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19 Feb 12
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Horse trainer Mark Wallace rides off into sunset as court freezes his assets
Vanda Carson and Ray Thomas The Daily Telegraph http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au
HORSE trainer Mark Wallace came to Australia from England to try his hand at the racing scene here.
With 50 horses under his guidance at Newmarket, he was considered a rising star.
His decision to head Down Under was a big gamble - one that didn't pay off.
Yesterday, a Sydney court heard he is believed to have left Australia and to have returned to either Ireland or England - no one knows where - allegedly leaving behind a string of debts.
Lawyers for the Australian Turf Club this week successfully asked the Supreme Court to freeze assets connected with two horses he co-owns, Callmewhatyalike and Rasanka, in a bid to recoup $127,574.
The debt is for his use of the Australian Turf Club's facilities at Warwick Farm Racecourse over the past year.
Callmewhatyalike is owned with Irish resident Conor Murphy and Rasanka as part of a syndicate managed by Julian Blaxland.
The ATC is also attempting to trace Mr Murphy's address, which is held by Racing Information Services Australia.
Callmewhatyalike cost $42,500 as a yearling and has had seven starts for no wins or placings, earning just $1050 in prizemoney. The horse hasn't raced since October 2010.
Rasanka cost $50,000 as a yearling and has had five starts, earning no prizemoney. Rasanka last raced in August.
Supreme Court Judge Monika Schmidt said yesterday the ATC's belief that Wallace "may no longer be in Australia" was reasonable: "Neither he nor the other owners of the racehorses have been located."
The court also heard that Wallace's Coogee flat is empty and Warwick Farm staff had not seen him for a month.
Justice Schmidt also gave the ATC permission to request Wallace's immigration records, which will reveal if he has left the country.
In a separate case, UK bloodstock agent Doncaster Bloodstock Sales applied to bankrupt Wallace over a 2007 $31,000 debt relating to two yearlings he bought at that year's UK St Leger sales.
He bought a chestnut colt by Lucky Story out of Majborah for 12,000 guineas and a bay colt, by Invinceable Spirit from Aravonian, for 24,000 guineas.
That case returns to court on February 29.
Wallace is best known for training sprinter Benbaun - the horse that propelled him to international stardom and which ran second to the Australian champion Takeover Target at Royal Ascot in 2006 in a photo.
Vanda Carson and Ray Thomas The Daily Telegraph http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au
HORSE trainer Mark Wallace came to Australia from England to try his hand at the racing scene here.
With 50 horses under his guidance at Newmarket, he was considered a rising star.
His decision to head Down Under was a big gamble - one that didn't pay off.
Yesterday, a Sydney court heard he is believed to have left Australia and to have returned to either Ireland or England - no one knows where - allegedly leaving behind a string of debts.
Lawyers for the Australian Turf Club this week successfully asked the Supreme Court to freeze assets connected with two horses he co-owns, Callmewhatyalike and Rasanka, in a bid to recoup $127,574.
The debt is for his use of the Australian Turf Club's facilities at Warwick Farm Racecourse over the past year.
Callmewhatyalike is owned with Irish resident Conor Murphy and Rasanka as part of a syndicate managed by Julian Blaxland.
The ATC is also attempting to trace Mr Murphy's address, which is held by Racing Information Services Australia.
Callmewhatyalike cost $42,500 as a yearling and has had seven starts for no wins or placings, earning just $1050 in prizemoney. The horse hasn't raced since October 2010.
Rasanka cost $50,000 as a yearling and has had five starts, earning no prizemoney. Rasanka last raced in August.
Supreme Court Judge Monika Schmidt said yesterday the ATC's belief that Wallace "may no longer be in Australia" was reasonable: "Neither he nor the other owners of the racehorses have been located."
The court also heard that Wallace's Coogee flat is empty and Warwick Farm staff had not seen him for a month.
Justice Schmidt also gave the ATC permission to request Wallace's immigration records, which will reveal if he has left the country.
In a separate case, UK bloodstock agent Doncaster Bloodstock Sales applied to bankrupt Wallace over a 2007 $31,000 debt relating to two yearlings he bought at that year's UK St Leger sales.
He bought a chestnut colt by Lucky Story out of Majborah for 12,000 guineas and a bay colt, by Invinceable Spirit from Aravonian, for 24,000 guineas.
That case returns to court on February 29.
Wallace is best known for training sprinter Benbaun - the horse that propelled him to international stardom and which ran second to the Australian champion Takeover Target at Royal Ascot in 2006 in a photo.
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Angalogs is that the same Mark Wallace landed an unusual touch about 10 years back??.If memory serves me correct he had 2 debutants running in a 2yo maiden,stable jockey on one,7lb claimer on the other.The one to be ridden by 7lb claimer was around 50s in the morning,steadily backed all day and 10 mins to the off jockey change came through,the outsider was now to be ridden by Mr.K.Fallon and duly obliged at about 2/1???
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