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Sheila Laxon was the first female thoroughbred horse trainer to win the Australian cups double, the Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup, with her mare Ethereal in 2001.  Her efforts were recognised when she took out the Fred Hoysted Award for the Australian season’s outstanding training performance.

Laxon was born on a farm in Pontypridd, Wales, where she developed a passion for horses through pony clubs, gymkhanas and showjumping.

Sheila emigrated to New Zealand around 1980.

In New Zealand in 1983, she married trainer Laurie Laxon who had a large stable with many successful horses.  She rode many of them in trackwork, including Empire Rose who won the 1988 Melbourne Cup.  She took out her own training license in 1997.

In the 2002 Queen’s Birthday Honours list, Laxon was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to racing.

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