David Payne

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Nationality South African
Training Base Rosehill Gardens
Age 68yo 
Biggest Win 2014 ATC Derby (Criterion)
Best Horse Trained In Full Flight (South Africa)
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Last Season Stats Australia
12 wins, 45 placings
Prizemoney: $1.06m

The Championships Race Highlights

ATC Derby: Criterion (NZ) (2014 - inaugural The Championships)

Arrowfield Royal Sovereign Stakes: Flying Pegasus (2006)


About

David Payne was twice champion apprentice and twice champion jockey in South Africa before weight forced him into the role of trainer.

His first runner, Early Bird, won on debut in 1972.  He trained superstar In Full Flight to six Group One wins and has won every Group One race in South Africa at least once, among his 100 individual Group One wins.

Payne moved to Australia in 2002 with wife Merle and children Gary and Tracy.   His first Australian Group One winner was Unearthly in the 2003 Flight Stakes and he dreams of winning a Golden Slipper and a Melbourne Cup.

Criterion was a dominant performer throughout the Sydney classics in 2014, taking out the Group One Rosehill Guineas by 3.5 lengths and the ATC Derby on the first day of The Championships.

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