Trainer profile

Dale Groves

Trainer · Runners mostly in QLD · Most often at Toowoomba

2026 119: 8-10-6 Runners: W-2-3

Win rate 7% Since 2026

Place rate 20% Top-three finishes

Last 14 days 0/6 0% strike

Last 30 days 1/18 6% strike

Wins 8 119 runners since 2026

Last 10 runners

6 1 8 7 6 7 4 7 9 7

Most recent on the right · 0 = 10th or worse

Upcoming runners

SAT 24 OCT · 5 MEETINGS

Time Race Horse Bar Jockey Price

1:09 AEST Doomben · R4 Ladbrokes Lys Gracieux 2019 Hcp (65) · 1,350m Starboard Doomben R4 · 1,350m · Bar 1 · Corey Sutherland 1 Corey Sutherland —

1:09 AEST Eagle Farm · R4 Ladbrokes Lys Gracieux 2019 Hcp (65) · 1,300m Starboard Eagle Farm R4 · 1,300m · Bar 1 · Corey Sutherland 1 Corey Sutherland —

3:25 Clifton · R2 Hcp (Cl B) · 1,000m Sweet Poppy Clifton R2 · 1,000m · Bar 1 · — 1 — —

4:15 Clifton · R3 (Bm60) · 1,100m Basil's Bow Clifton R3 · 1,100m · Bar 13 · — 13 — —

4:21 AEST Gold Coast · R14 Coastal Tipper Hire Hcp (C1) · 1,200m The Boss Man Gold Coast R14 · 1,200m · Bar 9 · — 9 — —

5:30 AEST Toowoomba · R1 1 Equine - For The Equine Athlete (Bm60) · 1,200m Heroic Chief Toowoomba R1 · 1,200m · Bar 6 · — 6 — —

6:10 AEST Toowoomba · R2 Focus HR (Bm70) · 1,300m The Deputy Toowoomba R2 · 1,300m · Bar 4 · — 4 — —

7:21 AEST Toowoomba · R4 K & R Plumbing Supplies Hcp (C4) · 1,100m Vesper Lynd Toowoomba R4 · 1,100m · Bar 6 · — 6 — —

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Recent runners

Date Track · race Horse Jockey Dist Cond Result SP

17 Oct 26 Stanthorpe Hcp (50) Sweet Poppy MS K Lenton 1,200m Good 7/12 13.00

15 Oct 26 Ipswich Gordon's Gin (Bm60) Heroic Chief MS G Cartwright 1,100m Good 9/10 51.00

15 Oct 26 Ipswich Fertpro (Bm60) Vesper Lynd MS G Cartwright 1,100m Good 7/10 81.00

10 Oct 26 Warwick Wickham Freight Lines / Maydan Livestock Transport Warwick Cup The Deputy MS K Lenton 1,500m Good To Soft 4/11 13.00

10 Oct 26 Warwick Les Clarke Memorial Hcp (C2) Starboard MS K Lenton 1,500m Good To Soft 7/10 4.20

10 Oct 26 Warwick Brownlie Concretors Mdn Hcp Foxy Artist MS K Lenton 1,500m Good To Soft 6/14 12.00

08 Oct 26 Ipswich Great Northern Hcp (58) Vesper Lynd P Hamblin 1,350m — 7/9 15.00

08 Oct 26 Ipswich The Industry School Hcp (C2) Raiderlicious Cejay Graham 800m — 8/8 31.00

06 Oct 26 Kilcoy Ladbrokes Tote Win + 10% (Bm65) Heroic Chief MS G Cartwright 1,200m — 1/8 14.00

03 Oct 26 Toowoomba Vale Vince Nugent Mdn Hcp Foxy Artist MS K Lenton 1,300m — 6/8 8.50

03 Oct 26 Toowoomba Tab One Pool Hcp (C1) Sweet Poppy Damien Boutet 1,210m — 7/8 101.00

03 Oct 26 Toowoomba Elegant Blinds Hcp (C1) The Boss Man MS K Lenton 1,210m — 6/8 12.00

02 Oct 26 Sunshine Coast Caloundra Rsl Services Club Hcp (58) Raiderlicious Cejay Graham 1,000m — 10/11 8.50

26 Sep 26 Toowoomba 1equine Weetwood Qlty The Deputy MS K Lenton 1,200m — 6/12 101.00

24 Sep 26 Warwick Kristen Doyle Wtc Thanks You For 15 Years Hcp (C2) Starboard P Hamblin 1,350m — 2/11 26.00

24 Sep 26 Warwick Picklebet Sprint Series Heat Hcp (58) Vesper Lynd P Hamblin 1,200m — 9/13 71.00

24 Sep 26 Warwick Maurice Monckton Wtc Thanks You For 12 Years (Bm68) Heroic Chief MS G Cartwright 1,200m — 9/9 41.00

24 Sep 26 Warwick Sandy Creek Pub Warwick Cup Calcutta Fri 9 Oct Mdn Plate Foxy Artist MS G Cartwright 1,350m — 5/9 10.00

17 Sep 26 Beaudesert Home Of Country Racing Hcp (55) Sweet Poppy Jess Emmerson 1,100m — 11/11 101.00

17 Sep 26 Beaudesert Home Of Country Racing Hcp (55) The Boss Man William Galloway 1,100m — 5/11 15.00

13 Sep 26 Dalby Wild River Concrete Dalby Cup The Deputy MS G Cartwright 1,400m — 4/8 4.20

13 Sep 26 Dalby Our Lady Of The Southern Cross College Hcp (58) Vesper Lynd MS G Cartwright 1,000m — 4/9 11.00

12 Sep 26 Toowoomba Col Wilkie Body Works Mdn Hcp Foxy Artist Olivia Kendal 1,200m — 7/9 6.00

12 Sep 26 Toowoomba Toowoomba Softball (Bm65) Heroic Chief Olivia Kendal 1,000m — 5/9 41.00

10 Sep 26 Warwick Von Robertson Wtc Thanks You For 10 Yrs (Bm60) Raiderlicious MS G Cartwright 800m — 8/12 19.00

05 Sep 26 Toowoomba SR Frances Flint Csb Hcp (C2) Vesper Lynd Rob Thorburn 1,015m — 8/9 12.00

05 Sep 26 Toowoomba Neil Mansell (Bm62) Starboard Rob Thorburn 1,220m — 8/10 10.00

05 Sep 26 Goondiwindi Goondiwindi Cup Basil's Bow P Randall 1,400m — 7/8 13.00

29 Aug 26 Toowoomba Rdo Equipment (Bm75) The Deputy Rob Thorburn 1,300m — 4/9 5.50

29 Aug 26 Warra Warra Cup (Bm60) Basil's Bow Jess Emmerson 1,400m — 8/12 11.00

27 Aug 26 Ipswich Barrier Reef Pools (Bm65) Heroic Chief Bella Youngberry 800m — 6/10 21.00

15 Aug 26 Toowoomba Happy 70th Graham Healy (Bm65) Heroic Chief N Fazackerley 870m — 6/6 15.00

15 Aug 26 Toowoomba Jls Builders (Bm55) Basil's Bow N Fazackerley 1,210m — 12/12 51.00

11 Aug 26 Dalby Psp Racing Colours (Bm60) Vesper Lynd William Galloway 1,000m — 7/10 7.50

01 Aug 26 Toowoomba Happy Horses' Birthday Hcp (C3) Vesper Lynd P Hamblin 1,000m — 3/8 12.00

30 Jul 26 Gatton Lockyer Valley Painting - Jason Diete (Bm60) Basil's Bow N Fazackerley 860m — 8/8 101.00

10 Jul 26 Gatton Nolan's Transport (Bm65) Charmed Passage MS K Lenton 1,100m — 7/9 6.00

03 Jul 26 Toowoomba Create With Cottee Hcp (C4) Charmed Passage MS K Lenton 1,000m — 5/8 21.00

03 Jul 26 Toowoomba Create With Cottee Hcp (C4) Defiant Boom P Hamblin 1,000m — 8/8 81.00

20 Jun 26 Toowoomba 1equine - For The Equine Athlete (Bm60) Vesper Lynd MS K Lenton 870m — 5/9 20.00

20 Jun 26 Toowoomba 1equine - For The Equine Athlete (Bm60) Defiant Boom Leslie Tilley 870m — 7/9 41.00

20 Jun 26 Toowoomba Wholesale Horsewear House Hcp (C3) Silent Fox MS K Lenton 1,625m — 8/10 11.00

20 Jun 26 Toowoomba Western Truck Group Toowoomba (Bm58) Von Bee Leslie Tilley 1,200m — 8/8 12.00

13 Jun 26 Toowoomba Bottlemart (Bm70) Charmed Passage Jade Metcalfe 1,000m — 7/8 12.00

13 Jun 26 Toowoomba Livewired Electrical (Bm55) Silent Fox Leslie Tilley 1,300m — 5/10 21.00

06 Jun 26 Gympie Open Hcp Smiling Zac P Hamblin 1,170m — 9/9 7.00

06 Jun 26 Gympie Hcp (55) Sweet Poppy Emma Simsir 1,170m — 9/10 7.00

06 Jun 26 Gympie Mdn Plate Mr Democrat P Hamblin 1,170m — 4/8 5.00

06 Jun 26 Gympie (Bm55) Defiant Boom P Hamblin 850m — 9/10 7.00

01 Jun 26 Thangool Adornato Law (Bm60) Trapeze Warrior Leslie Tilley 1,400m — 6/9 3.90

01 Jun 26 Thangool Biloela Bobcats Hcp (C2) Silent Fox Emma Simsir 1,300m — 5/6 4.00

01 Jun 26 Thangool Callide Valley Toyota (Bm60) Defiant Boom Leslie Tilley 800m — 4/7 2.80

01 Jun 26 Thangool Commercial Hotel Biolela Mdn Plate Mr Democrat Emma Simsir 1,300m — 4/6 7.00

30 May 26 Toowoomba Bottlemart Hcp (C3) Charmed Passage MS K Lenton 1,000m — 1/4 7.50

23 May 26 Nanango Open Plate Smiling Zac N Fazackerley 1,200m — 7/11 9.00

23 May 26 Nanango (Bm55) Silent Fox Emma Simsir 1,200m — 5/9 2.30

23 May 26 Nanango Mdn Plate Sweet Poppy Emma Simsir 1,000m — 1/11 5.00

16 May 26 Toowoomba Lawrence & Hanson Mdn Hcp Sweet Poppy MS K Lenton 1,200m — 10/11 81.00

16 May 26 Toowoomba Harvey Black Group (Bm70) Trapeze Warrior Frederick Larson 1,300m — 5/10 51.00

16 May 26 Toowoomba Black Gwm - Hope Cup (Bm62) Charmed Passage MS K Lenton 1,000m — 7/10 7.50

Stable

Horse Last start Next start For the stable

Starboard 7th Warwick 10 Oct 26 Sat 24 Oct · Doomben 3: 0-1-0

Sweet Poppy 7th Stanthorpe 17 Oct 26 Sat 24 Oct · Clifton 10: 1-0-0

Basil's Bow 7th Goondiwindi 05 Sep 26 Sat 24 Oct · Clifton 7: 0-0-0

The Boss Man 6th Toowoomba 03 Oct 26 Sat 24 Oct · Gold Coast 7: 0-0-0

Heroic Chief 9th Ipswich 15 Oct 26 Sat 24 Oct · Toowoomba 10: 2-1-0

The Deputy 4th Warwick 10 Oct 26 Sat 24 Oct · Toowoomba 9: 2-2-1

Vesper Lynd 7th Ipswich 15 Oct 26 Sat 24 Oct · Toowoomba 8: 0-0-1

Foxy Artist 6th Warwick 10 Oct 26 Not declared 4: 0-0-0

Raiderlicious 8th Ipswich 08 Oct 26 Not declared 7: 0-1-0

Charmed Passage 7th Gatton 10 Jul 26 Not declared 10: 1-3-0

Defiant Boom 8th Toowoomba 03 Jul 26 Not declared 5: 0-0-0

Silent Fox 8th Toowoomba 20 Jun 26 Not declared 5: 0-0-1

Von Bee 8th Toowoomba 20 Jun 26 Not declared 1: 0-0-0

Smiling Zac 9th Gympie 06 Jun 26 Not declared 3: 0-0-0

Mr Democrat 4th Gympie 06 Jun 26 Not declared 2: 0-0-0

Trapeze Warrior 6th Thangool 01 Jun 26 Not declared 8: 0-0-1

Mekanic 3rd Taroom 28 Feb 26 Not declared 1: 0-0-1

17 horses that have run in the stable's last 100 runners or are declared to run. Each horse's age, sex and full record are on its own page.

Statistics

Track

Toowoomba 50: 4-4-2 8%

Warwick 12: 1-2-1 8%

Gatton 9: 0-2-1 0%

Ipswich 8: 1-0-0 13%

Jockey

MS K Lenton 20: 3-1-0 15%

MS G Cartwright 19: 2-3-1 11%

Emma Simsir 9: 1-2-0 11%

P Hamblin 8: 0-1-1 0%

Distance

Up to 1100m 40: 2-4-1 5%

1200m – 1400m 55: 4-4-4 7%

1500m – 1800m 5: 0-0-0 0%

2000m and over 0: 0-0-0 —

Track condition

Firm / Good 3: 0-0-0 0%

Soft 3: 0-0-0 0%

Heavy 0: 0-0-0 —

Track covers every runner on record since 2026; the other groups cover the last 100. Record shown as runners: wins-seconds-thirds, with win strike rate.

Career

Year Runners Wins 2nd 3rd Win %

2026 119 8 10 6 7%

Recent winners · 8

Kilcoy · Ladbrokes Tote Win + 10% (Bm65) Heroic Chief · A$11,000 06 Oct 26

Toowoomba · Bottlemart Hcp (C3) Charmed Passage · A$12,500 30 May 26

Nanango · Mdn Plate Sweet Poppy · A$6,800 23 May 26

Toowoomba · 1equine - For The Equine Athlete (Bm75) The Deputy · A$12,500 25 Apr 26

Toowoomba · Barrier Reef Pools (Bm60) The Deputy · A$12,500 11 Apr 26

Ipswich · Great Northern (Bm65) Heroic Chief · A$15,600 06 Mar 26

Warwick · Thanks To Sub Zero Air Conditioning (Bm60) Raiderlicious · A$11,000 23 Feb 26

Toowoomba · Thank You Long & Life Members (Bm60) Heroic Chief · A$12,500 14 Feb 26

Calendar years, from 2026 when Australian results begin in our feed. Prize money is shown for each win; the feed carries no season totals.