Robbie Laing will decide whether El Soleado has one more run or head to the spelling paddock after his victory in the Bendigo Golden Mile on Saturday.

Laing said on Sunday morning he was on the mend after he had suffered a leg injury on Friday.

“I’ve got a crack in the top of the femur, where it goes on to the hip. There’s a lot of fluid and build-up on the hip,” Laing said.

“I couldn’t walk on Friday. I was a little bit better on Saturday and I’m hobbling today.”

Laing said he was putting some leg straps on Attain when Hey Fat Cat lunged at him over the petition between them.

“Attain spun around to protect himself, and when he swung around I took the full impact of his rump and he slammed me into the wall.”

Laing said he watched El Soleado’s victory at his parent’s place sitting on the couch with them and his sister.

Laing said he told Patrick Moloney how to ride him in the Golden Mile and he followed the instructions to a tee.

“At the end of the meeting, you would be better suited to have drawn wide as the track would be chopped up. I told him to get back two or three in the running line and then come home down the middle of the track.”

Laing said the Mornington Cup could come up too quickly for El Soleado.

“It might be too big a step at the end of his campaign. One more run somewhere or go to the paddock is my plan.”

Laing said there could be a couple of options at the VOBIS Gold Race day at Caulfield on April 27.

Group 1-winning trainer Robbie Laing has received a suspended penalty after pleading guilty to failing to provide veterinary treatment to two broodmares on his property.

Laing was charged in September with failing to provide veterinary treatment to the mares in March 22.

The Victorian Racing Tribunal heard a member of the public reported the mares were in poor condition, which eventually resulted in the horses being humanely euthanised.

Have the charges ever been proven?

No follow up on the horse welfare charges with the two broodmares that he denied vet treatment? Hows this bloke still training? The last people in the world that should work and profit from animals are those with no concern for their welfare. Bad look for racing, the industry doesn’t need negative PR. People like that need weeding out, not given second chances or more. 

Stars of Carrum, two tendons and then he breaks down and can’t be saved? Save me the crocodile tears  horse welfare is gelatie

He also has Box Vale in the stable, Desert Lashes first foal, by Fiorente. A big 2yo, had its 1st the other week, think it would be better to come back in late spring.

Lets see what punishment he gets .  6 lashes with a wet noodle , as most of these offenders seem to get .

Yikes.

Robbie Laing hit with welfare charges

Robbies only horse Tasuma just ran in a 1950m maiden at Yarra Glen - ran on pretty resolutely for a 2nd placing.  Should be a forthcoming maiden win over 1900-2200m for this horse next time.

Wonder if he is allowed to have a betting account?

Robbie Laing has trained almost 1200 winners, but you get the feeling the next winner he saddles up might just be the most satisfying of them all.

Bankruptcy robbed Laing of not only his trainer�s licence two years ago but his way of life, but on Wednesday he was granted permission by RV to return to the training ranks.

Despite his ups and downs, there is no dampening Laing�s enthusiasm to set the alarm again to the early morning rises, nor did he fall out of love with the game in his time away.

�Here I was without the love of my life for two years - but I�m back,� Laing said.

�I probably wasn�t as intent on racing midweek because I didn�t want to be a couch potato and watch races all day, but from 12 until 5 on a Saturday afternoon I was fully focused on what was going on.

�If you�re training horses its more than a job, it�s a way of life and you�ve got to love it.

�The windscreens are big a big piece of glass, the rear vision mirror is only small so we will look at the big picture.

�I�m keen as mustard to get going.�

With the backing of prominent businessmen Peter Sidwell, Rick Smith and Andrew Harrison, Laing will be employed by a new company named Winning Ways Racing.

�I just want to take things quiet and go steady, I want to recruit the best staff and best horses I can,� Laing explained.

�I don�t want a big team... below 10 (horses).

�I want to be able to train them, I want to be able to take them to the beach myself and all those things.

�We are going to start talking about what type of horses to target, what horses I need now to get me back going and what to target at the yearling sales.

�There are a few maybes I could be getting, Stars of Carrum after he�s been rehabbed after reinjury his tendon with Moods could be one and the horse that I bred Gennady I believe could be coming back.�

One of Laing�s first jobs will be to find himself a training base.

With Peter Sidwell one of three businessmen to throw Laing a financial lifeline, he may also be in a position to accommodate Laing at his now vacant Sutton Grange property.

Laing first helped Sidwell bring his private training vision to reality in the early 2000�s helping with the design and being the properties first tenant training over 60 horses at any one time.

�It has been mentioned,� Laing said of a potential return to Sutton Grange.

�Cranbourne is a fantastic place to train also, I�m just waiting for the committee to give me the thumbs up or the thumbs down and if I get the thumbs down it�s not the end of the world.

�Pakenham is a beautiful place to train from, so is Mornington.�

While acquiring horses and a stable will be a priority for Laing, so will getting his finances in order.

�When you have your license taken off you and you owe people money that gives you no ability to earn and no ability to pay people back,� Laing said.

�All these people I haven�t paid I can�t, I�ve been living on Jobseeker worth $630 a fortnight.

�My car has been repossessed, I lost my house, I had to have a total hip operation and lost my farm.

�I wasn�t suspended, not disqualified, hadn�t cheated or done anything ill towards a horse, I just ran out of money.�

Despite the hardships and not setting a return date, the Group 1 winning trainer is certain one of thing, and that is vowing to bounce back in typical Laing fashion.

�I never let it get me,� he said.

�I always thought there are a hell of a lot of people worse off then someone who has lost their job.

�If I�ve got the backing to do it, I�ll been attending the sales and be buying something that will run early and something that can get over ground.

�The only form of advertising in racing is winning, you can take out a big glossy advertisement but winning means the phone doesn�t stop.

�In five years� time if I�m training big winners the old blokes down the pub will elbow each other and say �was it four or five years ago Robbie Laing was out�... it�s a funny game.�

Robbie Laing is set to rejoin the Victorian training ranks after Racing Victoria on Wednesday gave the Group 1-winning horseman back his trainers' licence.

Laing saddled up his most recent runner in November 2019, before having his licence withdrawn by RV after he was deemed bankrupt. He was first licensed in 1980.

It had been reported that Laing's submission for a return included that he had gathered the support of Peter Sidwell and fellow businessmen Andrew Harrison and Rick Smith.

Sidwell, who owns a private training property in Sutton Grange that was recently vacated by Brent Stanley, had Laing as his first tenant at the facility in the early 2000s.

It is unknown where Laing will resume training from

"Two years have passed since I last threw a saddle on one on race day," Laing said in a post on social media.

"Jobseeker, some immediate family, mum 87, dad 91, and sister Jenny and some good friends have looked after me exceptionally.

"No house, no car, until gifted one by a champion of a man Rick Smith.

"I'm back, I want to win the Melbourne Cup and Cox Plate and any other Group 1's around the country."

RV said Laing's application for a trainers' licence had been provisionally approved pending acceptance of the conditions and completion of necessary paperwork.

Laing's sons Jack and Aaron have also recently entered the training ranks.