Henrietta Knight (racehorse trainer)

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Henrietta Catherine Knight (b. 15 December 1946) is an English racehorse trainer.

Henrietta began training under rules in 1989 having previously trained over 100 winners in point-to-points between 1984 to 1989 and trains the horses on a farm in Lockinge, near Wantage in Oxfordshire.

She is best known for training triple Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Best Mate and Queen Mother Champion Chase winner Edredon Bleu. Both horses also won the King George VI Chase and were owned by Jim Lewis and his late wife Valerie.

Among her current stable stars are Impek, who finished third in the Ryanair Chase at the 2006 Cheltenham Festival, and Racing Demon, the winner of the Peterborough Chase at Huntingdon Racecourse in 2006 and 2007.

1 Personal Life
2 Non-racing career
3 Big race victories
4 External links

[edit] Personal Life

Henrietta is married to former champion jockey Terry Biddlecombe in 1995 and has no children.

Both are recovered alcoholics.

[edit] Non-racing career

An Oxford graduate, Henrietta formerly was a teacher of Biology and History.

Henrietta finished 12th at Badminton in 1973 and was the chairperson of the British Olympic Horse Trals Selection Committee between 1984 and 1988. This included the selection of the Silver Medal winning team for the Seoul Olympics.

A keen writer, she has authored two books thus far. Chasing Gold, and Best Mate Triple Gold.