Brett Crawford
Brett Crawford was born on the 7th of September 1971 in Harare Zimbabwe, he has always had a love and passion for the horse racing industry, from a young age of 11 he used to muck out in the yards and ride work before going to school, he was also a very successful amateur rider winning many races over the hurdles.
Once he left school he served as a stable employee to Brian Muscutt, Neil Bruss and Shane Rankin in Zimbabwe .
At the age of 19 he left Zimbabwe and moved to Johannesburg in 1989 were he joined the Mike de Kock yard. In 1991 he moved to Cape Town and became assistant trainer to Peter Muscutt, running the satellite yard for 2 months in Port Elizabeth with great success.
In 1993 Brett moved to Eric Sands were he stayed for 4 years and had the pleasure of working with one of South Africa’s best sprinters in Flobayou. In 1997, Brett had the opportunity to move to Durban through a strong job offer from the racing legend Dennis Drier. A rewarding four and a half years with Dennis, Brett developed in many ways and learnt fundamentals in mastering the art of training a thoroughbred.
In 2001 Brett became Private trainer to Mrs Sabine Plattner, it was here that Brett was able to show his talent, in the 8 years with Brett produced among his many winners 30 Graded winners including 7 races at Group 1 level. Producing stars LAISSERFAIRE (AUS) wining three Gr1 races, ANGUS winning the Gr1 J&B Met, BAD GIRL RUNS winning two Gr1 races including the Gr1 Paddock Stakes, and other star performers JAMAICAN DREAM, MY CHOICE, NOTHING BUT SILK.
In October 2009 CRAWFORD RACING was born, Brett realized his dream when electing to open his own yard, and has built up a sizable string with fantastic clients. In just over Twelve seasons Crawford Racing has won a further 26 Group 1 races, including many Gr2, Gr3, and stakes races.
Follow the stakes tally on our Achievements page.
Having had the pleasure of developing young talents into South African stars of the turf with a roll call of Group 1 winners:
JACKSON, THUNDER DANCE, ELUSIVE GOLD, FUTURA, WAVIN FLAG, GULF STORM, CAPTAIN AMERICA, WHISKY BARON, EDICT OF NANTES, SAIL SOUTH, LADY OF THE HOUSE, BOLD RESPECT, FRONT AND CENTRE, KILINDINI AND PACIFIC TRADER.
We are proud to offer an innovative racing stable with constant communication to our clients via the MISTABLE application and through stable newsletters, with HD videos of track work, jockey reviews and previews, and everything in-between. Our owners are also afforded special offers from stable betting sponsor INTERBET.
Racing is about Dreams… Your Dream of owning top horses, and Brett’s Dream of Training them.
Let Brett’s 32 years of success in the South African Horse Racing Industry work for you in helping you RACE YOUR DREAM!
SEASON STATS
2022/23
Runs:
Wins:
% Wins:
2nd:
3rd:
Place %:
85
17
20
10
8
43.5
2021/22
Runs:
Wins:
% Wins:
2nd:
3rd:
Place %:
548
90
16.4
92
70
47.4
2020/21
Runs:
Wins:
% Wins:
2nd:
3rd:
Place %:
561
74
13.2
48
53
31.9
2019/20
Runs:
Wins:
% Wins:
2nd:
3rd:
Place %:
612
98
16
70
60
41
2018/19
Runs:
Wins:
% Wins:
2nd:
3rd:
Place %:
834
122
14.6
103
91
45.6
2017/18
Runs:
Wins:
% Wins:
2nd:
3rd:
Place %:
739
101
13.7
97
79
43.7
2016/17
Runs:
Wins:
% Wins:
2nd:
3rd:
Place %:
747
112
15
88
82
41,9
2015/16
Runs:
Wins:
% Wins:
2nd:
3rd:
Place %:
658
81
12.3
77
73
41.9
2014/15
Runs:
Wins:
% Wins:
2nd:
3rd:
Place %:
446
61
13.7
41
48
40.4
2013/14
Runs:
Wins:
% Wins:
2nd:
3rd:
Place %:
351
54
15.4
42
34
38.7