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44-425: David Lee Freedman (born 12 August 1956) is an Australian thoroughbred racehorse trainer . and Hall of Fame inductee . In partnership with brothers Anthony, Michael, and Richard, he has been a prolific winner of Australia's major races in past 20 years, with four Golden Slippers , four Caulfield Cups , two Cox Plates , and five Melbourne Cups , including two of the three won by Makybe Diva . On 19 June 2007 he won

88-509: A South Australian Derby as a three-year-old, but his effort to win the Caulfield Cup in 2003, leading all the way, was by far his greatest. Mummify's other significant wins were in the 2004 Yalumba Stakes , and 2005 Singapore Airlines International Cup . Mummify was killed in the 2005 Caulfield Cup, when he broke a bone in his leg, and was euthanised . Freedman took over the training of Makybe Diva in 2004, after David Hall left to take up

132-458: A certain equestrianism discipline, such as show jumping , reining , rodeo , sport horse disciplines, training of a specific horse breed , starting young horses, or working with problem horses. There are a wide variety of horse training methods used to teach the horse to do the things humans want them to do. Some fields can be very lucrative, usually depending on the value of the horses once trained or prize money available in competition. As

176-423: A decline in the stable's fortunes, although the main reason is more likely the unsuccessful move to Caulfield Racecourse , from Flemington . Between the 1997–98 and 2002–2003 seasons, Freedman trained only fifteen Group One winners. Although by many measures this would be regarded as successful, it was an extremely poor run compared with mid-1990s, where in 1995–96 alone Freedman trained 13 Group One winners. After

220-471: A discipline comes from the Greek writer Xenophon , in his treatise On Horsemanship . Writing circa 350 BC, Xenophon addressed starting young horses, selecting older animals, and proper grooming and bridling . He discussed different approaches to spirited and dull horses and how to deal with vices . His approach is credited as the first known method of training horses through a sympathetic approach, wherein

264-775: A former weather presenter for the Nine Network in Australia. Currently, she is a presenter on Foxtel's Fox League channel. Horse trainer Horse domestication by the Botai culture in Kazakhstan dates to about 3500 BC. Written records of horse training as a pursuit has been documented as early as 1350 BC, by Kikkuli , the Hurrian "master horse trainer" of the Hittite Empire . Another source of early recorded history of horse training as

308-446: A mobile phone in the area of the jockeys room against the rules. He was unable to ride in races until 13 September 2013. On his return to race riding, Oliver immediately tasted success culminating in his Melbourne Cup winning ride. There has been discussion on whether Oliver's sentence was adequate and the sentence for this offence has increased significantly since. Had it occurred in 2013, he would have been suspended for two years for

352-610: A position in Hong Kong. Freedman took an already Melbourne Cup winner and emerging superstar, winning a BMW , an Australian Cup and a Cox Plate with her. Freedman's greatest training achievement is winning the 2004 and 2005 Melbourne Cup's with 'The Diva', taking her to a total of three wins in the Cup, which has never been done in more than 150 years of the race. Makybe Diva was retired after winning her third Melbourne Cup in November 2005. During

396-478: A rule, most horse trainers earn at best a modest income which often requires supplementation from a second job or additional horse-related business, such as horse boarding or riding lessons. Horse trainers are typically deemed to have the status of agents for the horse owners. As such, they have legal obligations to their owners, as well as authority to represent and even bind their owners to certain transactions. Graduation from some form of secondary school, which

440-447: A test over the legal limit to the performance-enhancing substance TC02, or bicarbonate. A second test confirmed the result, however a third was ordered, which was also over the legal limit, but within the accepted margin of error. Encosta De Lago was allowed to run, and won the race easily. Although no action was taken against Freedman, it would be a significant distraction to the stable. The Encosta De Lago affair happened to coincide with

484-461: A training partnership with Sydney-based Graeme Rogerson and an advisor to Sir Peter Vela's Pencarrow Stud in New Zealand. During this period, Michael Freedman moved to Singapore and Anthony departed Markdel, transferring his training operation to Flemington . In November 2014 Freedman announced he was returning to training, in partnership with Anthony, with stables at Flemington and Pinecliff, on

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528-686: A year, but was quickly bored and dropped out to become involved in the breeding industry himself, running the stud farm owned by the family, near Yass in Southern New South Wales. Freedman quickly tired of this, and decided to branch out on his own as a horse trainer, initially setting up stables at Warwick Farm in Sydney. Training only a small team of horses, Freedman and stable foreman and brother Anthony found it difficult to train winners at Warwick Farm, where facilities were inferior to those at Sydney's premier track, Randwick . Freedman purchased

572-475: Is also another option if a person wants to gain more knowledge about the profession. When starting out in the profession, a horse trainer may not be given the assignments of a more learned and seasoned trainer until they gain more maturity in the job. Or, prior to their employment, they can learn and develop their skills elsewhere. A horse trainer may also need to acquire a license in order to train. The earnings of horse trainers may be different depending on

616-499: Is believed to be largely responsible for his recent resurgence. This resurgence has been best symbolised by outstanding fillies Alinghi and Special Harmony, classy stayer Mummify , and champion mare Makybe Diva . In 2003 Lee Freedman joined the ranks of Australia's all-time greats when he was inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame . Mummify was one Freedman's favourite horses. Unfashionably bred, he managed to win

660-422: Is usually mandatory to become an animal trainer, is one of the qualifications a horse trainer may need. While this is a requirement for some employers, others may only require that horse trainers learn as they go along. Beginners in horse training can learn more about the subject at a college institution, which can be beneficial for their profession, but it is not always mandatory for horse trainers. Apprenticeship

704-404: The Caulfield Cup – Melbourne Cup double in 1995. Freedman also won an unprecedented four consecutive Golden Slippers , Australia's premier Two Year Old race between 1993 and 1996, with Bint Marscay, Danzero, Flying Spur, and Merlene. During this time, the combination between Freedman and stable jockey, Damien Oliver was the best known and most successful in the country. In this time Freedman

748-406: The 2000 Melbourne Cup Carnival, during which the stable won only one listed race, Freedman decided to radically change his training set-up. Lee's brother Richard purchased a large piece of land, near Rye, on Victoria 's Mornington Peninsula . This was named Markdel, after Freedman's intellectually disabled older brother Mark, and mother Del. It is a state of the art private training facility, which

792-573: The 2000s Freedman was regarded as Victoria's premier horse trainer, and along with Bart Cummings , Gai Waterhouse , David A. Hayes and John Hawkes , among Australia's best. In the 2006–7 season the Freedman-trained sprinter Miss Andretti won four G1 races (the Manikato , Lightning and Australia Stakes and the Newmarket Handicap ) and placed in two others. In June 2007 Miss Andretti won

836-596: The 2007 Melbourne Cup , he placed second to Efficient on English horse Purple Moon. Oliver has won the Melbourne Cup three times: on Doriemus (1995), Media Puzzle (2002), and Fiorente (2013); the Caulfield Cup on Mannerism (1992), Paris Lane (1994), Doriemus (1995), and Sky Heights (1999); the Cox Plate on Dane Ripper (1997) and Northerly (2001); and the Blue Diamond Stakes on Alinghi (2004). He

880-487: The 2012 Cox Plate and 2012 Melbourne Cup although he did ride in the 2012 Cup Carnival, a move that reportedly annoyed some members of the public and racing industry. He won the Victoria Derby and Emirates Stakes . On 13 November 2012, Oliver was formally charged with the alleged offence. On 20 November 2012 he was banned for eight months for the illegal bet and received an additional two months' suspension for using

924-584: The G2 King's Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot , in course record time. Following a decline in success for Freedman Brothers, Lee Freedman retired from training in August, 2011. He later admitted the strain of failure had impacted heavily on his personal life. Lee's brothers Anthony and Michael took over training duties at Markdel. Over the ensuing three years, Freedman held various positions in the racing industry including director of racing for Lloyd Williams's Macedon Lodge,

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968-721: The Mornington Peninsula. The pair's most successful horses in this period were sprinters Shoals and Santa Ana Lane. In 2017/8 Shoals won three Group 1 races including the Myer Classic in Victoria and the Surround Stakes in Sydney. Santa Ana Lane won five Group 1 races, including South Australia's premier race The Goodwood and Brisbane's premier sprint The Stradbroke Hcp within 3 weeks of each other in 2018. In mid-2017 Freedman moved to Singapore to train horses there, taking over

1012-506: The causes of the deaths. Some trainers also deny that they use drugs for unlawful purposes, sometimes because of their respect for horses. Damien Oliver Damien Oliver (born 22 June 1972) is an Australian retired thoroughbred racing jockey. Oliver comes from a racing family; his father Ray Oliver had a successful career until his death in a race fall during the 1975 Kalgoorlie Cup in Western Australia . In 2008, Oliver

1056-524: The country and the place of employment. According to the United States Department of Labor, "The median annual wage for animal trainers was $ 25,270 in May 2012. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $ 17,580, and the top 10 percent earned more than $ 49,840." The Government of Western Australia Department of Training and Workforce Development, in their section about horse trainers, state that $ 43,399 may be

1100-523: The favourite, Fiorente . This ride was also his 100th Group 1 win. The victory was trainer Gai Waterhouse 's first victory in the Melbourne Cup. In the lead-up to the 2023 Melbourne Spring Carnival, Damien announced his intention to retire at its completion. His last race-day was at Ascot in Perth on 16 December 2023. He had seven rides and won all of his last three races with Devine Belief, Magnificent Andy and Munhamek. His final ride and win on Munhamek

1144-513: The field of equine. The acceptable purpose of drugs in this area is to reduce the suffering of injuries in racehorses, but sometimes drugs are used unlawfully to get an advantage over other horses, which can result in penalties for the horse trainer in question. With the numerous weekly deaths of racehorses, drugs are a disputed cause of death in horses. The intoxication of horses is concerning to some people, such as veterinarians and legislators. Some trainers defend drugs, implying that they are not

1188-525: The prestigious King's Stand Stakes at the United Kingdom's Royal Ascot racecourse with his champion mare, Miss Andretti . Freedman was born 12 August 1956, in Sydney to Anthony William and Estelle Dawn Freedman. His great-grandfather, David Freedman, was a Russian Jew who fled from Elizavetgrad (now Kirovohrad in Ukraine ) to America, via Germany and London. His son Allan, Lee Freedman's grandfather,

1232-559: The race was another Freedman horse, the classy Naturalism . At around the 600m mark, Naturalism was involved in a fall. Super Impose charged home from last to win by a head, defeating 1991 Melbourne Cup heroine Let's Elope . The early to mid 90s marked Freedman's most successful era as a trainer. In this time, he trained a number of outstanding gallopers, including outstanding sprinter Schillaci, quality mare Mannerism, Mahogany, who won Group One races from 1000m to 2500m, as well as Melbourne Cup winners Subzero (1992) and Doriemus , who won

1276-466: The race with injury. On 22 September 2010, Oliver pulled out of rides at a Sandown meeting, while helping police with their inquiries into a criminal investigation. In 2011, The Cup , a biopic starring Stephen Curry , was released. It covered Oliver's relationships with his family and how he overcame the death of his brother Jason Oliver and won the 2002 Melbourne Cup two weeks later on Media Puzzle. In 2013, Oliver won his third Melbourne Cup riding

1320-475: The race with stayer Tawrrific , ridden by Shane Dye , who was followed home by Super Impose . 'Super', as he was affectionately known, won eight Group One races, including the Epsom Handicap and Doncaster Handicap twice. His most famous victory was in the 1992 Cox Plate as an eight-year-old. Super Impose's form had been disappointing that spring, and was in the twilight of his career. The hot favourite for

1364-519: The race, and duly won. Although Freedman said the substitution was for a good reason, not wanting to 'flatten' his horse before the race, he was suspended for four months. In this period, his brother Richard took over as trainer. Another scandal to hit Freedman involved his outstanding three-year-old, Encosta De Lago, before the Bill Stutt Stakes at Moonee Valley in September 1996. The colt returned

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1408-410: The same offence. Damien Oliver has won Racing Victoria's Scobie Breasley Medal fourteen times (1996, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019 and 2020). The award recognises excellence in race riding on Melbourne racetracks and is voted on the day of racing by stewards in a 3:2:1 format for the race ride of the day. In 2014, he won the inaugural Roy Higgins Medal as

1452-492: The stable and home vacated by outstanding trainer Bart Cummings who had moved to Sydney. Freedman soon found success with classy filly Sauna, who was Group One placed and smart gelding Affected. His first Group One winner was another filly, Miss Clipper, who won the SAJC Australasian Oaks . Freedman's step towards training stardom came in the 1989 Melbourne Cup , when he trained the first two runners home, winning

1496-507: The stables of New Zealand-born Laurie Laxon. Lee trained the winner of the 2018 Group 1 Singapore Guineas, Mr. Clint. Partly due to COVID-19 and its effects on Singapore racing, Freedman announced his plan to return to Australia in late 2020. He will be based at the Gold Coast . Freedman has two daughters, Emma and Georgia, with his ex-wife Janelle. Emma , is a radio and television presenter, best known as host of Wide World of Sports , and

1540-518: The standard yearly wages in Western Australia. Racehorse trainers in the UK can earn up to a standard yearly amount of £45,000, depending on the level of expertise a person possesses. For independent horse trainers, their status, and the amount of work they do can influence the salary. "Race winnings" can also provide a trainer with additional money. Drug usage in horses has been a disputed topic in

1584-452: The trainer attempts to understand the natural instincts of the horse and build a relationship. In horse racing , a trainer prepares a horse for races, with responsibility for exercising it, getting it race-ready and determining which races it should enter. Leading horse trainers can earn a great deal of money from a percentage of the winnings that they charge the owner for training the horse. Outside horse racing, most trainers specialize in

1628-459: The way Oliver rode his horse, saying there was no change from the usual racing pattern or any other reason to doubt the integrity of the ride. It was subsequently revealed that he made an $ 11,000 profit with his bet. The then alleged incident was not discovered until 2012, during an investigation into the racing industry. He was subsequently dropped from the Lloyd Williams -owned Green Moon in

1672-552: The winner of the Victorian jockeys' premiership. Oliver won the 2014/15 Melbourne Jockeys' Premiership after riding 60 race winners. It was Oliver's 10th win of the award, trailing only Roy Higgins and Bill Duncan who have won the award 11 times. Oliver is married to Trish, and they have two daughters called Niali and Zara; and one son called Luke. They live in the Melbourne suburb of Port Melbourne . Oliver's elder brother Jason

1716-565: Was also the regular rider of Lee Freedman 's champion sprinter Schillaci (1991–95) and top filly Alinghi (2003–05). In the 2007 Golden Slipper , Oliver completed the grand slam of Australian racing by winning the two-year-old race on the John Hawkes trained Forensics. From 1989 (his first ride) to 2023 (his final ride) in the Melbourne Cup, Oliver was only absent from three editions of the race, 2005 due to injury, 2017 due to suspension and 2022 due to his ride Durston being withdrawn from

1760-489: Was an electrical engineer who came to Australia in 1927, meeting his future wife Maudie McLachlan on board the ship. Maudie's father was William H. McLachlan , a jockey who rode Melbourne Cup winners in 1909, 1910 and 1917. Lee Freedman gained an interest in racing at a young age when his father Tony took up horse breeding and training after retiring as a property developer . Educated at The Scots College in Sydney, Freedman studied at Australian National University for

1804-577: Was in March 1988 on Mr. Gudbud, at Bunbury, Western Australia and his first feature race win was the AJC Warwick Stakes. Unfortunately he suffered a series of injuries including a broken spine in March 2005, sustained in a fall at Moonee Valley . He returned to riding after that back injury and rode the Japanese horse Pop Rock in the 2006 Melbourne Cup , which finished second to stablemate Delta Blues . In

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1848-660: Was in a race named after him, the Damien Oliver Gold Rush over 1400m. In his career Oliver had ridden 3189 winners, including 129 in Group One races. He holds the Australian record for the number of Group One victories. In 2012, Oliver was accused of placing a $ 10,000 bet on a rival horse, Miss Octopussy, to beat a horse he was riding, Europa Point, in the same race at Moonee Valley Racecourse on 1 October 2010. Europa Point finished sixth but stewards had no issue with

1892-734: Was inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame . In August 2023 he announced that he would retire at the end of that year's spring carnival. Damien Oliver was born on 22 June 1972 in Perth , Western Australia. His father, Ray Oliver, was a jockey who died in Kalgoorlie from falling off his horse when Damien was three years old. As a child, he attended Byford Primary School in Byford , Western Australia. Oliver's riding career started in 1988, and he completed his apprenticeship with his stepfather Lindsey Rudland and Lee Freedman . His first win as an apprentice

1936-447: Was not immune from controversy. In March 1995 he was found guilty of substituting a horse in a barrier trial. To gain permission to run a horse, Central Express, in blinkers , it was necessary for it to run in a barrier trial, to demonstrate that the horse could properly run in them. Forced to run the trial the day before a race, Freedman substituted in another runner, Spanish Reign, for the trial. As such, Central Express ran in blinkers in

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