John Harry Martin Gosden was born on 30 March 1951 and is a British racehorse trainer.
89 Facts About John Gosden
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John Gosden has trained over 3,000 winners worldwide, including winners of the Breeders' Cup Classic, the Derby, the Arc, the King George, the Eclipse, and over 600 winners in the United States.
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John Gosden is generally considered one of the finest and most successful racehorse trainers of his generation.
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John Gosden 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.
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John Gosden was educated at Eastbourne College, and Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he studied Economics and met his future wife, Rachel Hood, a lawyer.
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John Gosden started as assistant to two of the most successful trainers in the history of racing, first to champion trainer Vincent O'Brien and later, Sir Noel Murless.
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John Gosden then moved to California, becoming assistant to Tommy Doyle, before attaining an American Horse Training license in 1979.
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John Gosden began his training career with three horses, staying in California as he could only afford to rent single boxes and could not afford to rent a yard.
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John Gosden won both the Matriarch Stakes and the Vanity Handicap twice, the San Luis Rey Handicap with Zoffany, the Carleton F Burke Handicap with Bel Bolide, the Clement L Hirsch Turf Championship Stakes with Allez Milord and the Gamely Stakes for a second time.
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In 1989, John Gosden moved to Newmarket, England, to train at Stanley House Stables.
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John Gosden won the Prince of Wales's Stakes in 1995 at Royal Ascot for the second year with Muhtarram, the Prix Jean Prat with Torrential, the Prix Lupin with Flemensfirth and the Prix de la Salamandre with Lord of Men, among many others.
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John Gosden won the Prix Marcel Boussac with Ryafan, and the Premio Roma with Flemensfirth.
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John Gosden won the Gran Premio di Milano with Shantou, and won four major races with Ryafan, the Falmouth Stakes and the Nassau Stakes in England, and the Yellow Ribbon Stakes and Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes in the United States of America.
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John Gosden later won the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches in France with Valentine Waltz.
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In late 1999, it was announced that John Gosden would move to Manton for the beginning of the 2000 season.
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John Gosden quickly enjoyed major successes, in May 2000, he won the 1,000 Guineas Stakes with Lahan.
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John Gosden won the Prix Melisande with Music Club, ridden by Frankie Dettori.
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Later, John Gosden won at Royal Ascot again with Demonstrate in the Buckingham Palace Stakes.
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John Gosden won the prestigious Golden Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot with Malhub.
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John Gosden won with at Chester with Treble Heights for football player Michael Owen, and the Solario Stakes with Foss Way.
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John Gosden won the Strensall Stakes with Binary File and the Royal Lodge Stakes with Al Jadeed.
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John Gosden won the John Porter Stakes with Day Flight, and the Sunderlands Bookmakers Conditions Stakes with Plea Bargain.
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John Gosden then won the King Edward VII Stakes at Royal Ascot at York with Plea Bargain.
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John Gosden then won the Royal Lodge Stakes at Ascot with Leo.
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Later, John Gosden announced his decision to return to Newmarket to train at Clarehaven Stables.
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John Gosden won prestigious races including the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot with Nannina.
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John Gosden won the Windsor Forest Stakes at Royal Ascot with Nannina.
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John Gosden won with Raven's Pass, who was becoming widely regarded as a promising horse.
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John Gosden then won the Great Voltigeur Stakes with Lucarno.
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John Gosden then won the Solario Stakes with Raven's Pass, breaking the track record.
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Amidst much anticipation, John Gosden took Lucarno to Doncaster, and won the very prestigious St Leger Stakes.
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John Gosden then won his fourth Sandown Classic Trial with Centennial.
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John Gosden had another double at Newmarket with Upton Grey and Rainbow View.
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John Gosden then won two major races in the same day, the Celebration Mile with Raven's Pass the Great Voltigeur Stakes with Centennial.
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John Gosden then won the Prix Minerve-Shadwell in France with Dar Re Mi, even though the ground was considered to reduce her prospects, "she would appreciate good going the most" Gosden said.
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John Gosden then had another stunning day at Ascot, winning the showpiece Queen Elizabeth II Stakes with Raven's Pass and the Fillies' Mile with Rainbow View, completing the double for the second time.
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John Gosden continued a great season by winning the Cambridgeshire with Tazeez.
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At Santa Anita in Los Angeles, one of the tracks on which John Gosden had started his training career, he won two of the world's most prestigious races, the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf with Donativum and the Breeders' Cup Classic with Raven's Pass.
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John Gosden won the Kentucky Derby Challenge with Mafaz, and the Lincoln Handicap with Expresso Star.
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John Gosden then won the Earl of Sefton Stakes with Tazeez, for the same owner.
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John Gosden then won the Jockey Club Stakes with Bronze Cannon, and had a double with Cadre and Ithbaat.
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John Gosden then won the prestigious Lockinge Stakes with Virtual, beating Alexandros.
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John Gosden then won the Hardwicke Stakes at Royal Ascot with Bronze Cannon.
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John Gosden then won the Pretty Polly Stakes with Dar Re Mi.
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John Gosden then won the Washington Singer Stakes with Azmeel, and the prestigious Matron Stakes with Rainbow View.
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John Gosden was happy with the performance, "She did it well today and, similar to some good fillies I've had before, she has just taken some time to come to herself this season".
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In early 2010, John Gosden signed young jockey William Buick to ride for his stable.
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However, John Gosden is widely viewed as a good judge, the only other rider he has ever retained is Frankie Dettori.
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Almost immediately, John Gosden's choice was proved correct as Buick gave Dar Re Mi a fantastic ride to win the prestigious Dubai Sheema Classic.
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John Gosden talked of the difficulties of training in winter, "Keeping her warm in England wasn't easy, so it was quite a challenge".
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John Gosden continued his success, winning the Cheshire Oaks with Gertrude Bell and the Huxley Stakes with Debussy.
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John Gosden won the Oaks Trial Stakes with Dyna Waltz, beating Timepiece.
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John Gosden won the Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot with Maqaasid.
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John Gosden was delighted, "You have got a tailwind but she ran great".
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John Gosden won the Summer Vase at Goodwood with Beachfire.
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John Gosden then won the Arlington Million with Debussy, beating Gio Ponti.
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John Gosden then won four races in quick succession, with The Shrew, Utley, Treasury Devil and Masked Marvel.
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John Gosden then won the Yorkshire Cup with Duncan, with another excellent ride from William Buick.
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John Gosden described Duncan as "an enigmatic character" with "a ton of talent".
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John Gosden then won the prestigious King Edward VII Stakes at Royal Ascot with Nathaniel.
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John Gosden won the Wolferton Handicap at Royal Ascot with Beachfire.
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John Gosden had let Buick judge the race and did not give his rider many instructions.
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John Gosden won the Summer Double First Leg International with Bronze Prince, and the Canisbay Bloodstock Handicap with Aiken.
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John Gosden had more success in France, as Elusive Kate won again in the Prix du Calvados at Deauville.
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John Gosden won his fourth St Leger and second with William Buick as Masked Marvel very impressively beat Brown Panther.
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John Gosden then enjoyed further success when Elusive Kate won the very prestigious Prix Marcel Boussac at Longchamp, beating a fantastic field including Fire Lily and Zantenda.
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John Gosden won the Earl of Sefton Stakes with Questioning and the Musidora Stakes with The Fugue.
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John Gosden then won the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot with Fallen For You, the Wolverton Stakes with Gatewood, and the Duke of Edinburgh Stakes with Camborne.
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John Gosden won the Pretty Polly Stakes with Izzi Top.
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John Gosden then won three races in quick succession for Serena Rothschild, the Coral Challenge with Trade Commissioner, the Lancashire Oaks with Great Heavens and The Eclipse with Nathaniel.
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John Gosden won the Prix Rothschild with Elusive Kate, and the Irish Oaks with Great Heavens.
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John Gosden then won the Nassau Stakes with The Fugue.
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John Gosden won the Great Voltigeur Stakes with Thought Worthy.
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John Gosden won six Group One races, and over 100 other races in 2013.
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John Gosden won the Falmouth Stakes with Elusive Kate, the Nassau Stakes with Winsili and the Yorkshire Oaks with The Fugue.
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John Gosden won eight Group One races in 2014, including the Irish 2,000 Guineas with Kingman and The Oaks with Taghrooda.
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John Gosden won the Prince of Wales's Stakes with The Fugue, the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes with Taghrooda and the Nassau Stakes with Sultanina.
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John Gosden won the Derby and the Eclipse with Golden Horn, the Prix Morny and the Middle Park Stakes with Shalaa, and the Prix de Diane with Star of Seville.
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John Gosden won the Irish Derby with Jack Hobbs, after Hobbs had finished second in the Epsom Derby behind Golden Horn.
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John Gosden has given me some tremendous pleasure and is probably the best horse that I've ridden.
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John Gosden won the Lillie Langtry Stakes with California, The Dante Stakes with Wings of Desire, the Tattersalls Musidora Stakes with So Mi Dar, The Tattersalls Millions 3-Y-O Trophy with Linguistic and the Earl of Sefton Stakes with Mahsoob.
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John Gosden won the British Champions Fillies' and Mares' Stakes with Journey at Ascot on British Champions Day.
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John Gosden was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to horseracing and training.
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John Gosden has four children, Sebastian, Serena, Theodora and Thaddeus.
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John Gosden is considered to be more open and informative than some other trainers, and is called "one of the sport's great communicatiors".
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John Gosden is a dedicated music fan, according to Ronnie Wood, guitarist for the Rolling Stones.
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John Gosden knows everything about Bob Dylan, followed by everything about the Stones.
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John Gosden describes himself as "a Neil Young man", and said "I went to see him the other week at the Hammersmith Apollo and it was just wonderful".
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John Gosden has said of his position, "You have to move along gracefully if you can, and hopefully with a following wind, with common sense, a sense of reality, humility and a bit of history".