WINNING WAYS

A brief History - Richard Whitaker

Richard & Liz Whitaker with Tabaret


Everyone loves a winner!
Richard's winning record has been excellent over the past few years and is consistently in the 8-10% ratio of winners to runners. Total prize money won in 2006 was £154,833; £96,052 of that being win money.

Previous notable winners include CAPTAIN RIO (Group winner), ORIENT (5f record holder at Ascot), CLANTIME, LAGO DI VARANO and more recently TABARET, who won a Listed race at York in 2006.

DAMIKA, NEVADA DESERT, STEEL BLUE, and VICIOUS WARRIOR have all been regular and consistent winners, and NEON BLUE is a York specialist having now won 3 races there. MISTER JINGLES has now discovered winning ways and has won 3 races out of four since the end of July!

Richard began training in 1977 at Hellwood Farm, prior to which, he was a top class Point-to-Point rider. Simon was also a regular rider, so they both have a feel for race riding as well as training. For ten years, Richard trained from Grange Park Stables at Wetherby, but as the property was redeveloped into 'mews cottages' in 1996, the Whitakers moved back to their original training establishment at Scarcroft.

Richard believes in keeping his training fees at a reasonable rate whilst also ensuring that the horses have the best care. "Racehorse ownership should be fun and we try to make it enjoyable for every owner, win or lose".

Homebred Winner - Mey Blossom

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Copyright Richard Whitaker 2008