Richard Fahey
| Richard Fahey | |
|---|---|
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| Occupation | Trainer |
| Major racing wins, honours and awards | |
| Major racing wins | |
| July Cup, Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere, Heineken Gold Cup, Canadian Stakes, Yorkshire Cup, | |
| Significant horses | |
| Garswood, Sandiva, Supplicant, Glen's Diamond, Ladys First, Mayson, Barefoot Lady, Mickdaam, Wootton Bassett, Knot In Wood, Utmost Respect, Anna Pavlova, Superior Premium, Golden Legacy, Noyan | |
Richard Fahey is a racehorse trainer, based in Malton, North Yorkshire. He has saddled 26 Group race winners in the UK, Ireland, France and Canada, including Mayson in the 2012 Group 1 July Cup at Newmarket.,[1] Barefoot Lady in the 2012 Grade 2 Canadian Stakes at Woodbine and Wootton Bassett in the 2010 Group 1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere at Longchamp. In 2012 Richard finished third in the British Flat Trainers Championship in terms of races won, and sixth in the overall trainers' championship.[2]
Career
Richard Fahey has built his training career on the back of a successful stint as a jockey. He chalked-up just over 100 winners, under both codes, in ten years in the saddle, the highlight of which was sharing the conditional jockeys’ title.
From starting out, in the summer of 1993, from Manor Farm, Butterwick, near Malton, with a modest string which barely reached double-figures, Fahey has never looked back.
In 2002 Fahey got his name on the Royal Ascot roll of honour courtesy of Superior Premium – a colt he’d bought as a yearling for only 2,800gns- who clinched a 20-1 triumph in the Cork And Orrery Stakes under Johnny Murtagh.
2005 saw Fahey make the move to Musley Bank Stables, Malton, his current base and in 2006 he went through the £1 million prize money barrier. In 2008, when he saddled more than 100 winners for the first time, prize money was up to £1.2m and in 2010 Fahey burst through the £2 million prize money barrier with 181 winners in Britain.
In the space of less than 20 years, Richard Fahey has become one of the country’s leading trainers with more than 150 horses on his books.
For 12 years, Paul Hanagan was the stable's number one jockey, twice winning the British flat jockey championship, before leaving to take up a position as retained rider with Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum. Paul continues to ride for the stable when available. Jockeys include Tony Hamilton, Barry McHugh, Lee Topliss, Paddy Mathers, Dave Nolan and George Chaloner .[3]
Major wins
- Ayr Gold Cup - Fonthill Road (2006)[4]
- Chester Cup - Greenwich Meantime (2007)[4]
- July Cup – Mayson (2012)[1]
- Lincoln Handicap - Brae Hill (2012)[4]
- Yorkshire Cup - Glen's Diamond (2013)
- Lennox Stakes - Garswood (2013)
- Superlative Stakes - Good Old Boy Lukey (2013)
- Mill Reef Stakes - Supplicant (2013)
- Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere - Wootton Bassett (2012)[5]
- Heineken Gold Cup - Noyan (1997)[6]
- Canadian Stakes - Barefoot Lady (2012)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Peacock, Tom (15 July 2012). "Mayson romps to July Cup win". Sunday Times. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- ↑ "Introduction". Richard Fahey official website. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- ↑ "Jockeys". Richard Fahey official website. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Biography". Richard Fahey official website. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- ↑ Porteous, Lewis (22 September 2011). "Jean-Luc Lagardere hero Wootton Bassett retired". The Racing Post. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- ↑ "Group Winners". Richard Fahey official website. Retrieved 11 April 2013.