Our Valued Staff

Our staff and specialised hired services personnel are an integral part of Jason Warren Racing Stables.

We all share a common passion for horses and for success in racing.

Our staff necessarily demonstrate a high level of commitment and passion to the successful day to day running of our training operations and the Denistoun Park complex.

Jason Warren, Trainer

Jason Warren grew up in the Bega valley area and has worked with horses most of his life. After starting off at shows and events, and riding track work an Ballina, Jason moved to Victoria and worked for Eliza Park (riding work and breaking in horses). After a couple of years with Eliza Park Jason took out a trainers’ license in his own right, and started training, pre-training and breaking in horses as his own man (on a property on Stumpy Gulley Rd, just minutes from Denistoun Park).

Jason then decided that he wanted to further his knowledge of training, and went to champion trainer Lee Freedman becoming his foreman during the time that Makybe Diva reigned supreme. His time with Freedman racing also included Benicio winning the VRC Derby and Serenade Rose winning the VRC Oaks. At that time Denistoun Park served as the Freedman's pre-training property.

In 2006, with increased knowledge and experience, Jason purchased Denistoun Park and now has up to 52 horses in work (education, pre-training and full training).

At only 35yo Jason is young, driven, passion and totally committed to racing success.

Further details of Jason's background and of how he cam to be at Denistoun Park can be found in the November 2011 Inside Racing article here.

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Yasmin Warren, Office/Accounts

Before meeting Jason, Yasmin was a highly successful owner / operator of a car yard for a period of 15 years.

Yasmin also has a long history with horses, having been riding, show jumping and competing in dressage over the last 20 years (although now is way too busy now to ride).

Yasmin is the 'business person' of the operation and manages the front office, and the financial, HR/payroll, supply chain, accounts payable / accounts receivable, and assets side of the business.... amongst many other tasks. On top of all that you will sometimes find Yasmin studying blood test results and helping devise treatments, and even on the ride on mower keeping the property looking tip top.

Yasmin is a dedicated wife, mother of two, and a totally dedicated worker.

Jason and Yasmin are not only passionate about succeeding, it's an absolute necessity!

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Mitchell Beers, Foreman

Mitchell comes to us after previously being Foreman / Assistant Trainer / Racing Manager for Russel Cameron.

Prior to that, and at the age of 19, Mitch was one of Lloyd Williams foreman.

Now at the age of 23yo Mitch is driven, talented and with experience beyond his years, and a wonderful addition to our team.

Simon Lavery, Racing Manager

Simon (Ba.Applied Science in Information Technology) has a background in Information Technology consulting and software design and development - working for many large blue chip clients in the USA, UK and Australia. Simon also produced a full length feature film (in the UK and Portugal) and worked on a reality TV show in Fiji.

Over the last 15 years Simon has been a active race horse hobby breeder, owner and form and breeding student.

Nominations, Acceptances, Scratchings, Gear (liasion with Stewards), Stable returns.
Owner Liasion and Communications, Public Relations (including Web sites, facebook, etc.)
Form analysis and race placement.
Race day duties (inc. Hosting owners, Media, liason with jockey's)
Transport and Jockey booking and co-ordination
Breeding and sales research.
Assistant to Jason, Darryn and Yasmin.

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Dr Aiden Glynn, Equine Vet

Aidan Glynn BVSc – Flemington Equine Clinic

Aidan was born and raised just outside Johannesburg in South Africa. After graduation from The University of Pretoria Aidan worked for several years at Fourways Equine Clinic in Johannesburg, working extensively with many of South Africa’s leading thoroughbred trainers including Charles Laird and Mike de Kock. Aidan has also spent time in veterinary practice in the United Kingdom where he worked with a wide variety of pleasure and sporting horses. Aidan immigrated to south east Queensland in June 2008 to work for the Gold Coast Equine clinic before joining the Flemington Equine clinic.

Dr Tom Brennan, stable vet

Dr. Tom Brennan B.V.Sc Flemington Equine Clinic

Tom was brought up on the family farm in central Queensland where he developed his love of horses, especially racehorses. In 1999, Tom graduated from the University of Queensland and began working in Roma, western Queensland as a mixed animal veterinarian.

In May 2001, Tom began working at Flemington in a racetrack practice and has since taken the step up to become a partner in Flemington Equine Clinic. Tom has special areas of interest and experience in the industry including all aspects of stable veterinary needs, yearling sale preparations and yearling sale inspections with a wide ranging reputation for his abilities in deciphering and reporting on radiographs.

Ben Shinsky, Stable Farrier

Judy, Feed master / Ground staff

Euphemia 'Phee' Mckerlie, Horse Treatments / Ground staff / Strapper

Casey Bastin, Ground Staff

As well as being a hard working and skilled team player on the ground, Casey also rides beach work and works our horses 'off the pony'.

Jarred Olsen, Ground Staff / Strapper

Jarrod grew up in Carrum Downs with horses in his family and his father has been and still is a trainer of trotters. Jarrod is an experienced breaker, rider and horse man, and also a licensed trainer and driver of trotters/pacers. He works his own horses on his 15 acre property .

Jarrod has previously worked for Greg Eurell as ground staff / strapper / rider / handler.

Dom Hogan, Groundstaff / Track work rider / Transport

Dom grew up in Dublin, Ireland and came to Australia in 2006 to follow his dreams of working with horses in a professional environment.

Dom cut his teeth catching and breaking in wild horses in Ireland and has previously worked in Australia for Mark Reily and Grant Dalzeil (breaking in horses).

He also holds a heavy rigid truck license and has experience in transporting horses to track work and races.

As well as driving our transport vehicles, Dom works in the stables caring for our horses, and rides track work for us at Mornington, at Denistoun Park and at Balnarring beach.

Rose Pearson, Young Horse Trainer/Rider /groundwork

Despite her relatively young age, Rose has year of experience riding for top stables in the UK, and now in Australia.

She is a talented and hard working rider who takes an active role in nurturing and developing horses at Denistoun Park.

Carley Thomas, Track work rider / Strapper

Carley grew up all her life with horses (on her parent's property) and was able to 'rise to the trot' at 18 months of age!

She has many years of experience riding race horses, previously working for Pat Carey, and has ridden track work for several other trainers along the way.

She is also active in eventing and showing her own horses.

Carley has built up a reputation in the Mornington area as an absolute top class rider and 'horse-person'.