My top 5 trainers of all time

With racing back and behind closed doors this will give you an insight into which trainers in the UK I think are the best and why. Here’s the top 5:

1) Sir Henry Cecil undoubtedly one of the best trainers of all time his death in 2013 had had a serious impact on racing. Some of the best horses he trained included Noble Mission, Frankel and Camacho. The ten-time champion trainer also had 25 UK classic wins under his belt. Despite some struggles personally and sometimes with the horses he never did badly in terms of racing.

2) John Gosden- his best trainer horses have often been mentioned before in other blogs like Stradivarius, enable, Nathaniel and roaring lion. He’s known for his straight-talking interviews and this year alone from 48 runners he’s already collected over £160,000 in prize money.  His worldwide success just adds to the 40 wins he’s had at royal ascot.

3) Mark Johnston- with an incredible string of horses that have had the very unlucky Dee Ex Bee, Sharmadal and Attraction. He is the most successful British flat trainer of all time with 4,194 winners in 2018. This total continues to rise. Additionally, last year he earnt over £5million in prize money.

4) Jimmy Fitzgerald- is perhaps one of the less known significant trainers but he is very much missed. His horses are most known for over the jumps where he saddled over 1,200 winners in his career. Forgive n’ Forget probably was the greatest for his trainer career. But the success was clear from the early stages of training when he had a winner with the second horse he ever trained.

5) Aidan O’Brien- has trained some of the biggest names in racing such as Henrythenavigator, Galileo and Camelot. He has a long list of credentials next to his name including Champion Irish National Hunt for six years running. In 2001 he was the England Champion trainer, the first Irishman to do this since 1971. O’Brien is also an 11-time Irish derby winning trainer and 8-time Irish 1000 Guineas winner. These make it near impossible to find a better trainer than him.

That’s my top trainers' list who would be on yours?