By Glenn Davis
Hobby trainer is a moniker Townsville’s Gavin Kinlyside proudly wears on his sleeve.
Kinlyside runs a highly successful plumbing business employing 15 people in Townsville and owned many racehorses before taking on the training caper in the 2022-23 season.
Now, with the help of wife Casey and daughter Ruby, Kinlyside also operates a 50-acre training facility at Jensen on Townsville’s northern outskirts.
It boasts a training track, swimming pool, paddocks and more than 30 horses, including broodmares.