Former Gold Coast trainer John Page dies

Former Gold Coast trainer John Page has sadly passed away aged 89.

John Page who was most well known as the trainer of triple Derby winner Royal Sovereign who won the AJC Derby, Victoria Derby and the Queensland Derby.

Born in Muswellbrook, he was the son of a railwayman, John’s father had shown little interest in racing although young John spent much of his youth around horses on his grandfather’s property and turned to training and won his first Derby at just thirty-three.

John’s wife Helen Page continues to train out of her Gold Coast base having won over 400 races in her own right.