Jamie has been involved in horse racing from an early age, through a mixture of Pony Club, hunting and point-to-point racing. During his school time, he rode out for Nigel Twiston-Davies and during his gap year he went over to New Zealand to work as an Assistant Trainer for a flat yard.
He followed this with a career in the army, where he cotninued his affiliation with horse racing by competing in the Grand Military Gold Cup and Royal Artillery Gold Cup, winning both races a record equalling four times as a jockey.
After spending a year as pupil assistant for champion trainer Paul Nicholls, Jamie switched to Seven Barrows to become assistant trainer and amateur jockey for trainer Nicky Henderson, before taking out his trainer license in 2008.
It took him three years to land a Listed winner, but the big winners kept coming after that, including a win at the 2014 Cheltenham Festival winner, when Present View landed the Novice Handicap Chase on the opening day of the Festival. He landed his second Cheltenham Festival winner in 2023, with You Wear It Well winning the Jack De Bromhead Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle.
Last season, Jamie had his best season to date in terms of prize money won, largely thanks to Datsalrightgino winning the Coral Gold Cup. He had plenty of other memorable winners during the season, including www.racingclub.com syndicate horse Farceur Du Large winning both the Grand Military Gold Cup and the Royal Artillery Gold Cup - a fitting winner for the trainer having been so prolific in the race as a jockey.
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