A HOME overlooking Thornhill Park, the Queensland racehorse training centre owned by leading Australian trainer Bruce McLachlan gives buyers the opportunity to keep a close eye on his methods.
Thornhill Park lies directly below the hilltop position of the home being sold by Mr Bruce Judge, former Ariadne company chairman and the man with the unenviable reputation for having presided over what was, in 1988, Australia's largest corporate loss ever.
The three-bedroom house has picture postcard views of the McLachlan complex and surrounding Rocksberg countryside north of Brisbane.
Every room of the home has been designed to sneak preview the practice sessions of the thoroughbreds.
Thornhill Park was launched by McLachlan in the 1980s and he insisted the track be built to the precise dimensions and curve of the famous Eagle Farm track in Brisbane.
Built in 1986 and situated on more than 70 hectares of freehold land, the entire eastern boundary is attached to the Thornhill Park property.
Close to central Caboolture (about 45 minutes' drive from Brisbane) in one of the fastest-growing shires in the country, the property's back boundary is the south branch of the Caboolture river.