Trainers flip Eagle Farm home to build down the straight

Caitlin and Matt Hoysted have sold their home backing onto Eagle Farm Racecourse High-profile horse racing couple Caitlin and Matt Hoysted have flipped a trackside mansion in a blockbuster off-market deal. While the final figure remains under wraps, the sale of the luxury home backing onto Eagle Farm Racecourse was a frontrunner for a suburb record, finishing just a nose behind Hendra’s benchmark $6.55m set in September 2025. Place Ascot director Patrick McKinnon, who handled the hush-hush transaction for 102 Mein St, confirmed the price sailed past the suburb’s next-in-line property, which changed hands in 2024 for $6.3m. The luxury home sold in an off-market deal The Hoysteds had owned the property for three years, making gains of close to $2m on the sale The windfall comes just eight months after the pair snatched up a vacant double block just 100m away for $3.8m, where they will build their next dream home. Considered Queensland turf royalty, Mr Hoysted is a prominent Group 1-winning trainer, while Mrs Hoysted, a former trainer herself, is the breeder and owner of the couple’s Group 1 Oakleigh Plate champion Uncommon James. The five-bedroom home on a 725 sqm lot was purpose-bui...