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Julie Camacho
Malton, North Yorkshire
Julie Camacho and her husband and assistant trainer Steve Brown took over the reins from Julie’s father, Maurice, in the 1990s, and have since trained a number of quality winners, including at Listed and Group race level. They train Elite Racing Club’s record-breaker Judicial, the winner of an incredible 18 races, including two Group 3 races. Julie and Steve had by far their best season ever in 2022, training 47 winners and almost doubling the number of winners and prize money haul from the previous few seasons.
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Harry and Roger Charlton
Marlborough, Wiltshire.
Roger Charlton, who now shares his licence with his son Harry, took over the reins in 1990 after spending 12 years as assistant to the renowned trainer, Jeremy Tree. In Roger's first season, he won the Derby and Prix du Jockey Club (French Derby) with Quest For Fame and Sanglamore, respectively. Roger has also notably handled the Group 1 winners Avonbridge, Patavellian, Tamarisk, Al Kazeem and Quadrilateral. Roger also trained Elite Racing Club's Group 3 winner, Border Patrol, and the speedy Listed-winning juvenile Marlinka.
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James Fanshawe
Newmarket, Suffolk
James Fanshawe has been operating at the highest level for four decades from his beautiful and historic yard, which was built by Fred Archer. James has uniquely trained two Champion Hurdle winners as well as any number of Group 1 Flat winners, with the likes of The Tin Man, Speedy Boarding, Society Rock, Deacon Blues and Audarya, and Elite Racing Club's top-class homebreds Soviet Song and Ribbons. James has a particularly good record with fillies, on account of the fact that he has trained for some of the leading owner/breeders.
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James Ferguson
Newmarket
One of the rising stars of British Flat racing, James Ferguson has already enjoyed several high-profile successes since sending out his first runners in 2019. James quickly enjoyed domestic success with the talented two-year-old filly and Group 3 winner Mise En Scene, as well as a valuable Heritage Handicap success with Owners Group’s First Folio. In 2022 he plundered the Group 2 Great Voltigeur at York with Deauville Legend, a big race success that followed El Bodegon’s Group 1 French win at the end of the previous season.
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Anthony Honeyball
Beaminster, Dorset
A former conditional jockey for Paul Nicholls, Anthony Honeyball began his training career in 2006, from his parents' Quantock farm in Somerset, and in 2012 moved to his current base. The undoubted star of the show has been Regal Encore, the winner of nine races, including a Grade 3 chase at Ascot in 2020, when twelve years of age, also the dual Graded-winning chaser Sam Brown. Anthony has an excellent record with mares, highlighted by the talented Midnight Tune, who landed a Grade 2 at Sandown over hurdles.
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Emma Lavelle
Marlborough, Wiltshire.
Emma Lavelle has been training horses for over 20 years, but it is since moving to her current setup in Wiltshire that her career has taken off, and in the 2021-22 season she equalled her previous best total of 42 winners. Emma trains one of the most talented hurdlers in the country, the evergreen Stayers’ Hurdle and Long Walk Hurdle winner Paisley Park, and also the Ladbroke Trophy winner, De Rasher Counter. Emma has also enjoyed notable success in the past with Shotgun Paddy, Self Defense and Crack Away Jack.
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Sir Mark Prescott
Newmarket, Suffolk
Sir Mark Prescott began training in 1970, and is Newmarket's longest-standing trainer. Situated at the base of the famous Warren Hill, Sir Mark trains a select team of 50 horses. He enjoys plundering big handicaps, but has also masterminded the careers of sprinters Pivotal and Elite Racing Club's dual Group 1-winner Marsha. Sir Mark also achieved Group 1 success with Albanova, Alborada, Hooray and Confidential Lady. His biggest success came in 2022 when Alpinista won a £2.4 million first prize in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.
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Roger Varian
Newmarket, Suffolk
During a decade as assistant to Michael Jarvis, Roger Varian was involved with the likes of Rakti, Iffraaj and Eswarah, before taking over the reins from his former employer in 2011. Roger's first runner, Eton Forever in Doncaster's Spring Mile, was a winner, and in that first season he also saddled the Group 1 winner Nahrain. Roger has now trained more than 1,200 winners, including the 2022 St Leger winner Eldar Eldarov and Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (British Champions Mile) winner Bayside Boy, amongst a total of more than 20 Group 1 successes.
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Ed Walker
Lambourn
Ed Walker started training in 2010, basing himself in Newmarket, before settling at his impressive current base, which has all the facilities expected of a major racing yard, including its own private gallops. Ed has trained more than 400 winners, and his training career has flourished in recent years, thanks to star horses like July Cup winner Starman, and dual Group 1-winner Dreamloper. Another big earner for Ed in 2022 was the two-year-old Amichi, whose run of three wins included two valuable sales races and more than £138,000 in prize money.