Venetia Williams
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Venetia Williams (born 10 May 1960) is an English
National Hunt racing. She is based at stables at Aramstone in Herefordshire
, England.
Williams was born at Scorrier House, Cornwall and began as a racehorse trainer at Ty-Pengam. She was an amateur National Hunt jockey until forced to retire after suffering a broken neck in 1988. She worked for racehorse trainers Martin Pipe and John Edwards before herself taking up a licence to train in 1995.
Her most successful horse to date has been
Hennessy Gold Cup and King George VI Chase
in 1998.
She trained Something Wells to a win in the
Freddie Williams Festival Plate at the 2009 Cheltenham Festival, saddling the first two home, less than two hours after winning with Kayf Aramis in the Pertemps Final
at the same meeting.
Major wins
- Grand National - (1) Mon Mome (2009)
- King George VI Chase - (1) Teeton Mill (1998)
- Betfair Chase - (1) Royale Pagaille (2023)
- Scilly Isles Novices' Chase - (1) Golden Goal (2002)
- Ascot Chase - (1) Teeton Mill (1999)
See also
References
- ^ Grand day for bookies as dark horse Mon Mome wins National at Aintree, www.guardian.co.uk, 4 April 2009, accessed 12 April 2009.
External links
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