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.


Nationality: Australian Born in Year: 1965

Year 1st % 2nd % 3rd % 4th % Unplaced % Total Runners
2023 2 14.29% - -% - -% 3 21.43% 9 64.29% 14
2022 - -% - -% - -% - -% - -% -
2021 - -% - -% - -% - -% 1 100% 1

Horses by this Trainer

Horse Name MRA Brand Rating Sire Dam Owner
MAGIC FIGHTER M166 58 UNUSUAL SUSPECT (USA) SAINTLY RIPA (NZ) LIAU
MR HANKS E124 61 SHOWCASING (GB) ZAFONIQUE (NZ) AIG

Runner's by this Trainer

TF No. Horse Name Date V CL T Dist G Rtg H.Wt Bar Running
Position		 PL Div LBW Finish
Time		 Winning/
Second Horse		 Gears Jockey C.Wt Video
1041 MR HANKS 24/09/2023 K 4A T 1175 [Ⅱ] G 61 470 7 7-7-8 8/10 35 5 ¼ 1:10.20 SIMLONG BEACH B, SB AB RIDUAN* c3 59.0 Watch
1006 MR HANKS 17/09/2023 K 4A T 1200 [sc-A] G 56 472 1 4-4-1 1/10 91 - 1:11.38 GOLD SKY BILLION B, SB AB RIDUAN* c3 56.5 Watch
1010 MAGIC FIGHTER 17/09/2023 K 4A T 1500 [lc-A] G 58 482 5 10-10-8 8/10 213 6 ¼ 1:31.28 INTREPID BP KP LIM c3 57.5 Watch
TT3 MAGIC FIGHTER 05/09/2023 K - T 1000 - 58 - - - 7/8 0 7.25 1.00.15 FLAMING PHOENIX - KP LIM c3 - Watch
952 MR HANKS 03/09/2023 K 4a T 1100 [sc-A4] G 57 473 3 5-5-4 4/10 37 1 ¾ 1:05.03 BLACK QUAIL B, SB I FIKRI* c3 57.0 Watch
926 MR HANKS 27/08/2023 K 4a T 1200 [lc-C4] G 57 470 3 6-5-4 4/10 31 2 ¼ 1:11.78 D'GREAT DUCHESS B, SB KC THAM c1 57.0 Watch
TT1 MAGIC FIGHTER 15/08/2023 K - T 1000 - 58 - - - 3/6 0 9 0.59.67 GINGERELLA - KP LIM c3 - Watch
843 MR HANKS 06/08/2023 K 4b T 1100 [sc-A] Y 52 476 3 5-5-1 1/10 26 - 1:04.21 PACIFIC EMPIRE B, SB H HAIKAL* c4 57.5 Watch
TT2 MAGIC FIGHTER 01/08/2023 K - T 1000 - 58 - - - 7/8 0 7.25 0.59.59 PEER GYNT - M SEELAN* c4 - Watch
780 MR HANKS 22/07/2023 K 4a T 1175 [Ⅱ] G 53 475 5 6-6-4 4/9 50 1 ¼ 1:10.33 GRAND CHOICE B, SB R RUEVEN 55.0 Watch
771 MR HANKS 16/07/2023 K 4a T 1400 [lc-A] G 55 477 2 4-4-5 5/11 46 3 ¼ 1:23.71 GOLDEN SPRINT B, SB R RUEVEN 56.0 Watch
TT2 MR HANKS 04/07/2023 K - T 1000 - 55 - - - 2/8 0 0.5 0.59.97 MAGIC THE ZHU - R RUEVEN - Watch
662 MR HANKS 18/06/2023 K 4a T 1275 [Ⅱ] G 57 480 14 3-4-6 6/11 28 3 ¾ 1:15.70 SELANGOR STAR B, SB B PINHEIRO 57.0 Watch
T- MR HANKS 08/12/2020 K - T2 1000 - 78 - - - 6/6 0 17 60.1000 TAIL SPIN - R RUEVEN - Watch
549 MR HANKS 15/08/2020 I ES A T 1200 [sc] G 74 494 4 6-6-1 1/11 23 0.30 1.10.74 MACARTHUR SP, B R RUEVEN 58 Watch
T- MR HANKS 07/07/2020 K - T1 1000 - - - - - 3/7 0 9.5 59.6000 GLAMOROUS - R RUEVEN - Watch
1543 MR HANKS 08/12/2019 K MT A T 1200 [sc-A] G 73 476 6 3-4-2 2/10 27 1 ¼ 1:10.40 ALJAWHRA SP, B R RUEVEN 57 Watch
1482 MR HANKS 23/11/2019 K 3 T 1200 [sc-A] G 74 481 14 6-6-4 4/12 19 4 ¼ 1:09.80 FIRST PRECINCT SP, B J LOW 59 Watch
1380 MR HANKS 03/11/2019 P 3 T 1400 H 73 475 8 1-1-3 3/11 63 1.20 1.29.71 NOVA FALCON SP, B R RUEVEN 59 Watch
1299 MR HANKS 13/10/2019 I ES A T 1200 [lc] S 75 483 8 12-11-7 7/14 25 12.10 1.10.76 TANNHAUSER SP, B R RUEVEN 55 Watch
1111 MR HANKS 01/09/2019 K OP T 1200 [sc-A] G 76 481 13 11-11-9 9/12 105 6 ¾ 1:10.05 LAUS DEO SP, B J LOW 52.0 Watch
939 MR HANKS 28/07/2019 P OP T 1400 G 76 465 9 3-3-15 15/16 90 21.90 1.21.75 HATTA SP, B AK LIM 51 Watch
846 MR HANKS 07/07/2019 K MT A T 1200 [sc-A] Y 70 485 11 5-5-1 1/11 41 - 1:10.28 ATEEJ SP, B B PINHEIRO 56.0 Watch
781 MR HANKS 23/06/2019 I ES A T 1000 [sc] G 71 481 5 7-7-5 5/9 27 1.50 5.72.90 NOVA MISSILE SP, B Y AIFY 54 Watch
594 MR HANKS 12/05/2019 K MT A T 1200 [sc-A] G 70 479 8 4-4-3 3/12 38 2 ¼ 1:09.59 ATEEJ B Y AIFY 56.0 Watch
T- MR HANKS 30/04/2019 K - T6 1000 - - - - - 8/8 0 17.5 59.2000 AUD DOLLAR - TR. A NAJIB - Watch
T- MR HANKS 09/04/2019 K - T4 1000 - - - - - 2/6 0 2 61.7000 FANTASTIC ECLIPSE - TR A NAJIB - Watch
T- MR HANKS 26/03/2019 K - T6 1000 - - - - - 7/8 0 3.25 59.8000 VALERIUS - TR. A NAJIB - Watch