Pat Carey is a prominent Group 1 winning trainer, he began working with Melbourne Cup winning trainer John Meagher from the age of 12 and has been an important part of the racing industry ever since.
Pat gained enormous experience in all varied aspects of the racing industry whilst with John. This included stints with Dave O’Sullivan, who at the time, was a leading trainer in New Zealand and is still a prominent racing family. Pat also worked alongside Melbourne Trainer Mike Moroney and also Hong Kong Trainer Paul O’Sullivan.
During his time with John the major impact on Pat’s racing life was when he was commissioned by Lloyd Williams, prominent racing enthusiast who was also a major owner for John at the time. Pat had the responsibility of specing horses in England, Ireland and France that Lloyd had chosen and he will be forever grateful to Lloyd for trusting him with this enormous opportunity and also for this amazing experience where he learned so much both personally and professionally. He will always be thankful for the opportunity to travel and visit some of the most prominent stables throughout England, Ireland and France.
This resulted in the purchase of a number of horses including Nayrizi and Drought. Lloyd Williams was the pioneer of importing racehorses into Australia. This is now a common practice, not only to buy horses, but also many European trainers now specifically come to Melbourne to compete in all the major races over our Spring Carnival, with a view of winning the elusive Melbourne Cup among other major races.
Pat also travelled to Hong Kong, Korea and other destinations for prominent Bloodstock Agent Bryan Muschialli on numerous occasions. Bryan was a founding client and is still a current client of ours through his family, sharing in the ownership of 3 horses at our Epsom Lodge training complex.
