James Owen
Formerly a successful amateur National Hunt jockey, predominantly in the point-to-point field, James Owen has been based at Green Ridge Stables on the Hamilton Road in Newmarket since 2015. He has won the Arabian Racing Organisation (ARO) trainers’ title six times, but has held a full licence from the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) since 2023. Indeed, with the support of the Gredley family, Owen has wasted little time in making an impact under both codes.
Owen saddled his first winner under rules, Father Of Jazz, ridden by Aidan Coleman, in a novices’ hurdle at Kempton Park on May 1, 2023, the opening day of the 2023/24 National Hunt season. At that point, Owen said, “It’s nice to get the monkey off our back and I’m sure there will be more to come.” His confidence was not misplaced. In the season as a whole, he trained 38 winners from 162 runners, at a strike rate of 23%, and amassed £364,726 in prize money. His biggest victory came courtesy of Burdett Road, ridden by Harry Cobden, in the Grade 2 Prestbury Juvenile Hurdle at Cheltenham on November 18, 2023.
At the time of writing, Owen has continued in similar vein in 2024/25, saddling 48 winners from 223 runners and collecting £558,948 in prize money. On November 16, 2024, he won the Prestbury Juvenile Hurdle for a second time with East India Dock, ridden by Sam Twiston-Davies. By that stage, he had already made his mark on the Flat, with 63 winners – including Wimbledon Hawkeye in the Group 2 Royal Lodge Stakes at Newmarket – from 362 runners and £666,222 in prize money in 2024.
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