Dabernig Says Vic Preferred Choice for Solo Career

Trainer Tom Dabernig is likely to stay in Victoria, instead of choosing Adelaide, to set up his own training establishment following Tuesday's announcement that he will leave Lindsay Park, reports racing.com. "Looking at Adelaide probably doesn't look a feasible option so it will be more likely be somewhere in Victoria I think," Dabernig explained. "We haven't locked in a location, we will start now that it has been released to look at some viable options. I have always had a desire to incorporate the beach into my training which is something I haven't been able to do. So if something that comes up in that area and it all looks feasible it is something I'd like to do. I would like to be up and running certainly by the end of the year." Dabernig has worked at Lindsay Park for 25 years, and joined David Hayes as co-trainer in 2014. "The message I would really like to get out there is that it has all been very amicable, and it is a decision I haven't taken lightly," Dabernig said. "I will be forever grateful for the Hayes family and the opportunities that they have given me. JD [Ben Hayes' brother] is coming into the partnership and there is also Will Hayes who is entrenched in his footy career (at the Western Bulldogs) but at some point he will be coming into it also. So with three of them I thought I won't stand in their road and step aside and I'll pursue an independent training career, which I am looking forward to and excited about." As co-trainer at Lindsay Park, Dabernig trained the winners of 19 Group 1 races, the first coming with imported entire Spillway (Rail Link-Flower Market, by Cadeaux Genereux) in the 2015 Gr1 Australian Cup.