The words of the late Guy Walter, the 35-times Group 1 winning trainer who died suddenly in 2014, kept ringing in Brad Widdup’s ears.

I have always remembered chatting with Guy one day when I was based with Godolphin as Assistant Trainer and asking him why he had decided to add stables at Goulburn to his Warwick Farm base.

“He said you needed 70 to 80 boxes if you wanted to be competitive in Sydney racing.” I used this advice to build my complex to do just that with 70 boxes right behind Hawkesbury race course with direct access to the track from our back gate