One of the best two-year-olds I’ve trained
March 17, 2022
THE Bathurst Gold Crown is a race that trainers right across Australasia yearn to win. But for the locals it is a burning desire to have horses capable of competing in the Group 1 feature in the hope that they can take the Crown in front of their hometown... Read more
Nathan just wants some ‘deja vu’ in 2022
January 5, 2022
IT’S been a year to savor in 2021 for Bathurst trainer-driver Nathan Turnbull . Turnbull is well-known for his willingness to travel to any place his horses can win races. The oldest son of multiple premiership winner Steve Turnbull trained 57 winners and 129 placegetters during 2021 and chalked... Read more
Nice way to bring up the 500-win milestone
October 20, 2021
THERE could not have been a more fitting setting for Bathurst reinsman, Nathan Turnbull to bring up his 500th career win as a reinsman last Friday night. Turnbull brought up what was becoming an elusive milestone at Parkes, a track where he has racked up many wins. He scored... Read more
Nathan out to continue the family tradition
September 22, 2021
IT’S fair to say the Turnbull family has been the dominant force at Parkes Paceway for the past three decades. A.D., Greg, Wendy, Steve, and Amanda have all won multiple trainers and drivers’ premierships at the track and this year Nathan could join the ranks. When A.D. and Greg... Read more
Nathan’s giving Steve a run for his money
August 11, 2021
NATHAN Turnbull is the eldest of Steve and Jenny Turnbull’s ‘brood’ and has been in and out of the harness racing industry over the past two decades. But he is now firmly entrenched in the sport and is a big asset to harness racing right throughout the Western District... Read more
Nathan looking to steal the spotlight
January 27, 2021
DESPITE his proven success in harness racing, Bathurst horseman Nathan Turnbull would be the first to admit that he has been overshadowed by his younger sister Amanda, who is now recognised as being in the top echelon of trainer-drivers across Australasia. When he left school, the eldest son of... Read more
Trainer Nathan Turnbull – Inquiry Conducted
September 22, 2017
ON Monday August 21, 2017, Harness Racing New South Wales Stewards conducted an inquiry into a report received from the Australian Racing Forensic Laboratory (ARFL) that benzoylecgonine and ecgonine methyl ester, metabolites of cocaine, had been detected in the post-race urine sample taken from DESTINY WARRIOR following its win... Read more