Jamie has a pedigree steeped in horse racing.

His grandfathers, Bill Edwards and Charlie Bawden, were both trainers in Townsville, while his father, Jimmy Edwards, was a jockey in northern Queensland.

But it was his uncle, Ashley Bawden, a former leading Sydney apprentice, that taught him most about horses.

A day after his 15th birthday, Jamie became apprenticed to Bawden and in three years rode 39 winners before he got too heavy and joined Keith Dryden’s Canberra stable as a foreman.

In 1991, Jamie moved to Melbourne and had two-year stints as stable foreman with Rick Hore-Lacy, and Mick Price before leasing a property at Mount Macedon where he broke horses as well as pre-trained for Tony Vasil and Gerald Ryan.

In 1997, Jamie was granted a trainer’s license, and All The Difference was his first winner at Ballarat in June that year. Angel Love was his first city success at Moonee Valley in February 1999.

Jamie has since trained more than 600 winners.

He was Geelong’s leading trainer for four consecutive years from 2004 to 2007 and has dominated the local premiership for the last two decades.

He celebrated his first major victory when Dream The Dream won the 2006 Group 2 South Australian Oaks. A year later, he captured Group 1 South Australian Derby and Listed VRC St Leger with Lazer Sharp.

In 2007, Jamie and Bruce Elkington established a successful training partnership, and together they won the Geelong trainers’ title five times before Bruce retired in July 2016.

While based in the country surrounds of Emsley Lodge, Jamie’s professionalism underpins his training operation to achieve optimal results for his owners.

Jamie is married to Janet, and they have three sons, James, Darby and Brad.