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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 2008 was £205,444; £111,540 of that being win money. And 2008 saw an impressive 5 of the 6 homebred 2 year olds (Hellwood Stud) winning!
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 and DAMIKA 2nd in a Listed race in 2008.
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. Two year olds , DESERT FALLS, QUANAH PARKER, CAPTAIN SCOOBY, and WOTATOMBOY all won in 2008, DESERT FALLS winning twice!
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".
Image: Homebred Winner - Mey Blossom
Homebred Winner - Mey Blossom
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