Siva Kumar started his career in the racing industry as a syce in year 1992 under the employment of trainer Bernard Ang Kim Pong. He continued to work as a Syce for the next 20 years under various trainers, such as Donald Baertschiger, Felix Campbell, Philip Corner, Tan Soo Beng and Visuanathan.

In 2012, MRA Committee approved Sivakumar’s appointment as Stable Supervisor in Visuanathan’s stable. In June 2015 whilst working under trainer PS Kumaran, he obtained his B-Grade Trainer licence.

On 17 August 2018, he was granted a Grade A Trainer Licence and officially began training in Selangor Turf Club.

Trainer Shane Keith Ellis who hails from Perth, Australia developed a liking for horses since young. After his schooling day were over, at a tender age of 16, he started out as a stable hand and gradually learned to ride and soon after was riding race horses track work. He eventually gained his Amateur Jockey licence and rode for 12 years, riding 70 + winners. After hanging up his boots he joined the stables of Frank Maynard SNR for the next five years before joining Neville Parhnam as his foreman for the next 13 years.

He was introduced to former Singapore Trainer L Treloar to join his stables as a Senior Track Rider. An offer he took up in September 2008 and then soon after in April 2009 he was offered to join the stables of L Laxon, an offer he could not resist and he was then promoted to become his stable supervisor in January 2010 for next 3 years until 2013. He then obtained his ‘B” Trainer license attached to L Laxon for the years to come until Laxon retired in September 2017. During his tenure with Laxon, Shane had to opportunity to work with horses like BETTER THAN EVER, STETITUP, WAIKATO AND AFFLECK to name a few.

Shane decided to train on his own and was granted stabling facilities at Selangor Turf Club in June 2018. In 2020 he decided to take a break and returned to Perth, and after a hiatus away from the Asian racing scene, he decided to make a comeback. He successfully reapplied for a trainer’s licence, which was granted by MRA and subsequently was granted stabling facilities by Selangor Turf Club. He currently has a small number of horses in training and is building his team.

Lim Shung You is considered to be born into the racing line with his father, the late Lim Hoon Hooi a former MRA trainer & his uncle Lim Hoon Seng who is still active as a trainer based in Penang.

The racing bug caught Lim at a tender age of sixteen when he started to learn the ropes by joining his father stables as a syce in January 2001, he then in January 2003 joined Trainer Ng Kok Hoong to gain further experience & in March 2004 he joined Trainer James Barry Brogan where he continued to work as a syce until September 2007 when he was promoted to become a stable supervisor for the next 5 years.

He obtained his B-trainer license attached to trainer Brogan in 2012 until July 2014 when Mr. Brogan’s decided to take sabbatical leave, he joined Trainer Lim Wooi Chet and continued as a B-trainer till July 2017 when he successfully obtain a trainer’s license in the MRA circuit.

Sharee began her career in the MRA racing circuit in 1998 and had worked as a Track Rider under the employment of Jonathan Sargent. Subsequently, she worked as Senior Track Rider with trainers KM Noordin and Cecil Robert.

In 2010 she was upgraded to the status of Stable Supervisor by the MRA. She served as a Stable Supervisor to a number of trainers namely Bonny Ng, Kevin Coetzee and Lim Hoon Seng. On 18 June 2013 whilst still working under Bonny Ng, she obtained her B-Grade Trainer licence.

Sharee was granted a Grade A Trainer Licence by MRA in 2 September 2015. As of todate Sharee has had a total of 24 years of working experience in the racing industry out of which a total of 7 years as a Professional Trainer.

 

With a mother who was a racehorse owner, Charles Leck, was exposed to racehorses from a young age.
After completing a course in horse training in Melbourne, Leck was attached to several trainers in Australia in 1988 before opting for Macau as his first place to launch his career in 1990.
He trained in the former Portuguese enclave from 1992 to 1995, landing the champion trainer title in 1992, 1993 and 1994.
He returned to Singapore in 1996 and did not take long to make his mark on his home turf, bagging many feature wins to eventually pick up his first title in 1998.
He doubled the dose the next year and won a third title in 2003.
Among his major successes his five Lion City Cups take pride of place.
He also claimed other big races like the Raffles Cup, Kranji Mile, Patrons’ Bowl, Queen Elizabeth II Cup, Singapore Guineas, Three Rings Trophy, just to name a few.
Reputed for being a conditioner of sprinters, Leck has prepared many top speedballs such as Ninetyfive Emperor and Superb Effect, but also good milers like Pacific Prince, Chevron and Bon Amie.
After nearly seven years on the sidelines, the racing itch got the better of him and thus decided to undertake a trainers license with the MRA, based in Selangor.

Career Highlights :

Raffles Cup : Emerald Isle (1996), Hippo Valour (1997), Chevron (2008)

Lion City Cup : Superb Effect (2000 & 2011), Classic Marco (2002), Super Race (2004), Nintyfive      Emporer (2005)

Queen Elizabeth II Cup : Emerald Isle (1996)

Kranji Mile : Classic Prince (2000 & 2002)

Parton’s Bowl : Bon Amie (2002)

Simon Dunderdale is a New Zealander and has worked in the racing industry since the late 80’s where he started out as a stablehand for Robbie Laing in Melbourne.

Simon then proceeded to gain valuable experience within the industry with track rider positions in New Zealand, Macau, England, Ireland, Germany and Japan.

Simon was an Assistant trainer with Mike Moroney in New Zealand and Tony Noonan in Australia.

For the last 10 years Simon has been training at Veliefendi Istanbul Turkey where he was one of the only expat trainers.

After a successful and challenging time in Turkey, Simon decided to move to Malaysia and was granted a trainers licence in Oct 2016 based at Selangor.

Frank William Maynard started training in Western Australia in the late 1980’s after working for four years as a farrier. Frank trained with great success in Western Australia for almost 20 years before coming to Malaysia in 2002.

Originally based at Penang Frank won the Trainers Premiership in 2006 with 49 winners.
Frank featured in the top 10 Malaysian Trainers for six straight years between 2004 – 2009.
Frankel Lodge base in Kuala Lumpur where he has consistently been one of the leading trainers.
In 2016 Frank won the 3 Group 1 Sprints of Malaysia with
IMPEL – Tungku Gold Cup (Selangor) & Gold Vase (Perak), Mr. Armstrong – Sprint Trophy (Penang)

In 2019 Frank won 5 Group 1 – D’Great Timing (Perak Derby & Piala Emas Sultan Selangor), Sacred Empire (Penang Gold Cup & Coronation Cup) & Hatta (Penang Sprint Trophy)
Held Trainers Licence since: Frank first started training in the late 80’s in Western Australia
First Winner: Wimbledon Beau – WA Australia, Easy Jogger – Penang 2002

Career Highlights:

Champion Trainer (Malaysia) 2006

Karrakatta Plate (G2) – Lady Kariba (1991)

Perak Derby (G1) – Gold Arrow (2006), D’Great Timing (2019/ 2020)

Perak Gold Vase (G1) – California Cat (2014), Impel (2106), Indian Jade (2017)

Coronation Cup (G1) – Sacred Empire (2019)

Penang Gold Cup (G1) – New Kuala Dipang (2007), Yestremski (2014), Value Of Justice (2017), Sacred Empire (2019)

Penang Sprint Trophy (G1) – Jeram New Village (2005), Cheyenne Dancer (2008), Mr. Amstrong (2016),  Hatta (2019)

Carlsberg Cup 1st Leg (Open) – Dark Matter (2013)

Peugeot Trophy (Open) – Mr Raffles (2013), Dark Matter (2014)

Carlsberg Cup 2nd Leg (Open) – Dark Matter (2014)

Sports TOTO Supreme Challenge Trophy (G3) – Devils Cut (2014)

Selangor Gold Cup (G1) – Jeram Special(2007)

Piala Emas Sultan Selangor (G-1) – D’Great Timing (2019)

Million Dollar Magic Millions & Singapore Open Sprint – Cheynne Dancer (2008)

4 winners in a day: 30th November 2014 – Indomitable Rhino, Do Me A Favour, Devils Cut, Yastrzemski.

5 winners in a day : 13th May 2017 –  Dubleo Beauty, Tilsworth Mali, Captain Jazz, High Troja & Justice                                                       World

Best Horse Trained : Paklani, Cheynne Dancer, Perfect Pins, Jeram New Village, Red Eye Special, Star                                                          System, Impel

Current Best Horse: D’Great Timing

Currently based at Selangor with an average team of 60 horses in work.

Runner- up in the 2019 Trainers Championship with 62 winners.

 

I Ismadi is a former jockey who rode a total of 171 winners before he hung up his boots in 2008. Keen to pursue a career within the horse racing industry, he first joined trainer Hah Kee Choy’s stable as a Senior Track Rider the same year. He was upgraded to the status of Stable Supervisor in 2009. He was subsequently transferred to Trainer Evert Breukelen. 

In 2010 whilst still working under Trainer Evert Breukelen, he obtained his Assistant Trainer licence. He continued to work as an Assistant Trainer under the employment trainer Peter Lee for a period of 9 months.

He was granted a Grade A Trainer Licence by Malayan Racing Association in 5 January 2014. As of todate Ismadi has had a total of 44 years of working experience in the racing industry out of which a total of 8 years as a Professional Trainer.

Career Highlights:

Perak Derby – Littlebitofjoy (2016)

Singaporean Lawson Moy is the latest addition to the training ranks here at The Selangor Turf Club.

Having started out in horseracing in he’s Native Singapore working for South African Patrick Shaw for Two years and Eight times Champion Singapore trainer Laurie Laxon for One year, Lawson then moved on to Melbourne where he spent a year studying Equine Management at the Marcus Oldham Collage as part of the S.T.A.R (Singapore Training Academy for Racing) Program run by the Singapore Turf Club.

On Returning to Singapore in 2009 Lawson then became a B Trainer, Firstly to Bruce Marsh where he stayed for Two years, And also working for Steven Gray in the same capacity until 2011 when he moved to KL and joined forces with Tony Yeoh as B Trainer until March 2014 when Lawson was granted a Trainers Liecence in he’s own right.

A former successful jockey Richard Lines has held a trainers licence in Malaysia since 2002. In his first season Richard trained 16 winners and has consistently figured in the top group of trainers in Malaysia ever since. Richards best season came in 2012 when he claimed the Malaysian Trainers Championship with 74 winners.
In 2011 Richard not only won the Trainers Championship but his horse Tears To Diamonds also won Horse Of The Year honours after winning five races in a row culminating with a win in the Group 1 Penang Gold Cup. Ever since then, there was no turning back for Richard Lines who went on to conquer the Malaysia racing scene for 11 straight  years.
Held Trainers Licence since: 2002
Career Highlights: 2011 – 2021 (11 straight years) Champion Malaysian Trainer,

2011 Penang Gold Cup (G1) – Tears To Diamonds,

2013 Sports TOTO Supreme Challenge Trophy (G3) – Taichi Master,

2013 Coronation Cup (G1) – Taichi Master
Best Horse Trained: Tears To Diamonds, Taichi Master
Current Best Horse: Tears to Diamonds, Taichi Master

To date, Richard has trained 1098 winners