Michael Hickmott burst onto the Australian racing scene in 2007 when, as an 18-year-old in his first year of training, he won the coveted Darwin Cup with General Market.
Whilst combining a career in Real Estate with his training career, proving it had little to do with beginner’s luck and everything to do with his passion for thoroughbreds and his skills as a horseman, he returned to win the same event in 2009 with Activation, a horse who Michael still houses at Lakewood and is a farm favourite.
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