Ronald Harris

Formerly a National Hunt jockey, but forced to retire as the result of injuries sustained in a fall at Lingfield Park, Ronald Harris spent several decades away from racing to develop his meat import and retail business. However, in 2003, in pursuit of his dream of becoming a racehorse trainer, he built Ridge House Stables in Earlswood, some five miles northwest of Chepstow, Monmouthshire. After a year as assistant to Norman Berry, Harris saddled his first runners, in his own right, in 2004; his 0-7 record on the Flat in his inaugural campaign was clearly nothing to write home about, but he upped his seasonal tally to 28, 43 and 52 winners in 2005, 2006 and 2007 respectively.

Harris enjoyed his most prolific, and profitable, season in 2012, when he saddled 63 winners on the Flat and amassed £313,013 in total prize money in that sphere. By that stage, he had already recorded his first ‘black type’ victory, courtesy of Glamorous Spirit in the Group 3 Sapphire Stakes at the Curragh in June 2010. Some years later, he would add two more to his career tally, courtesy of Just Glamorous in the Group 3 Prix du Petit Couvert at Chantilly in September 2016 and the Listed Rous Stakes at Ascot in October 2017.

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