Jamie Richards (horse trainer)
Jamie Richards is a leading thoroughbred horse racing trainer in New Zealand.
| Jamie Richards | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Horse trainer |
Jamie has won the New Zealand Trainers Premiership:[1]
- 2019/20 season - 160 wins (36 Group or listed races) for stakes of $5,969,645 (in New Zealand alone).
- 2020/21 season - 101 wins (17 Group or listed) for $3,825,283.
Early career
Jamie's father, Paul Richards, was an accomplished jockey and his mother, Leanne Richards was a racing administrator.
Jamie was also an amateur jockey, winning 5 races in 10 starts.
Jamie attended Otago Boys' High School and then Otago University, he achieved a Bachelor of Commerce in Management and Accounting and a Diploma in Marketing. He was selected for the Sunline International Management Scholarship to undertake stud and stable experience in Europe and the United States.
He later worked for New Zealand Bloodstock before moving to Matamata to work at Waikato Stud.
Jamie entered into a formal training partnership at Te Akau Racing with Stephen Autridge in May 2015. He took over as sole trainer in July 2018.[2]
Notable horses
Notable horses he has trained or co-trained include:
- Avantage.
- Embellish, winner of the 2017 New Zealand 2000 Guineas.
- Gingernuts, winner of the 2017 Avondale Guineas, New Zealand Derby, Rosehill Guineas & Windsor Park Plate.[3]
- Kahma Lass, winner of the 2020 New Zealand 1000 Guineas.[4]
- Melody Belle, winner of the 2019 Empire Rose Stakes
- Noverre, winner of the 2021 New Zealand 2000 Guineas.
- On The Bubble
- Probabeel[5]
- Risque, winner of the 2015 New Zealand 1000 Guineas.
- Te Akau Shark
- The Perfect Pink, winner of the 2021 New Zealand 1000 Guineas.