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<br>Nicky Richards reached a noteworthy landmark when Jehol De Thaix offered him the 1,000 th winner of his [profession](https://playtubes.fr/@trevorschubert?page=about) in the opener at Newcastle on Tuesday.<br>
<br>The 5-2 chance overcame some sketchy jumping to hold off Nosy Neighbour in the 2m6[f beginner](http://shopandco.gr/blog/new-products/classic-watches) handicap difficulty under Danny McMenamin<br>
<br>The Cumbria-based handler had been stuck on 999 [winners](https://www.privatebookmark.club/story.php?title=the-bet-9ja-promo-code-this-2026-is-yohaig) for 18 days since Jamesieconn scored at Doncaster on March 13 since when he had actually saddled 18 [runners](https://repo.c-software.id/beatristeichel).<br>
<br>His last three runners had been pulled up and he said: "It's excellent to lastly get the monkey off my back and get to the 1,000 as we've waited long enough.<br>
<br>"Danny drew my attention to the truth we were [surrounding](https://mycrewdate.com/@raquel89d05912) the [landmark](https://www.89g89.com/index.php?page=user&action=pub_profile&id=120818&item_type=active&per_page=16) when we in the cars and truck one day a few months back and he was looking at his iPad as he does the [majority](https://atermomobilya.com/blog/season-essentials) of the time and and I think we were 16 short then."<br>
<br>McMenamin informed Sky Sports Racing: "It's an honour and an [opportunity](http://www.eksklusifproperty2.rumahlembang.com/agent/jeseniajoyner5/) to [ride Nicky's](https://quilombo-libros.com/blog/6_presentacion-del-libro-personajes.html) 1,000 winner. I have actually been with him from the start and its a fantastic achievement. Nicky got a letter today from somebody congratulating him on [reaching](https://www.soundofrecovery.org/almedairvin330) the 1,000 which was a bit early but I said to him that we 'd get it today."<br>
<br>Richards rapidly moved on to 1,001 winners later the card when Smokeringinthedark landed the 2m4 1/2 f handicap difficulty to provide him a double and McMenamin a treble as the jockey likewise won the 2m7 1/2 f amateur handicap chase on Aill Dubh.<br>
<br>He has been training since 1998, when he took control of the licence on the death of his double Grand National-winning dad Gordon.<br>
<br>His very first winner came at Carlisle, where he took a two-runner race with Better Times Ahead - a chaser who had actually formerly led Gordon Richards' funeral cortege. His most prolific season was 2006-07, when he won 64 races, including two Grade 1s with elite chaser Monet's Garden.<br>
<br>Turpin Green completed third in the Gold Cup for him that season and other great horses he has actually trained include Scottish Grand National winner Takingrisks, double Grade 1 scorer Simply Ned and Anglers Crag, who landed the Eider Chase at Newcastle last month.<br>
<br>Three of the very best Nicky Richards horses<br>
<br>Monet's Garden<br>
<br>This dashing grey was not simply among Nicky Richards' biggest horses however likewise among the finest chasers trained in the north this century.<br>
<br>He was an excellent 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 truly made his name.<br>
<br>Monet's Garden won there five times in overall, taking the Old Roan Chase and Melling Chase two times each. Those were amongst 17 wins for a horse who earned ₤ 683,000 and has a bar called in his honour at Carlisle.<br>
<br>Simply Ned<br>
<br>The elite two-mile chaser won 8 times in Britain however his 2 finest days was available in Ireland.<br>
<br>He was obstructed on the confrontation 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 help from the stewards 12 months later on when he took the very same race totally on benefit, leading close home under Mark Walsh.<br>
<br>Takingrisks<br>
<br>Richards has yet to imitate his father by winning the Grand National but he landed the Scottish variation with a 25-1 shot who made it through a bad error at the first fence to score by a decisive 4 lengths at Ayr in 2019.<br>
<br>The doughty stayer likewise 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.<br>
<br>Nicky Richards' 1,000 wins as trainer:<br>
<br>986 British jumps<br>
<br>11 British Flat<br>
<br>3 Irish jumps<br>
<br>Nicky Richards CV<br>
<br>Full name Nicholas Gordon Richards<br>
<br>Born February 25, 1956<br>
<br>Father Gordon Richards (1930-98), trainer of Titus Oates, Lucius, Hallo Dandy, One Man<br>
<br>Career as amateur rider 39 wins 1971-75; finest winners The Spaniard (Fred Withington Chase), Titus Oates, Canadius (Princess Royal Hurdle); champion amateur on Flat 1973 (5 wins)<br>
<br>Assistant to Gordon Richards, Greystoke, near Penrith, Cumbria<br>
<br>Stables as fitness instructor Rectory Farm, Greystoke, near Penrith, Cumbria since 1998<br>
<br>First winner as trainer Better Times Ahead (ridden by Tony Dobbin) handicap chase, Carlisle, October 9, 1998<br>
<br>First big-race winner Feels Like Gold (1999 Becher Chase)<br>
<br>Melling Chase winner Monet's Garden (2007 )<br>
<br>Ascot Chase winner Monet's Garden (2007, 2010)<br>
<br>Old Roan Chase winner Monet's Garden (2007 (beat Kauto Star), 2009, 2010)<br>
<br>Peterborough Chase winner Monet's Garden (2008 )<br>
<br>Paddy's Rewards Club Chase winner Simply Ned (2017, 2018)<br>
<br>Scottish Grand National winner Takingrisks (2019 )<br>
<br>Caspian Caviar (December) Gold Cup winner Guitar Pete (2017 )<br>
<br>Sky Bet Chase winner Takingrisks (2021 )<br>
<br>Fighting Fifth Hurdle winner The French Furze (2003 )<br>
<br>Liverpool Hurdle winner Monet's Garden (2005 )<br>
<br>Ascot Hurdle winner Monet's Garden (2004 )<br>
<br>Scottish Champion Hurdle winner Noble Alan (2009 )<br>
<br>Mersey Novices' Hurdle winner Turpin Green (2005 )<br>
<br>Anniversary 4-Y-O Hurdle winner Faasel (2005 )<br>
<br>Placed in Cheltenham Gold Cup Turpin Green (3rd to Kauto Star, 2007)<br>
<br>Pattern-race treble Aintree, April 7, 2005 (Monet's Garden, Faasel, Turpin Green)<br>
<br>Highest-rated horses (RPRs) 168 Turpin Green, 167 Monet's Garden, 164 Eduard, 164 Simply Ned, 157 Faasel<br>
<br>Most respected Grade 1 winner Monet's Garden (3 )<br>
<br>Grade 1 wins 6<br>
<br>Highest position in fitness instructors' champion tenth in 2005-06 and 2006-07<br>
<br>Most wins in a season 64 in 2006-07<br>
<br>1,000 th winner Jehol De Thaix, Newcastle, March 31, 2026<br>
<br>Compiled by John Randall<br>
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