Although jockeys usually enjoy the public adulation, it is the trainers who are the true heroes of the sport. It takes a great deal of patience, dedication and skills to make the horses operate at their very best. Only some trainers manage to achieve such a feat.
This coming month of March will witness the arrival of the mega Cheltenham Festival where for four days the best of the horses will be vying with each other to win a huge glory. The festival will feature some of the best races in the UK with the likes of the Champion Chase, World Hurdle and Champion Hurdle etc. Already gossips are brewing about the chances of Might Bite or Sizing John of winning the hugely popular Cheltenham Gold Cup, and the prospects of Willie Mullins horses in the racing event are also hotly discussed.
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Paul Nicholls:
There is no doubt that Paul Nicholls is the one of the best trainers in the world. He started off his career as a trainer with only eight horses in 1991. He has won the British champion trainer award for 10 times. He has already bagged more than 70 wins for this season of 2017-18. He is been in the business for over 25 years now. Training some of the best horses, he has won some of the biggest races.
His most successful horse has been Kauto Star who won him the Tingle Creek Chase for two times, King George VI Chase for five times and the hugely prestigious Cheltenham Gold Cup for two times.
All his horses are trained at his Manor Farm Somerset. He will be looking forward to this coming Cheltenham Festival as well.
Nigel Twiston-Davies:
Nigel Twiston-Davies is the famous British racehorse trainer who is based at stables at Naunton. He started training from 1981 and got his first victory at Hereford Racecourse in 1982 with Last of the Foxes.
The winners he trained exceed over 1000 in numbers with Earth Summit and Bindaree getting him two famous victories at the Grand National. He also has the honour of winning the 2010 Cheltenham Gold Cup with Imperial Commander. Also with Imperial Commander, he won the 2009 Ryanair Chase at Cheltenham Festival.
Nicky Henderson:
Nicky Henderson is a big name in horse racing. He has over 30 years experience as a trainer. During this long career, he has got some of the biggest victories. He has been the British jump racing Champion Trainer for 4 times.
He first worked as an assistant to Fred Winter for 4 years. However soon he established his set-up.
One of his best horses was See you Then who remained the champion hurdle winner for three consecutive years (1985-87). He also has the honour of getting 53 victories at the festival.
Colin Tizzard:
Colin Tizzard is one of the best Jump trainers in the world. Since 1994, he is been in the business of training for a wealth of experience. He has trained some of the finest horses of racing. Cue Card is his most famous horse who won in the 2010 Champion Bumper at the Cheltenham Festival. Then in 2014, with Cue Card he won the Ryanair Chase at the festival. The brilliant horse won him the 2015 King George VI Chase as well, while he won the World Hurdle in 2016 with Thistlecrack to get his first success in that race.
Willie Mullins:
Willie Mullins is the Irish trainer who is considered as one of the best Jumps trainers. He served as an assistant to his father Paddy and later for Jim Bolger. He started his career as a trainer in 1988. Since then, he has trained winners in all the big races of the UK.
In 2005, he won the Grand National with Hedgehunter. This year also, his horses are expected to perform very well at the 2008 Cheltenham Festival.