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Nicky Richards reached a notable landmark when Jehol De Thaix offered him the 1,000 th winner of his profession in the opener at Newcastle on Tuesday.
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The 5-2 chance overcame some [questionable](https://www.adpost4u.com/user/profile/4377688) jumping to hold back Nosy Neighbour in the 2m6f beginner handicap hurdle under Danny McMenamin
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The [Cumbria-based handler](https://www.zapztv.com/@markchestnut6?page=about) had been stuck on 999 winners for 18 days given that Jamesieconn scored at Doncaster on March 13 since when he had actually [saddled](https://www.iflo.co.nz/blog/best-leather-bags) 18 runners.
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His last 3 [runners](https://clicabio.com/zanehinz37) had actually been pulled up and he stated: "It's terrific to finally get the monkey off my back and get to the 1,000 as we have actually waited enough time.
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"Danny drew my attention to the fact we were closing in on the landmark when we were in the cars and truck one day a couple of months ago and he was taking a look at his iPad as he does most of the time and and I think we were 16 brief then."
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McMenamin told Sky Sports Racing: "It's an honour and an [advantage](http://143.110.240.250/samiratruman4/the-bet-9ja-promo-code-this-2026-is-yohaig/-/issues/1) to 1,000 winner. I've been with him from the start and its a great achievement. Nicky got a letter this [morning](https://javseen.tv/users/MelanieTen/info/) from somebody [congratulating](https://gitea.poelstra.de/paulina95i7174/the-betnaija-promotion-code-2026-is-yohaig/wiki/The-BET-9ja-promotional-code-for-2026-is-YOHAIG) him on [reaching](https://crmthebespoke.a1professionals.net/employer/the-bet-9ja-promo-code-this-2026-is-yohaig) the 1,000 which was a bit early but I said to him that we 'd get it today."
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Richards rapidly moved on to 1,001 winners in the future the card when Smokeringinthedark landed the 2m4 1/2 f handicap hurdle to provide him a double and McMenamin a treble as the jockey likewise won the 2m7 1/2 f novice handicap chase on Aill Dubh.
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He has actually been training since 1998, when he took over the licence on the death of his dual Grand National-winning dad Gordon.
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His first winner came at Carlisle, where he took a two-runner race with Better Times Ahead - a chaser who had previously led Gordon Richards' funeral cortege. His most respected season was 2006-07, when he won 64 races, consisting of two Grade ones with classy chaser Monet's Garden.
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Turpin Green finished third in the Gold Cup for him that season and other great horses he has trained include Scottish Grand National winner Takingrisks, dual Grade 1 scorer Simply Ned and Anglers Crag, who landed the Eider Chase at Newcastle last month.
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Three of the very best Nicky Richards horses
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Monet's Garden
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This dashing grey was not simply among Nicky Richards' biggest horses but likewise among the very best chasers trained in the north this century.
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He was an outstanding winner of the Grade 1 Ascot Chase in 2007 and 2010 and the Peterborough Chase at Huntingdon in 2008, but it was his exploits at Aintree that really made his name.
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Monet's Garden won there 5 times in overall, taking the Old Roan Chase and Melling Chase twice each. Those were amongst 17 wins for a horse who earned ₤ 683,000 and has actually a bar called in his honour at Carlisle.
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Simply Ned
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The high-class two-mile chaser won eight times in Britain but his 2 finest days can be found in Ireland.
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He was hindered on the altercation when a close second in a Grade 1 race at Leopardstown's Christmas conference in 2017 and granted the race at a query. But he needed no aid from the stewards 12 months later when he took the same race totally on merit, leading close home under Mark Walsh.
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Takingrisks
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Richards has yet to imitate his dad by winning the Grand National however he landed the Scottish version with a 25-1 shot who survived a bad error at the first fence to score by a definitive four lengths at Ayr in 2019.
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The doughty stayer also took the Rehearsal Chase at Newcastle that year and was nursed back to form to spring a 40-1 surprise in the Great Yorkshire Chase at the age of 12 at Doncaster in 2021.
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Nicky Richards' 1,000 wins as fitness instructor:
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986 British dives
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11 British Flat
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3 Irish jumps
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Nicky Richards CV
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Full name Nicholas Gordon Richards
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Born February 25, 1956
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Father Gordon Richards (1930-98), fitness instructor of Titus Oates, Lucius, Hallo Dandy, One Man
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Career as amateur rider 39 wins 1971-75; best winners The Spaniard (Fred Withington Chase), Titus Oates, Canadius (Princess Royal Hurdle); champion amateur on Flat 1973 (5 wins)
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Assistant to Gordon Richards, Greystoke, near Penrith, Cumbria
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Stables as fitness instructor Rectory Farm, Greystoke, near Penrith, Cumbria because 1998
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First winner as fitness instructor Better Times Ahead (ridden by Tony Dobbin) handicap chase, Carlisle, October 9, 1998
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First big-race winner Seems like Gold (1999 Becher Chase)
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Melling Chase winner Monet's Garden (2007 )
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Ascot Chase winner Monet's Garden (2007, 2010)
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Old Roan Chase winner Monet's Garden (2007 (beat Kauto Star), 2009, 2010)
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Peterborough Chase winner Monet's Garden (2008 )
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Paddy's Rewards Club Chase winner Simply Ned (2017, 2018)
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Scottish Grand National winner Takingrisks (2019 )
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Caspian Caviar (December) Gold Cup winner Guitar Pete (2017 )
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Sky Bet Chase winner Takingrisks (2021 )
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Fighting Fifth Hurdle winner The French Furze (2003 )
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Liverpool Hurdle winner Monet's Garden (2005 )
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Ascot Hurdle winner Monet's Garden (2004 )
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Scottish Champion Hurdle winner Noble Alan (2009 )
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Mersey Novices' Hurdle winner Turpin Green (2005 )
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Anniversary 4-Y-O Hurdle winner Faasel (2005 )
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Placed in Cheltenham Gold Cup Turpin Green (3rd to Kauto Star, 2007)
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Pattern-race treble Aintree, April 7, 2005 (Monet's Garden, Faasel, Turpin Green)
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Highest-rated horses (RPRs) 168 Turpin Green, 167 Monet's Garden, 164 Eduard, 164 Simply Ned, 157 Faasel
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Most respected Grade 1 winner Monet's Garden (3 )
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Grade 1 wins 6
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Highest position in trainers' championship tenth in 2005-06 and 2006-07
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Most wins in a season 64 in 2006-07
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1,000 th winner Jehol De Thaix, Newcastle, March 31, 2026
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Compiled by John Randall
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'I've still got the fire in me' - why it will take more than a brush with death to stop Nicky Richards
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