Henrietta Knight (racehorse trainer)

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Henrietta Catherine Knight (born 15 December 1946) is an English

National Hunt racehorses. She trained triple Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Best Mate (2002, 2003, 2004), also winner of the 2003 King George VI Chase, and the 2000 Queen Mother Champion Chase winner Edredon Bleu, also winner of the 2003 King George VI Chase
. She retired in 2012 with over 700 winners to her name.

Life and career

She is the daughter of Major Hubert Guy Broughton Knight (1917–1993) and Hester Loyd. Her sister, Celia Elizabeth Knight (1949–2020), was married to Samuel Vestey, 3rd Baron Vestey.

An

Seoul Olympics
.

Knight began training

under rules in 1989 having previously trained over 100 winners on the amateur point-to-point circuit from 1984 to 1989. Her training base is a farm in West Lockinge, near Wantage in Oxfordshire.[1]

Knight married former champion National Hunt jockey Terry Biddlecombe in 1995 and has no children. Biddlecombe died on 5 January 2014. [2][3]

Knight trained the Jim and Valerie Lewis owned triple Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Best Mate (2002, 2003, 2004),[4] also winner of the 2003 King George VI Chase.[4] She trained the 2000 Queen Mother Champion Chase winner Edredon Bleu, also winner of the 2003 King George VI Chase.[4]

Among her other stable stars were Calgary Bay, who won the

Victor Chandler Chase at Ascot in 2012 after impressing many in the top novice events at the Aintree and Cheltenham Festivals, and Racing Demon, the winner of the Peterborough Chase at Huntingdon Racecourse in 2006 and 2007. [5]

Knight retired in 2012 with over 700 winners to her name.[4] In November 2023, she announced that she would be returning to training.[4] She made her reappearance on the racecourse with two runners at Wincanton on 12 January 2024.[6]

Knight is the author of five books: Best Mate: Chasing Gold (2003); Best Mate: Triple Gold (2004); Not Enough Time - My Life with Terry Biddlecombe (2015); The Jumping Game (2019); Starting from Scratch: Inspired to be a Jump Jockey (2019).[4]

Major wins

Source:[4]

References

  1. ^ Lee Honeyball (7 March 2005). "First and last : Henrietta Knight". London: Guardian. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
  2. ^ Milmo, Cahal (20 March 2004). "The morning after the tears of victory". London: The Independent. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
  3. ^ Philip, Robert (25 December 2001). "Racing passion of odd couple". London: Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "Henrietta Knight: Best Mate trainer to return 11 years after retiring". BBC Sport. 6 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Trainer Henrietta Knight - West Lockinge, Oxon". Racing Post. 2 June 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
  6. ^ "Talking Horses: Knight back for tilt at big prizes in the social media age". The Guardian. 12 January 2024.
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