Darren McCall has been chosen to pre train our trotting yearlings due to his success with trotters in both Australia and North America. Darren has trained for the hugely successful Canadian Syndicator The Stable and understands the importance of updating syndicate members with regular updates of their horse’s progress. Darren McCall continues to live his harness racing dream and is now firmly re-established in Australia after twelve years in North America

Originally from Queensland, Darren went to North America to work for Ross Croghan in 1998 for a three month stint and ended up staying in North America for nearly twelve years. After four years in America under Croghan, Darren and his wife Karina moved to Canada and struck out on their own and had an unbelievable run over the next eight years.

Horses that passed through their stable at various times included the two times Breeders Crown champion Corleone Kosmos.

The son of S J’s Photo won $2,141,310 and took a mark of 1:51.2

The outstanding Bettors Delight mare Southwind Tempo 1:48.2 ($2,445,541) was another champion to pass through the McCall barn when in Canada along with two other outstanding mares in Tug River Princess 1:49.3 ($1,858,219) and Carolina Sunshine 1:48.4 ($1,388,062)

Deuce Seelster 1:49.4 ($1,149,825) was another millionaire who competed for McCall while in Ontario.

All up in the eight years that Darren was training on his own account in Canada he won 395 races for $12,027,532 in purses.

“I learnt so much during my 12 years in North America.”

“In 2006 Karina and I came up with a five year plan with the aim that we would move back to Australia at the end of that time.”

The reason we stayed for so long on was because the experience we gained was so valuable,” Darren said.

Arriving back in Australia in 2011, Darren has worked hard to get re-established and feels now the hard work is starting to pay off. With his record in both Australia and North America, Darren McCall has a CV that is right up there with the best in the business.