SEGENHOE - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Director
- Managing Director
Andrew is a Director of Segenhoe, Managing Director of Tulla Group and currently Interim CEO of The MAC Resources Group which is another Tulla investment. Prior to his Managing Director role at Tulla Group, Andrew was an executive at The MAC Services Group, Australia's largest integrated mining accommodation provider.
During his 10 years at The MAC Services Group, he was instrumental in that company's growth, its public listing on the ASX in 2007 and then the ultimate sale of the company in 2010. While at The MAC Services Group, Andrew also served as Chairman of the Investment Committee.
Andrew has 14 years' experience and held numerous roles in the development and construction industry prior to joining Tulla. He holds a Bachelor in Construction Project Management from University of Technology Sydney and has also completed a Master's Degree in Business Administration at IE in Madrid, which is currently ranked as Europe's top business school
Some of Andrew's personal interests include rugby union, snowboarding and travelling
Bill is responsible for the racing portfolio of the Segenhoe business. Working closely with the staff at the farm, Bill ensures the thoroughbreds are in shape for racing, along with nominating horses for specific races throughout Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Hong Kong. Bill is also responsible for managing the trainers that work with Segenhoe. Bill grew up on his parents' Yarraman Park Stud at Scone. He was a well-respected horse trainer in Australia from 1983 until 2006 when he retired from the training industry. Prior to taking his licence Bill spent five years working for trainers overseas and in Australia including Neville Begg, Fulke Johnson Houghton (UK) and Neil Drysdale (USA). Bill trained Group 1 winners including From The Planet, Stylish Century, Electrique, Aragen, General Nediym, Kenwood Melody, Dignity Dancer and Akhenaton. He also trained other stakes winners including Let's Hurry, Livistona Lane, Social Rule, Monet's Cove, Rapan Boy, Welsh Miner, Snippet's Lass, Tricove, Dipping, Zalinda, Hysterical, Kalamarco and On Kylie's Run. After he retired from working as a trainer, Bill worked as a bloodstock consultant until accepting the Racing Manager role at Segenhoe in May 2011.
Luke was born in Tamworth and raised on a 2000ac cattle property between Quirindi and Gunnedah. He learnt to ride horses from a young age and had a great upbringing learning all other aspects of farm life until the age of 12 then moved into the township of Quirindi, as his mother was a teacher at the local primary school.
He started working with local horse trainer Bill Thompson on weekends and school holidays at the age of 13 and that is where the love of this industry started.
Luke then moved to Sydney & started at Crown Lodge in Warwick Farm under John Hawkes where he rode track work and looked after some of the best thoroughbreds that have ever worn the mighty Cerise colors of the famous Ingham family. Some horses of note that he was lucky enough to throw a leg over were Lonhro, Viscount, Unworldly, Freemason, Over and Commands just too name a few.
After 18 months the country boy was calling so he transferred up to the breeding grounds where those famous horses where raised the magnificent Woodlands Stud. Here he spent the next 5 years working under the guidance of the incomparable Peter Flynn. The experience he gained in these 5 years in all aspects of a large commercial horse stud was invaluable.
He also spent 6 months at Ashford Stud in Kentucky working with stallions.
On return to Oz, he spent 12months at Vinery Stud working with stallions when he received a call from Peter Flynn to return to Woodlands which had just been brought out by Darley.
Luke spent the next 7 years working there which culminated in a promotion to assistant manager at the Darley Victorian farm Northwood Park. He decided after a year it was too cold down south and returned to NSW and the gorgeous Segenhoe where we have been for the last 12 months and hope to be for many, many years to come.
It is a wonderful industry to be involved in and he loves the fact that every year is a new beginning in search of the next champions of the turf.
He loves Racing, fishing, camping and spending time with family and friends and Rugby League which he was lucky enough to win a premiership with the mighty Scone Thoroughbreds. He is happily married to Amanda with two beautiful girls Sophie 5 and Holly 3.
Growing up on a farm in Ireland, Brian started riding horses at the age of 12. This sparked an enthusiasm toward the sport, notably as a show jumper and subsequently decided to further his knowledge in this area (much to his parent despair!) and study Equine Science. Through this course, Brian was able to work at Lanes End Farm in Kentucky for a year and this is where he determined that a career in the thoroughbred industry was where his future lay.
On graduating, Brian moved to Australia and joined Think Big Stud. After 3 years under the tutelage of Duncan Ramage he progressed to Assistant Manager, gaining invaluable experience before moving to Segenhoe Stud.
Brian has been with us for 3 years now and loves working with the great team of horses and people.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Managing Director of Scone Equine Hospital
Cameron graduated as a veterinarian from the University of Queensland in 1991. He worked in rural mixed practice in western Queensland and joined the Scone Equine Hospital in 1993. He later spent two years alternating northern and southern hemisphere breeding seasons between Scone and Newmarket Equine Hospital in the UK.
Cameron gained membership of the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists in Medicine of Horses in 1999, was a member of the Equine Veterinarians Australia executive committee from 2005 to 2010 and was president in 2009-2010.
Cameron was appointed Managing Director of Scone Equine Hospital in 2010 and completed the Australian Institute of Company Directors Diploma in 2011. Cameron is the current president of the Hunter Thoroughbred Breeders Association. His veterinary work is focused on equine reproduction.
Dr Cameron Collins holds the following qualifications: BVSc MACVSc MRCVS GAICD
Craig has always been a man on a mission. Born into a farming family, Craig grew up in the Upper Hunter Region.
When he left school he went on to be an enrolled nurse - 4yr post-grad. Following that he decided to get back on the road & focus on truck driving.
Craig started working at Livestock Transport Randwick in 1991 then went to Coolmore in 1996 to be their number 1 truck driver and assisted in all farming and horse stud duties.
Craig has been with Segenhoe since May 2014 and is an important part of the transport process of moving horses around from the stables back to the spelling complex & getting the yearlings to the sales.
Away from work he follows NRL, PBR & horse racing. He enjoys hunting, fishing, abseiling/ canyoning & golf - and is the Deputy Captain, RFS NSW, Jerrys Plains Station.
Craig & his wife Sarah have 2 boys - Mitch who works in the mines but has visions of joining the police force, aswell as Jesse, who is Head Stockman at Kenny's Creek Angus Stud in Boorowa.
Darren grew up in Tipperary Ireland. His family is heavily involved in national hunt racing in Ireland where his 3 uncles train and 9 of his cousins are jockeys. Darren spent a number of years at the English National Stud before heading to Australia to further his career. Previously he has worked at Yallambee & Vinery Studs before being a foreman for Malua Racing at Troy Corstens stables. Joining Segenhoe in July 2014, Darren has worked throughout the yearling preparations and Segenhoe Spelling Complex, before taking over the role as yearling manager since mid 2016. Darren enjoys watching racing and rugby union and spending time with friends.
Born and raised in Singleton Graeme is our go-to person: they break it, I fix it! Graeme is Segenhoe's Maintenance Supervisor and has a wide range of skills greatly sought after on a horse stud. From mending broken fences, to remodelling existing structures to bringing some light heartedness to the staff on cold winter morning. He enjoys fishing, playing golf and hunting in his spare time and says the variety each day brings and the people are what make the job enjoyable.
Hurdle Race: Contested over obstacles; a jumping race over lower fences than steeplechase races
Jade's love of horses stems from spending Saturdays with her father at Randwick Races as a child. Jade spent her teenage years riding at Pony Club, Under 21 Jump Club and riding show hacks.
In 2007 Jade decided to leave city life behind and move to Scone where Jade took up the role of Office Manager at Segenhoe Stud. Prior to this, Jade worked for Graeme Rogerson for six years as a Client Liaison Manager where she did everything from mucking out stables to clocking gallops. Jade also spent two years working at the AJC (now ATC) as a Racing Office Clerk/Assistant Clerk of Scales.
In her spare time Jade enjoys spending time with her two children Audrey and Jonathan, riding her quarter horse Willy who competes in campdrafting, cooking and reading.
Jade is an avid lover of snakes and one day would like to have one as a pet.
Kerry started at Segenhoe in 2006 as a Stud Groom. Originally from Victoria, Kerry came to the Hunter Valley in 1994 after completing an Advanced Certificate in Horse Management (Breeding).
Kevin is the owner and Chairman of Segenhoe Group and brings a wealth of business experience to the Segenhoe operations as well as the thoroughbred horse industry as a whole.
He is the founder and Chairman of Tulla, the parent company of Segenhoe Group. Tulla is a family-owned investment group focusing mainly on the resources industry.
Previously, Kevin was the founder and Executive Chairman of The MAC Services Group (The MAC), a company that was listed on the ASX in 2007 and later sold to Oil States International in 2010. Kevin was heavily involved in all stages of The MAC's growth, including its move into mining services accommodation in 1996.
Kevin has had an extensive career in retail banking, finance and resources. Kevin joined Elders Resources in 1981 after spending 20 years with the ANZ Bank. During his time at Elders Resources Kevin held numerous positions including Chief Executive Officer of Elders Resources Finance Ltd. Kevin's involvement in Segenhoe Stud actually began with Elders Resources who were part owners in the early days.
Kevin has previously been involved with a number of public companies as an executive and a director. Outside of his professional interests, Kevin has travelled extensively, enjoys all sports but particularly rugby and thoroughbred racing, history and also spending time with his family.
Link has been shoeing horses for 30 years. In the early 1990s he completed his apprenticeship with Valley Farrier's Billy Neville, after which he went on to start his own business. Link took time out to extend his knowledge, attending the Laminitis symposium in Lexington, Kentucky, and the American Farriers Association (AFA) convention for many years. Link was heavily involved in Farrier competitions. In 1996, a win at the Australian Championships took him to Calgary Stampede to compete at the world Farrier championships. Link had worked along side Dr Terry Hicks of the Muswellbrook Veterinary Hospital on many cases dealing with lameness issues. It came apparent that they were a great team. In 1996 together they built the Hunter Valley Podiatry and Lameness Centre. Link's passion and knowledge for the care of lameness is second to none. His dedication to continual learning will always benefit his clients as does his desire to educate others and pass on his experiences. http://www.deebar.com.au/
Luke was born in Tamworth and raised on a 2000ac cattle property between Quirindi and Gunnedah. He learnt to ride horses from a young age and had a great upbringing learning all other aspects of farm life until the age of 12 then moved into the township of Quirindi, as his mother was a teacher at the local primary school. He started working with local horse trainer Bill Thompson on weekends and school holidays at the age of 13 and that is where the love of this industry started. Luke then moved to Sydney & started at Crown Lodge in Warwick Farm under John Hawkes where he rode track work and looked after some of the best thoroughbreds that have ever worn the mighty Cerise colors of the famous Ingham family. Some horses of note that he was lucky enough to throw a leg over were Lonhro, Viscount, Unworldly, Freemason, Over and Commands just too name a few. After 18 months the country boy was calling so he transferred up to the breeding grounds where those famous horses where raised the magnificent Woodlands Stud. Here he spent the next 5 years working under the guidance of the incomparable Peter Flynn. The experience he gained in these 5 years in all aspects of a large commercial horse stud was invaluable. He also spent 6 months at Ashford Stud in Kentucky working with stallions. On return to Oz, he spent 12months at Vinery Stud working with stallions when he received a call from Peter Flynn to return to Woodlands which had just been brought out by Darley. Luke spent the next 7 years working there which culminated in a promotion to assistant manager at the Darley Victorian farm Northwood Park. He decided after a year it was too cold down south and returned to NSW and the gorgeous Segenhoe where we have been for the last 12 months and hope to be for many, many years to come. It is a wonderful industry to be involved in and he loves the fact that every year is a new beginning in search of the next champions of the turf. He loves Racing, fishing, camping and spending time with family and friends and Rugby League which he was lucky enough to win a premiership with the mighty Scone Thoroughbreds. He is happily married to Amanda with two beautiful girls Sophie 5 and Holly 3.
Mark began his journey with Segenhoe in June of 2017 working on the farm crew and as our primary truck driver, transporting our quality bloodstock safely around the Hunter and interstate.
He has been working in the Thoroughbred industry for more than 20 years at Torryburn as Assistant Manage, Northfields (NZ), Haunui (NA), Highview (NZ), Arrowfield and Shadai (Japan) as a Stallion Groom, Reavill as Assistant Manager and more locally at Newgate as Stallion Groom. Working both here in Australia and overseas has given Mark wonderful opportunities to develop skills and knowledge and is a vital part of our team here at Segenhoe.
Mark thoroughly enjoys being part of our team here, which provides magnificent pastures for our animals and relishes the responsibility of safely delivering our bloodstock to their destinations.
Olivia is a veteran of the industry having spend nearly 15 years at the neighbouring Kia Ora.
She cut her teeth in the automotive industry when she was just 17, starting as a filing girl and continued to work her way through the ranks to become the accountant after 10 years.
Olivia spent a short time in Canberra at the Australian International Hotel School - studying accountancy.
She has horseracing in her fathers family, with her grandfather being a jockey in Newcastle in the 1930's. Olivia's uncle is a Sydney bookmaker and she spent most of her school holidays at the race tracks in Sydney with her cousins.
She joined Segenhoe in November 2015 and is an integral part of the financial control of the business.
Peter was born in Ireland and spent a majority of his youth attending the races with his mentor and leading racing journalist Tom McCormack.
On leaving school Peter went to Kentucky where he worked for the leading farm Taylor Made. He also spent time working for Windfield's Farm in both Canada and Maryland (home of the famed Northern Dancer). Following this Peter worked in the Southern Hemisphere seasons in Australia handling the Coolmore stallions at Arrowfield Stud, Woodlands Stud, Stockwell Stud and Ra Ora stud in New Zealand. He also spent invaluable time with leading trainers Colin Hayes at Lindsay Park and Neville Begg in Sydney.
Peter worked at Coolmore Stud for over 25 years working within all aspects of one of the worlds largest breeding operations. In 1996 he moved permanently to Australia to take over the management of Coolmore Australia before starting work at Segenhoe Stud in 2014.
Ross is recognised as Australia's leading equine pasture agronomist based in Scone, the Horse Capital of Australia. Ross has over 30 years of professional pasture agronomy experience and has been consulting on pastures with Segenhoe for over 20 years. Ross's current major farm and pasture development project is the redevelopment of Segenhoe's main farm area, the new Fairlight Training Centre. Ross has been engaged by Segenhoe to transform this once large vineyard to high-quality improved pastures that will support horse-breeding operations. "It will become one of the best stud farms in the Upper Hunter", he stated. The Hunter Valley is a unique environment that can support some of the best quality pastures and horses in Australia. Most of Australia best racehorses are born and raised on pastures that Ross develops and manages. "One thing most people don't know about me is that, along with my wife Shirley, my son Benn and daughter Adelaide, we share a strong love of horses. We are very active members of the National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) in Australia. We breed and compete with our Quarter Horses in the exhilarating equine sport of "Cutting". In addition, we are committed to making arena surfaces for equine sports in Australia like Cutting, Rodeo, Dressage, Reining, etc., to a world standard. So in 2012, we imported the first and only Kiser Dragmaster in Australia, the world's most sophisticated arena preparation machine from the USA, to professionally service equine sport arenas and sand-based racetracks. This business is called Perfect Arena. For us, it's all about the horse!" www.pastureimprovement.com.au
Suzanne is currently an Executive Assistant for Segenhoe. She has worked part time for the Tulla Group since 2007. Over the years she was involved in a number of areas including various research projects, finance and share portfolio management, family business research and philanthropy.
Suzanne currently works with the Segenhoe executive team on a range of strategy development, human resources, administrative and management duties.
Prior to working for Segenhoe and Tulla, Suzanne spent 10 years working as a secondary school teacher of Personal Development, Health and Physical Education, Religion and Maths. She holds a Bachelor of Human Movement Studies and Diploma of Education from the Australian Catholic University. She has also completed a Diploma of Financial Services (Financial Markets) with Kaplan Education. Suzanne is currently completing an Advanced Certificate in Equine Studies with Careerline Courses to develop her equine knowledge and assist in her work with Segenhoe.
Outside of her involvement with Segenhoe, Suzanne is the mother of three children and strives to adopt an active and healthy lifestyle. Personal interests and hobbies include travel, sport, reading and spending time with family and friends.
Thomas Potter Macqueen brought the Segenhoe name from Bedfordshire to the Hunter Valley in 1824. He was born at Segenhoe Manor, and as a British Member of Parliament he was entitled to apply for a land grant in the colony of New South Wales. Moreover, he wanted to transport as many people as possible from his estates to the new colony to alleviate high unemployment in England. Macqueen eventually acquired 8,100 hectares and labelled the area as the Segenhoe Valley. He then hired a manager, purchased a ship, gathered together people, livestock, building materials and supplies and sent them off to Australia.
Within five years Segenhoe was up and running and the property boasted a community post office, hospital, police station, jail, homestead, church and schoolhouse. It also housed one of the largest contingents of convicts in New South Wales. However, Potter Macqueen got into financial difficulty and the property languished for many years before it was finally subdivided and sold off. The homestead and outbuildings became part of a 1,010 hectare holding, and retained the Segenhoe name. William Brown established thoroughbred stud operations at Segenhoe in 1913, but it was the racing personality Alan Cooper who really put Segenhoe on the map when he took over in 1931. He paid a record price for a 3YO Victoria Derby winner and was determined to establish a quality horse farm.
Job Titles:
- Assistant Yearling Manager
Vicky is from a non- horsey family but being brought up in the country just outside York, England, she managed to find horses at a young age. Upon leaving school, she went to work for a couple of National Hunt trainers, gaining her NVQ level 3 in racehorse care and management. From there she went into stud work, working at Hillwood Stud in England for 2 1/2 years and then a small stud in Cambridge, NZ for the season.
She went home and worked as assistant head groom for Alan King, where she was lucky enough to be working when the legendary Sir Anthony McCoy rode his final Cheltenham festival winner aboard the King trained Uxizandre. After another stint in New Zealand, Vicky graduated from the English National Stud diploma course with distinction and the Tim Dunlop Memorial Award for overall top student.
Having always had a love of travel, the next stop for Vicky was Australia, where she spent six months at Coolmore before coming to Segenhoe March 2018.
Vicky is now settled in Australia so her travelling will be limited to holidaying in beautiful places, 26 countries and counting.