UPDATED: Monday, 10:00AM
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A LARGE land search is underway at Beresfield after a well-known horse trainer disappeared from a service station as she travelled home from a weekend race meeting.
Bindi Cheers, 44, was last seen leaving the Hawkesbury Race Club about 2pm on Sunday but never returned to her home in Taree.
Friends said Cheers, who has for years successfully managed a small team with a unique training method of backing horses up on short breaks, left the racecourse in her truck on her own, and was towing four horses.
Police said she was believed to have driven to a service station in Beresfield before leaving on foot.
The horses were found at the petrol station on Enterprise Drive, but there was no sign of Cheers.
"Bindi would never leave her horses like that," one person who knew Cheers wrote on social media.
A large search of bushland near the service station began on Monday morning and includes operational support group police, officers on trailbikes, State Emergency Service volunteers and members of the Volunteer Rescue Association.
Cheers was last seen wearing grey cargo pants, running shoes, and may be wearing a maroon jacket.
EARLIER: Monday, 7:00AM
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a woman missing from the Hunter region since yesterday.
Bindi Cheers, 44, was last seen about 2pm on Sunday, July 24 at a race club on Racecourse Road, Clarendon.
When Mrs Cheers failed to return home, officers attached to Central Hunter Local Area Command were contacted and commenced searching for her.
It is believed Mrs Cheers may have driven to a service station on Enterprise Drive, Beresfield, prior to going missing. She is believed to be on foot.
Mrs Cheers is described as being of Caucasian appearance, about 175cm tall, of slim build, with a fair complexion.
She was last seen wearing grey cargo pants, running shoes, and may be wearing a maroon jacket.
Anyone who may have seen Mrs Cheers is urged to contact Maitland Police via Crime Stoppers.
A search around the Enterprise Drive, Beresfield location will commence at first light Monday, July 25.
Police are urging anyone with information in relation to this incident to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or use the Crime Stoppers online reporting page:https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au/
Information provided will be treated in the strictest of confidence. People are reminded they should not report crime information via Facebook and Twitter pages.
