George Boughey

At the time of writing, in 2026 so far, George Boughey has saddled 9 winners from 29 runners, at an impressive strike rate , and currently lies in ninth place in the Flat Trainers’ Championship. Nowadays based at Saffron House Stables on the Hamilton Road in Newmarket, Boughey served his apprenticeship with the likes of Gai Waterhouse and Lloyd Williams in Australia and Hugo Palmer, when he was still based in Newmarket. Indeed, for the last two years of his six-year stint as assistant to Palmer, he was put in charge at nearby Yellowstone Park Stables, before taking out a combined licence, in his own right, at his current base in November 2019.

Considering he began his training career at the age of 27, with just four horses, it would be fair to say that Boughey has made rapid to the top of his profession. Already a Classic winning trainer, courtesy of Cachet in the 1,000 Guineas in 2022, he enjoyed his most prolific and profitable campaign that season, with 136 winners (17%) from 787 runners and £1,988,552 in total prize money. Other, more recent, high-profile winners for the yard include Via Sistina in the Group 1 Pretty Polly Stakes at the Curragh in July 2023 and Baradar in the International Stalkes at Ascot later the same month, to name but two. Believing captured the Group 1 Al Quoz Sprint at Meydan in March 2025.

 

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