Edward De Giles

Edward ‘Ed’ De Giles first obtained a training licence in December 2010, having gained previous experience as assistant trainer to Nick Gaselee, for two years, and as an owner, of the likes of Markab, who won the Group 1 Betfred Sprint Cup at Haydock Park in September 2010. Based at Lilly Hall Farm, in the village of Little Marcle, near Ledbury, Herefordshire, De Giles holds a combined licence, but has achieved the bulk of his success on the Flat.

In that sphere, the former investment banker enjoyed his most successful season, numerically, in 2016, when he saddled 29 winners from 200 runners at a strike rate of 15%. He has reached double-figures in every Flat season since and has started 2024 well enough, with two winners from just nine runners already. Under National Hunt Rules, De Giles has never saddled more than three winners in a single campaign and, indeed, has not had a runner in that domain since 2021/22.

De Giles has yet to make much of a mark on the upper echelons of Flat racing, at least not since joining the professional training ranks. His solitary ‘black type’ success came back in April 2016, when the vastly-improved Proclamation filly Frosty Berry sprang a 50/1 surprise when edging out the odds-on favourite Clever Cookie in the Listed Further Flight Stakes at Nottingham.

 

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