“Good honest communication.” That’s what Emma Longmire attributes to her success since she took the plunge into the horse training world just over two-years-ago.
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“That’s how I operate, results are just the cherry on top,” she said.
But it isn’t just honest communication that’s attracting plaudits.
Longmire’s hands on approach is beginning to make her stand out from the rest.
“I ride track work most of the time, not only because I’m used to doing so, but I feel as if I get to know them personally,” she said.
“It’s what kind of makes me unique compared to other trainers I guess. But I’m just used to it, I was a track rider for Graeme Spackman in 2008 and then pre trained for Guy Walters before getting my license two-and-a-halfyears- ago.”
It’s proving to be a winning technique.
Longmire has ran six winners since the beginning of the year including Free Billy, who raced a winner in the Maddens Stable Beddings (1600m) in Goulburn on Tuesday.
She’s hoping the young gelding will be able to push his form at the Country Championships series held in Goulburn on March 20.
“He’s a real character,” Longmire said.
“I think he thinks it’s all one big game. The Country Champs is a 1400m race so I’ll need to freshen him up for it.”
Free Billy is one of six horses trained by Longmire who is owned by a Queensland backer.
“He’s been a big supporter of mine, in fact every horse he has sent my way I’ve been managing almost every aspect.”
“Part of why he got onto me last August was that he had seen my stats and saw the results for the quality of horses I had.”
Another horse Longmire has high hopes for is Shubawi.
The four-year-old colt ran three wins in a row in January, more recently winning outright at Moruya and Canberra.
“Shabawi is a good wet tracker, so I’m hoping the autumn season will be good.”