Trainer scales back stables

By Tim Auld
Updated November 7 2012 - 10:58am, first published June 16 2008 - 12:05pm

TERANG trainer Terry Beaton will scale down his training operation over the next few months. Beaton, who has his stables on-course at the Terang racecourse, is gearing up to work as a sharefarmer outside of Cobden.He will only have between four to five horses in work, instead of the 24 horses he had in work at one stage.``I'm just heading in a different direction,'' Beaton said.``I'm scaling down my numbers. I've found it hard to get staff in the country and I never had big-money owners backing my stable. ``I'll be milking cows and training a few horses. We will relocate from Terang after Christmas. ``We've got kids at school.``It's just getting so much harder for the smaller trainers to survive.''Beaton, who has been training for nearly 25 years, has trained eight winners in this racing season. Last year he led in 13 winners.``I've been pretty happy with the amount of winners that I've had in the last few years but as I said it's just getting tougher. ``I'll just have a few in the stable and that will suit me.''UNDERRATED stallion Musee D'orsay is helping establish Claremont Thoroughbreds at Balmoral outside of Hamilton as one of the leading breeding studs in the Western District.Musee D'orsay, which is a well related son of Danehill, continued his good run when My Harmonica won at Geelong on Friday. Her first progeny are now three years old. A couple of two-year-olds look to be very promising. Cavalry Black followed up a win in Adelaide with a second placing in a stakes race behind the Lee Freedman-trained Romneya. Cavalry Black has been sent to the spelling paddock after that effort. Left Bank Lady has a fourth placing to her credit in Adelaide.Stud master Greg Daffey said Musee D'orsay had covered big books of mares in his first five seasons, predominantly mares from the Western District.``There will be a lot of his progeny race on Western District racetracks over the next few years,'' Daffey said.``We've received great support from local owners and trainers. ``The horse is starting to get a few runs on the board which is really great.''TOP Mount Gambier trainer Michael O'Leary took the training honours at the Warrnambool race meeting on Sunday. O'Leary led in two winners on the eight-race program. He was successful with Risk It All and Our Scene. Meanwhile, jockeys Nikita Beriman and Paul Marks both rode winning doubles on the flat. Beriman won on Scarlet Romance and Picalero, while Marks tasted success on both Risk It All and Our Scene. Top jumps jockey Steven Pateman, who was suspended for six jumps races after his ride on Go And Get in the Australian Hurdle, rode a winning double at Warrnambool. He won on Royal Laddie and Geeorb.

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