Henrietta Knight (b. 15 December 1946) is an English racehorse trainer.
Henrietta began training under rules in 1989 having previously trained over 100 winners in point-to-points between 1984 to 1989 and trains the horses on a farm in Lockinge, near Wantage in Oxfordshire.
She is best known for training triple Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Best Mate and Queen Mother Champion Chase winner Edredon Bleu. Both horses also won the King George VI Chase and were owned by Jim Lewis and his late wife Valerie.
Among her current stable stars are Impek who won the Ryanair Chase at the 2006 Cheltenham Festival and Racing Demon, the winner of the 2006 Peterborogugh Chase at Huntingdon.
Personal Life
Henrietta is married to former champion jockey Terry Biddlecombe in 1995 and has no children.
Both are recovered alcoholics.
Non-racing career
An Oxford graduate, Henrietta formerly was a teacher of Biology and History.
Henrietta finished 12th at Badminton in 1973 and was the chairperson of the British Olympic Horse Trals Selection Committee between 1984 and 1988. This included the selection of the Silver Medal winning team for the Seoul Olympics
A keen writer, she has authored two books thus far. Chasing Gold, and Best Mate Triple Gold.
Big race victories
1996 Glenlivet Hurdle (Aintree) Stompin
1997 Stayers Hurdle (Cheltenham) Karshi
1998-2001 4 Peterborough Chases (Huntingdon) Edredon Bleu
1998 Grand Annual Chase (Cheltenham) Edredon Bleu
2000 Lanzarote Hurdle (Kempton) Heart
2000 Sun Alliance Chase (Cheltenham) Lord Noelie
2000 Champion Chase (Cheltenham) Edredon Bleu
2000 Martell Mersey Novice Hurdle (Aintree) Best Mate
2001 Scilly Isles Novice Chase (Sandown) Best Mate
2002 Peterborough Chase (Huntingdon) Best Mate
2002 King George VI Chase (Kempton) Best Mate
2002 Cheltenham Gold Cup Best Mate
2003 Cheltenham Gold Cup Best Mate
2003 Clonmel Oil Chase(Clonmel) Edredon Bleu
2003 King George VI Chase (Kempton) Edredon Bleu
2003 Ericsson Chase (Leopardstown) Best Mate
2004 Cheltenham Gold Cup Best Mate
2005 Peterborough Chase (Huntingdon) Impek
2006 Ryanair Chase (Cheltenham) Impek
2006 Peterborough Chase (Huntingdon) Racing Demon
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