Sam Kavanagh, a former racehorse trainer who faced a nine-year disqualification for cobalt offences, passed away at the age of 38 after battling stage four esophageal cancer. The tragic loss comes after a strained relationship with his father, Mark, stemming from the cobalt case. Kavanagh is remembered for his infectious smile, loyalty, and passion for racing.
No one suffered more than the young trainer, who had grown up in Adelaide, left his father’s successful operation and moved to the cut-throat world of Sydney racing to make it on his own.
“I have offered my parents opportunities to speak with or engage with my daughter, their grandchild, without my involvement if that helps them … nothing, I’ve moved on, no energy for that,” Kavanagh told clarkofthecourse.com website earlier this year. When that time comes, he will be remembered as many things: a larrikin with a beaming smile, a loyal friend, an ambitious trainer with a fine eye for a horse, an astute punter, a man of courage, and a proud family man.Close friend Will Freedman told RadioTAB that it would be a trying time for Kelly to look after Siena while facing the prospect of winding up their stable.
“While the horses were going well, as well as they could go, I’m sitting here thinking, ‘I need another 30 of them going well to make this work’,” he toldKavanagh said he was paying $165,000 a year in rent, was burdened with a $300,000 debt from the Magic Millions sales, was struggling to cover payroll each week because a big client owed him money, and he was sleeping in a flat above his stables to save $500 in weekly rent.
He told the hearing that his father and Matt Rudolph, who was then the Australian Turf Club executive general manager, had organised a secret meeting in a Sydney pub to pressure him to change his evidence. They tried to convince him not to implicate Brennan in his case.
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