Kirk Bourne
Harness Racing Trainer
Tasmania

Kirk Bourne harness racing stables

In early 2010, I established my new training establishment at Chudleigh in Northern Tasmania.

After many years as a successful hobby trainer in Western Australia, I and my wife Brenda (also a former trainer and driver) moved to Mole Creek in 2007 to set up our bed and breakfast operation, Mole Creek Lodge. This 6 acre property offered very limited training opportunities and we soon discovered that, in Mole Creek's damp climate, sheep and horses don't mix. The sheep were here first and the horses all succumbed to problems with recurrent hoof abcesses.

In December 2009, we decided to purchase an established 21 acre training property at Chudleigh, with a view to increasing our involvement in the harness racing industry, including the training of a small number of 'outside' horses. After a few years off, Brenda's interest in harness racing has been rekindled and she has joined me in this new venture.

Training facilities

Facilities at our Chudleigh training property include -

• 8 roomy boxes inside the training barn
• electric fenced, grassed day paddocks
• 6 horse exercise machine
• 550 metre fast work track
• mobile barrier for education purposes
• round yard

Training now available

We welcome enquiries for full training or pre-training/jogging up. Yearling preparation also available.

We respect your investment and make every endeavour to provide a safe environment, treating your horse as our own.