How many times has Sir Michael Stoute won the Breeders' Cup Turf?

At the time of writing, Ballydoyle trainer Aiden O'Brien has recently extended his already impressive record in the Breeders' Cup Turf by saddling Auguste Rodin – who, like his namesake, has lived a life full of contrasts – to win the $4 million showpiece for the seventh time. The Breeders' Cup Turf was inaugurated in 1984 and, not altogether surprisingly, the mile and a half contest has proved a happy hunting ground for European trainers, particularly those from Britain and Ireland, with the likes of Clive Brittain, Saeed bin Suroor, Brian Meehan, John Gosden and Charlie Appleby among the names on the roll of honour.

Aiden O'Brien aside, though, Sir Michael Stoute is the most successful trainer in the history of the Breeders' Cup Turf, with four winners to his name. Based at Freemason Lodge on the Bury Road in Newmarket, Stoute, 78, is well into the veteran stage of his training career, having first taken out a licence in his own right in 1972. Of course, he will forever be associated with the brilliant, but ultimately ill-fated Shergar, but it should not be forgotten that he has saddled 16 British Classic winners, including six Derby winners, and won the trainers' championship 10 times between 1981 and 2009.

As far as the Breeders' Cup Turf is concerned, Stoute opened his account with the outstanding middle-distance colt Pilsudski, who beat stable companion Singspiel at Woodbine in Toronto, Canada in 1996. Two years later, Stoute was knighted for the promotion of sport tourism in his native Barbados and, in 2000, doubled his Breeders' Cup Turf tally with Kalanisi – owned, like Shergar, by Aga Khan IV – at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. Later the same decade, he completed his quartet of wins, courtesy of Conduit, who recorded back-to-back victories at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California in 2008 and 2009.

Jamie Snowden profile

With over 400 winners to his name, Jamie Snowden has enjoyed plenty of success since obtaining his license in 2008, including two Cheltenham Festival winners.






Jamie has been involved in horse racing from an early age, through a mixture of Pony Club, hunting and point-to-point racing. During his school time, he rode out for Nigel Twiston-Davies and during his gap year he went over to New Zealand to work as an Assistant Trainer for a flat yard.




He followed this with a career in the army, where he cotninued his affiliation with horse racing by competing in the Grand Military Gold Cup and Royal Artillery Gold Cup, winning both races a record equalling four times as a jockey.




After spending a year as pupil assistant for champion trainer Paul Nicholls, Jamie switched to Seven Barrows to become assistant trainer and amateur jockey for trainer Nicky Henderson, before taking out his trainer license in 2008.




It took him three years to land a Listed winner, but the big winners kept coming after that, including a win at the 2014 Cheltenham Festival winner, when Present View landed the Novice Handicap Chase on the opening day of the Festival. He landed his second Cheltenham Festival winner in 2023, with You Wear It Well winning the Jack De Bromhead Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle.


Last season, Jamie had his best season to date in terms of prize money won, largely thanks to Datsalrightgino winning the Coral Gold Cup. He had plenty of other memorable winners during the season, including www.racingclub.com syndicate horse Farceur Du Large winning both the Grand Military Gold Cup and the Royal Artillery Gold Cup - a fitting winner for the trainer having been so prolific in the race as a jockey.

Who are the leading trainers in the history of the Peterborough Chase?

For the uninitiated, the Peterborough Chase is a Grade 2 steeplechase, run over 2 miles, 3 furlongs and 189 yards at Huntingdon in December. The race was first run, in its current guise – that is, as a weight-for-age, conditions chase – in 1978 and, since then, two trainers, both veterans, have saddled eight winners apiece. 

In chronological order, in terms of their first winners of the Peterborough Chase, the first of them is six-time champion trainer Nicky Henderson. Henderson opened his account with reigning champion chaser Remittance Man in 1992 and added two more victories in the nineties, courtesy of Arkle Challenge Trophy winner Travado in both 1993 and 1995. After a lengthy hiatus, the master of Seven Barrows has significantly increased his winning tally in the last decade or so, with further victories for Riverside Theatre (2013), Josses Hill (2016), Top Notch (2017 and 2019) and Mister Fisher (2020).

Henderson shares the mantle of leading trainer with Henrietta Knight, who officially retired in 2012, but announced in November 2023 that she would returning to training at the earliest opportunity in 2024, from her previous base at West Lockinge Farm near Wantage, Oxfordshire, where she has been running a successful livery yard. During her previous stint in the training ranks, Knight was responsible for the prolific, and versatile, Edredon Bleu, who had the distinction of winning the Peterbrough Chase four years running, in 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001. At the time of his retirement, in 2005, the Grand Tresor gelding had won 24 of his 47 starts over fences, including the Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham in 2000 and King George VI Chase at Kempton Park in 2003. Knight also saddled Best Mate (2002), Impek (2005), and Racing Demon (2006 and 2007) to victory in the Peterborough Chase.