Louise White finding success with her small stable

A protege of racing Hall of Famer Les Bridge, Sunshine Coast trainer Louise White has had no problems with producing top results despite her small stable size.

Sunshine Coast Turf Club local trainer Louise White. Picture: Patrick Woods.

A protege of racing Hall of Famer Les Bridge, Sunshine Coast trainer Louise White has had no problems with producing top results despite her small stable size.

After starting out in equestrian White transitioned to riding trackwork in Singapore and Sydney before spending some time as an apprentice jockey in country New South Wales under Bridge.

Her first taste of becoming a fully fledged trainer came in 2008 when, surprisingly enough, Pope Benedict XVI held the World Youth Festival at the Royal Randwick Racecourse.

The festival, that ran from July 15 to 20, meant that trainers and staff had to relocate their horses to various other stables across Australia.

Sunshine Coast Turf Club local trainer Louise White. Picture: Patrick Woods.

Bridge and White based themselves at Caloundra where White was then offered a horse of her own to start her own stable.

By 2009 Louise White Racing was born and the stable had their first runner in Public Nuisance, who recorded three straight wins from his first three starts in Brisbane.

“It was a very good start and since then it’s been nice to have some success with those handy horses,” White said.

Her stable now has seven horses in work and she said she enjoyed working on each horse at an individual level.

“I’m very much hands on so I do enjoy a stable size around 10,” she said.

Sunshine Coast Turf Club local trainer Louise White. Picture: Patrick Woods.

“You very much learn each horse’s quirks and what works for them or what they need individually.”

White currently holds a strike rate of 19.2 and 30.8 per cent from 26 starts at the Sunshine Coast and average win odds of $9.58.

She said she was looking forward to seeing Hakkai Maru return to the track and hoped to expand her stable in coming months.

“Hakkai Maru has two wins from four starts so she looks like being a nice horse,” she said.

“It would be nice to bring in a few more of those city class horses, which is what we all aim for but I’m looking at getting a few tried horses and yearlings in March hopefully.”

Originally published as Louise White finding success with her small stable