 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 23 13.3% 37 34.7% 173 $2,414,600 0 1 1 0 $0.87
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 1819 12.8% 3235 22.7% 14224 $73,957,887 12 14 18 56 $0.70