John Harry Martin Gosden | |
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Born |
Lewes, Sussex, England |
30 March 1951
Residence | Newmarket, Suffolk |
Nationality | British |
Education | University of Cambridge, Eastbourne College |
Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) |
Spouse(s) | Rachel Hood |
Children | Sebastian Gosden-Hood Serena Gosden-Hood Theodora Gosden-Hood Thaddeus Gosden-Hood |
Parent(s) | John "Towser" Gosden |
British Classics:
The Derby (1997) (2015)
The Oaks (2014)
1,000 Guineas (2000)
St. Leger (1996) (2007) (2010) (2011)
John Harry Martin GosdenOBE (born 30 March 1951) is a British racehorse trainer. He has trained over 2,000 winners since his return to England, including winners of the Breeders' Cup Classic, the Derby, the Arc, the King George,the Eclipse, and over 600 winners in the United States.
Gosden has trained the winners of over 100 Group 1 races in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. He is generally considered one of the finest and most successful racehorse trainers of his generation. His reputation for honesty and openness has led him to be called “one of the sport’s great communicators”.
He is the only trainer in history whose horses have won the Cartier Awards for Cartier Champion Three-year-old Colt, Cartier Champion Three-year-old Filly and Cartier Horse of the Year in the same year. He trains at Clarehaven Stables in Newmarket, England.
He was educated at Eastbourne College, and graduated from Cambridge University, where he studied Economics and met his future wife, Rachel Hood, a lawyer. At Cambridge, he was a successful sportsman and won blues for both discus and javelin.